My Account Wish List
Advanced Search
Print - Close Window
www.greenwood.com/catalog/GR3731.aspx
All Greenwood Products
Kristine M. Larsen
Book Code: GR3731
ISBN: 0-313-33731-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-33731-4
216 pages, figures
Greenwood Press
Publication: 3/30/2007
List Price: $49.95 (UK Sterling Price: £27.95)
Discount Price: $44.96 Greenwood Press Fall 2008 Backlist Sale. Use code 0826. Save 10%. Ends 12/31/2008.
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Series Title: Science 101
Reviews:
  • [E]ven younger, motivated students should be able to gain some understanding of these topics without assistance or prior knowledge. Teachers will appreciate the depth and clairity.
    —VOYA     February 2008
  • This fascinating, well-written book is appropriate for anyone interested in astronomy or as collateral reading in introductory undergraduate astronomy or physics courses. I recommend it for those who wish to understand how we know what we know about the cosmos.
    —SB&F     September/October 2007
  • In introducing readers to cosmology and the real world of sometimes unscholarly scientists, Larsen examines myths about cosmic bodies, current speculation about the universe, and insights from technology-aided discoveries regarding its nature, mapping, and evolution. The text includes a glossary and annotated bibliography, but no dazzling out-of-this world views of the cosmos.
    —SciTech Book News     June 2007
Description: What should the average person know about science? Because science is so central to life in the 21st century, science educators and other leaders of the scientific community believe that it is essential that everyone understand the basic concepts of the most vital and far-reaching disciplines. Cosmology 101 does exactly that. This accessible volume provides readers - whether students new to the field or just interested members of the lay public - with the essential ideas of evolution using a minimum of jargon and mathematics. Concepts are introduced in a progressive order so that more complicated ideas build on simpler ones, and each is discussed in small, bite-sized segments so that they can be more easily understood. Cosmology 101 introduces readers to all the aspects that make cosmology such a vibrant and dynamic field:
  • The debate over whether the the Milky Way was the only "island universe", or only one of many "galaxies. The solution to this question set into motion a new revolution in cosmology.

  • Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, which has completely altered how scientists model the universe.

  • The debates over the Steady-State versus the Big Bang model of the universe, and the recent theories, such as the inflationary model of the universe.

    This volume in the Science 101 series provides readers with a solid understanding of how scientist know what they know about the universe.
    • LC Card Number: 2007000042
    LCC Class: QB982
    Dewey Class: 523
    PDF Catalogs:
    Greenwood School and Public Library Reference Spring 2008.pdf
    Greenwood Spring Reference 2008.pdf
    Greenwood Science and Health 2008.pdf
    Sale Catalog 2008.pdf
    All rights reserved. Copyright © 1999-2008 Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.
    88 Post Road West, Westport CT 06881, (203) 226-3571