Cosmic Paradoxes

Energy conservation -- Energy non-conservation means too much freedom -- The four interactions -- Matter, radiation, particles -- The dark night sky and Olbers' paradox -- General relativity and cosmology -- The Friedmann-Lemaitre solutions -- The role of radiation pressure -- The Einstein-Lemaitre correspondence -- The universal constants -- Rigorous solutions of Einstein's cosmological equation -- The missing mass and dark energy paradoxes -- The accelerating universe paradox -- The photon-to-baryon ratio paradox -- Cosmic zero-point energy -- The universe is finite, open and contingent -- The very early universe: indeterminacy or uncertainty -- Singular moments in cosmic history -- A brief outline: world events and cosmological discoveries from -4500 to 2010

• | Author: Julio A. Gonzalo
• | Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• | Publication Date: May 31, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 182 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 9813141565
• | ISBN-13: 9789813141568