Table of Contents
Foreword vii
Foreword to the Second Edition xvii
List of Tables xxi
List of Figures xxiii
Part I Facts and Principles 1
1 Energy Conservation 3
2 Energy Non-Conservation Means Too Much Freedom 9
3 The Four Interactions 15
4 Matter, Radiation, Particles 21
5 The Dark Night Sky and Others' Paradox 27
Part II Relativistic Cosmology 35
6 General Relativity and Cosmology 37
7 The Friedmann-Leniaitre Solutions 45
8 The Role of Radiation Pressure 53
9 The Einstein-Lemaitre Correspondence 59
10 The Universal Constants 63
11 Rigorous Solutions of Einstein's Cosmological Equation 69
Part III More Paradoxes 77
12 The Missing Mass and Dark Energy Paradoxes 79
13 The Accelerating Universe Paradox 85
14 The Photon-to-Baryon Ratio Paradox 91
15 Cosmic Zero-Point Energy 97
Part IV A Contingent Universe 101
16 The Universe is Finite, Open and Contingent 103
17 The Very Early Universe: Indeterminacy or Uncertainty 107
18 Why an Open (k < 0) Cosmic Model is Better 111
19 Singular Moments in Cosmic History 119
20 A Brief Outline: World Events and Cosmological Discoveries from -4500 to 2010 125
Appendix A Constraints on the General Solutions of Einstein's Cosmological Equations by Hubble Parameter Times Cosmic Age: A Historical Perspective 129
Appendix B Physics and the Universe: From the Sumerians to the Late-Twentieth Century 147
Glossary 165
Author Index 171
Subject Index 175
