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Article #3700Re: Cosmology/Galaxy textbook ?
From: Kristin Kearns
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 16:39
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 16:39
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I took a class last semester that used the text "Cosmology: the Science of the Universe" (how original!) by Edward R. Harrison. It is a readable text, with even a glimmer of humor now and then, but it doesnt skimp on the math when necessary, and gets deeper into the fundamentals of cosmological theory, particularly various models of the universe, than most introductory texts. Definately not a "gee-whiz-for-non-science-types" book. The major drawback is that it was published in 1981 (Cambridge University Press), and is thus a little out of date in some areas. Also, this may make it hard to find. (If it helps to define the level, the class was an independent study in my last year undergrad in astro.) -kristin
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gumby!yale!hsdndev!cfa203!kristin From: kristin@head-cfa.harvard.edu (Kristin Kearns) Newsgroups: sci.astro Subject: Re: Cosmology/Galaxy textbook ? Message-ID: <1993Jan26.163935.1382@head-cfa.harvard.edu> Date: 26 Jan 93 16:39:35 GMT References: <19JAN199316195603@vxcrna.cern.ch> <TIM.93Jan20110523@nijinsky.ipac.caltech.edu> Sender: kristin@head-cfa.harvard.edu (Kristin Kearns) Organization: totally lacking. Lines: 13