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The structure and evolution of the universe

[by] Ya. B. Zeldovich and I.D. Novikov. ; tr. by Leslie Fishbone ; ed. by Gary Steigman ; revised and enlarged from the original Russian ed. by the authors and editor

(Relativistic astrophysics, v. 2)

University of Chicago Press, 1983

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Reli︠a︡tivistskai︠a︡ astrofizika

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Bibliography: p. 675-698

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Though the kinematics of the evolving universe became known decades ago, research into the physics of processes occurring in the expanding universe received a reliable observational and theoretical basis only in more recent years. These achievements have led in turn to the emergence of new problems, on which an unusually active assault has begun. This second volume of "Relativistic Astrophysics "provides a remarkably complete picture of the present state of cosmology. It is a synthesis of the theoretical foundations of contemporary cosmology, which are derived from work in relativity, plasma theory, thermodynamics, hydrodynamics, and particle physics. It presents the theoretical work that explains, describes, and predicts the nature of the universe, the physical process that occur in it, the formation of galaxies, the synthesis of the light elements, and the cosmological singularity and the theory of gravitation. This book, long and eagerly awaited, is essential for everyone whose work is related to cosmology and astrophysics.

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