Cosmology, the attempt to understand the nature and history of the universe and all it contains, is the largest and broadest conceivable subject in science. Over the last decade, cosmology has emerged as a mature science.
Het is niet bekend of deze titel leverbaar is.
Explains the structure of the acoustic peaks in the CMB, the E/B decomposition in polarization which may allow for detection of primordial gravity waves, and the modern analysis techniques used on increasingly large cosmological data sets. This book provides foundations, calculations, and interpretations which illuminate the thinking in cosmology.