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Author:   J.T. Jones ,  J.E. Jones
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1983
Volume:   97
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.150kg
ISBN:  

9789027715173

ISBN 10:   9027715173
Pages:   372
Publication Date:   31 December 1982
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Inaugural lecture.- Relativistic cosmology for astrophysicists.- Numerical cosmologies.- Grand unification and cosmology.- Theory and evidence about the origin of cosmological structure.- Adiabatic vs. isothermal: two pictures of galaxy origin.- Structure in the universe and fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background.- Large-scale fluctuations in the mass distribution and the microwave background: nature and evolution.- Evolution of potential perturbations after decoupling (the adiabatic scenario).- Primordial stars — the precursors to galaxy formation.- Very massive objects and pregalactic stars.- The chemical evolution of galaxies.- Stellar dynamical processes and the evolution of galaxies and galaxy clusters.- Disc stability and halo mass.- Evolution of faint galaxies.- Cosmological evolution of QSOs and radio galaxies.- Clusters of galaxies.- Epilogue: do we understand how galaxies formed?.

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