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Author:   J.T. Jones ,  J.E. Jones ,  J. T. Jones
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Edition:   1983 ed.
Volume:   97
Weight:   0.780kg
ISBN:  

9789027715074

ISBN 10:   9027715076
Pages:   372
Publication Date:   31 December 1982
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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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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