A Degree in a Book: Cosmology: Everything You Need to Know to Master the Subject - in One Book!

by Sten Odenwald

Overview

A Degree in a Book: Cosmology is the perfect introduction to cosmology, astronomy and astrophysics, written by one of NASA's leading astronomers and educators.

Filled with helpful diagrams, suggestions for further reading and easily digestible history sections, this book makes it easier than ever to understand the workings of the universe. Featuring the most important ideas in the field, including the Theory of Relativity, the Standard Model, Loop Quantum Gravity, and Supersymmetry, it covers the whole breadth of cosmology.

It will help you answer questions such as:
• How do we know the universe is expanding?
• What is the theory of relativity?
• How does the Higgs mechanism work?
• What is dark matter?

This book provides you with the essential foundations for understanding the science behind the universe we live in.

ABOUT THE SERIES: Get the knowledge of a degree for the price of a book in Arcturus Publishing's A Degree in a Book series. Featuring handy timelines, information boxes, feature spreads and margin annotations, these illustrated books are perfect for anyone wishing to master seemingly complex subject with ease and enjoyment.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781789505511
Publisher:	Arcturus Publishing Limited
Publication date:	10/15/2019
Series:	A Degree in a Book , #3
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	1,064,945
Product dimensions:	9.80(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Dr. Sten Odenwald received his PhD in astrophysics from Harvard University in 1982, and has authored or co-authored over 100 papers and articles in astrophysics and astronomy education. His research interests have involved investigations of massive star formation in the Milky Way, galaxy evolution, accretion disk modelling, and the nature of the cosmic infrared background with the NASA COBE program. During his later years of research, his interests turned to space weather issues and the modelling of solar storm impacts to commercial satellite systems.

At the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, he participates in many NASA programs in space science and math education. He is an award-winning science educator including the twice-awarded prize by the American Astronomical Society Solar Physics Division for his articles on space weather. He also won the 1999 NASA Award of Excellence for Education Outreach, along with numerous other NASA awards for his work in popularizing heliophysics. Since 2008, he has been the Director of the Space Math @ NASA project, which is a program that develops math problems for students of all ages, featuring scientific discoveries from across NASA (http://spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov). Currently he is the Director of Citizen Science with the NASA Space Science Education Consortium, where he works with NASA scientists to innovate new citizen science projects for public participation.

Since the 1980s, he has been an active science popularizer and book author with articles appearing in Sky and Telescope and Astronomy magazines as well as Scientific American. His specialty areas include cosmology, string theory and black holes among many other topics at the frontier of astrophysics. He is the author of 19 books ranging from reflections on a career in astronomy to quantum physics and cosmology. He has several websites promoting science education including his blogs and other resources at 'The Astronomy Café' (sten.astronomycafe.net), which was created by him in 1995 and remains one of the oldest astronomy education sites on the internet. He has also appeared on the National Geographic TV special 'Solar Force' 2007, and Planet TV in 2019 with William Shatner, as well as a number of BBC TV specials on space weather including the 8-part Curiosity Stream series on space weather to debut in 2019. He has frequently appeared on radio programs such as National Public Radio's Public Impact, Earth and Sky Radio, and David Levy's Let's Talk Stars.

Table of Contents

Introduction: What is Cosmology?
Chapter 1: Discovering the Universe
Chapter 2: The Composition of the Universe
Chapter 3: The Relativity Revolution: Space 2.0
Chapter 4: Relativistic Cosmology
Chapter 5: The Dark Universe
Chapter 6: What is Matter?
Chapter 7: Beyond the Standard Model
Chapter 8: The Bewildering Galaxy Zoo
Chapter 9: The First Stars and Galaxies
Chapter 10: The Origin of the Primordial Elements
Chapter 11: Inflationary Cosmology
Chapter 12: Cosmogenesis
Chapter 13: The Far Future
Chapter 14: Time
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