Cosmology & The Universe

Explore spectacular advances in cosmology, relativistic astrophysics, gravitational wave science, mathematics, computational science, and the inter...

The study of exoplanetary atmospheres--that is, of planets orbiting stars beyond our solar system--may be our best hope for discovering life elsewh...

Nietzsches doctrine of the eternal recurrence of the samethe conception that the universe of events repeats itself in the same sequence, to infinit...

In this decade, the transient universe will be mapped out in great detail by the emerging wide-field multiwavelength surveys, and neutrino and grav...

Challenging traditional accounts of the origins of astrophysics, this book presents the first scholarly biography of nineteenth-century English ama...

A pocket-style edition based on the New York Times bestsellerA Brief Welcome to the Universe offers a breathtaking tour of the cosmos, from planets...

The advent of sensitive high-resolution observations of the cosmic microwave background radiation and their successful interpretation in terms of t...

Aimed at advanced undergraduates, this self-contained textbook covers the key ideas of special and general relativity together with their applicati...

Dark matter is among the most important open problems in modern physics. Aimed at graduate students and researchers, this book describes the theore...

Most astronomers and physicists now believe that the matter content of the Universe is dominated by dark matter: hypothetical particles which inter...

This self-contained astrophysics textbook for advanced undergraduates explores how stars form, what happens to them as they age, and what becomes o...

The large-scale structure of the Universe is dominated by vast voids with galaxies clustered in knots, sheets, and filaments, forming a great 'cosm...

This volume collects essays from prominent intellectuals and public figures based on talks given at the 2015 Darwin College Lectures on the theme o...

Will we ever truly understand the universe? This is the story of the technologies that allow us to look up, to learn and to discover our place in t...

The mystery of gravity has captivated us for centuries. But what is gravity and how does it work? This engaging book delves into the bizarre and of...

Numerical relativity has emerged as the key tool to model gravitational waves - recently detected for the first time - that are emitted when black ...

Recent cosmological observations have posed a challenge for traditional theories of gravity: what is the force driving the accelerated expansion of...

Is the universe fine-tuned for complexity, life, or something else? This comprehensive overview of fine-tuning arguments in physics, with contribut...

The cataclysmic stellar explosion Supernova 1987A, visible to the naked eye, was the nearest and brightest supernova witnessed since the invention ...

The astonishing science of neutron stars and the stories of the scientists who study them.Neutron stars are as bewildering as they are elusive. The...

Magnetic fields pervade the universe and play an important role in many astrophysical processes. However, they require specialised observational to...

If the laws of nature are fine-tuned for life, can we infer other universes with different laws? How could we even test such a theory without empir...

Following a long-term international collaboration between leaders in cosmology and the philosophy of science, this volume addresses foundational qu...

How all philosophical explanations of human consciousness and the fundamental structure of the cosmos are bizarreand why thats a good thingDo we li...

This book offers a systematic exposition of conformal methods and how they can be used to study the global properties of solutions to the equations...

Von der Physik bis zur Informationstheorie und Kosmologie, von der Struktur tierischer Gesellschaften bis zur linguistischen Analyse der menschlich...

Cosmology - the science of the Universe at large - has experienced a renaissance in the decades bracketing the turn of the twenty-first century. Ex...

Una moderna presentazione della teoria della Relatività Ristretta, specificatamente progettata per i nuovi corsi della Laurea Triennale in Fisica. ...

Take a look through the lens and discover the beauty and science of the magnificent nightsky - and beyond! This stunningly-illustrated space book i...

The Cosmic Mystery Tour takes us on a lightning tour of the mysteries of the universe enlivened by brief stories of the colourful characters who cr...