Aspects of Today's Cosmology

This book presents some aspects of the cosmological scientific odyssey that started last century. The chapters vary with different particular works, giving a versatile picture. It is the result of the work of many scientists in the field of cosmology, in accordance with their expertise and particular interests. Is a collection of different research papers produced by important scientists in the field of cosmology. A sample of the great deal of efforts made by the scientific community, trying to understand our universe. And it has many challenging subjects, like the possible doomsday to be confirmed by the next decade of experimentation. May be we are now half way in the life of the universe. Many more challenging subjects are not present here: they will be the result of further future work. Among them, we have the possibility of cyclic universes, and the evidence for the existence of a previous universe.

• | Author: Antonio Alfonso-Faus
• | Publisher: Intechopen
• | Publication Date: Sep 09, 2011
• | Number of Pages: 412 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 9533076267
• | ISBN-13: 9789533076263