宇宙学（第2版）

图书标准信息

• 作者 哈里森 著
• 出版社 世界图书出版公司
• 出版时间 2011-01
• 版次 2
• ISBN 9787510029752
• 定价 89.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 16开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 567页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Thissecondeditionofcosmology：thescienceoftheuniverserevisesandextendsthefirsteditionpublishedin1981.muchhashappenedsincethefirstedition；manydevelopmentshaveoccurred,andcosmologyhasbecomeawiderfieldofresearch.asbefore,thetreatmentiselementaryyetbroadinscope,andtheaimistopresentanoutlinethatappealstothethoughtfulpersonatalevelnotrequiringanadvancedknowledgeinthenaturalsciences.cosmol-ogyhasmanyfaces,scientificandnonscien-tific；inthisworktheprimaryemphasisisoncosmologyasascience,buttheimportanthistorical,philosophical,andtheologicalaspectsarenotignored.mathematicsisavoidedexceptinafewplaces,mostlyattheendofchapters,andthetreatmentisvariedenoughtomeettheneedsofboththosewhoenjoyanddonotenjoymathe-matics.attheendofeachchapteraretwosectionsentitledreflectionsandprojects.thereflectionssectionpresentstopicsforreflectionanddiscussion.theprojectssectionraisesquestionsandissuesthatachallengedreadermightcaretotackle.cosmologyimpelsustoaskdeepquestions,readwidely,andthinkdeeply.itisnotthesortofsubjectthatlendsitselfreadilytosimpleyesandnoanswers.onmostissuesthereareconflictingargumentstobeinves-tigated,weighed,rejected,accepted,ormodifiedaccordingtoone'spersonaltastesandbeliefs.cosmologychallengesthemind,shapesourwayofthinkingabouttheworldinwhichwelive,andleavesimpressionsandideasthatlastalifetime.

【作者简介】

作者:(美)哈里森

【目录】

preface
introduction
part1
1whatiscosmology?
theuniverse
cosmology
themagicuniverse
themythicuniverse
theanthropometricuniverse
cosmologyandsociety
reflections
projects
furtherreading
sources
2earlyscientificcosmology
thebeginningofwesternscience
plato'suniverse
threecosmicsystemsoftheancientworld
thearistotelianuniverse
theepicureanuniverse
thestoicuniverse
themysteryreligions
themedievaluniverse
theheliocentricuniverse
theinfiniteuniverse
reflections
projects
furtherreading
sources
3cartesianandnewtonianworldsystems
thedeclineofaristotelianscience
thecartesianworldsystem
thenewtonianworldsystem
newtonandtheinfiniteuniverse
theatomictheory
reflections
projects
furtherreading
sources
4cosmologyafternewtonandbeforeeinstein
hierarchicaluniverses
thenebulahypothesis
cosmicalislands
thenewastronomy
thevictorianuniverse
theageproblem
fallofthevictorianuniverse
reflections
projects
furtherreading
sources
5stars
thedistantstars
aforestofstars
insidethestars
nuclearenergy
birthofstars
thestarisdead！longlivethestar！
reflections
projects
furtherreading
sources
6galaxies
ourgalaxy
thedistantgalaxies
birthofgalaxies
radiogalaxiesandquasars
reflections
projects
furtherreading
sources
7locationandthecosmiccenter
thelocationprinciple
theisotropicuniverse
thecosmologicalprinciple
perfectcosmologicalprinciple
reflections
projects
furtherreading
sources
8containmentandthecosmicedge
thecontainmentprinciple
thecosmicedge
containmentofspaceandtime
designargument
manyphysicaluniverses
theisticandanthropicprinciples
whitherthelawsofnature?
containmentriddle
reflections
projects
furtherreading
sources
9spaceandtime
space
spaceandtime
time
the"now"
timetravel
atomictime
reflections
projects
furtherreading
sources
part2
part3
appendix-fundamentalquantities
index