LEADER 02851nam  2200529 a 450 
001 9910820629403321
005 20200520144314.0
010   $a0-19-170621-3
010   $a0-19-966514-1
010   $a1-4294-7052-6
010   $a1-280-75347-1
010   $a0-19-152616-9
035   $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7035632
035   $a(CKB)24235104200041
035   $a(MiAaPQ)EBC415192
035   $a(Au-PeEL)EBL415192
035   $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10271722
035   $a(CaONFJC)MIL75347
035   $a(OCoLC)437093050
035   $a(OCoLC) 71163822
035   $a(FINmELB)ELB167610
035   $a(EXLCZ)9924235104200041
100   $a20060821d2007      uy         0
101 0 $aeng
135   $aur|||||||||||
181   $ctxt$2rdacontent
182   $cc$2rdamedia
183   $acr$2rdacarrier
200 10$aConceptions of cosmos $efrom myths to the accelerating universe : a history of cosmology /$fHelge S. Kragh
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2007
215   $a276 p. $cill
311   $a9780199209163 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [253]-265) and index.
327   $aIntro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 From myths to the Copernican universe -- 1.1 Ancient cosmological thought -- 1.2 The Greek cosmos -- 1.3 Medieval cosmology -- 1.4 The Copernican revolution -- 2 The Newtonian era -- 2.1 Newton's infinite universe -- 2.2 Enlightenment cosmologies -- 2.3 Astrophysics and the nebulae -- 2.4 Thermodynamics and gravitation -- 2.5 The Via Lacta -- 3 Foundations of modern cosmology -- 3.1 Early relativistic models -- 3.2 The expanding universe -- 3.3 Towards a finite-age universe -- 3.4 Alternative cosmologies -- 4 The hot Big Bang -- 4.1 Cosmology-a branch of nuclear physics? -- 4.2 The steady-state challenge -- 4.3 Relativistic standard cosmology -- 5 New horizons -- 5.1 Early-universe cosmology -- 5.2 Observational surprises -- 5.3 Anthropic and other speculations -- 5.4 The problem of creation -- 5.5 Cosmology in perspective -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
330   $aThis book presents the history of how the universe at large became the object of scientific understanding. Starting with the ancient creation myths, it offers an integrated and comprehensive account of cosmology that covers all major events from Aristotle's Earth-centred cosmos to the recent discovery of the accelearting universe.
606   $aCosmology$xHistory
615  0$aCosmology$xHistory.
676   $a523.109
700   $aKragh$b Helge$f1944-$053342
801  0$bMiAaPQ
801  1$bMiAaPQ
801  2$bMiAaPQ
906   $aBOOK
912   $a9910820629403321
996   $aConceptions of cosmos$93993063
997   $aUNINA