The Early Universe (Frontiers in Physics)

By Edward W. Kolb

Book Overview

The Early Universe has become the standard reference on forefront topics in cosmology, particularly to the early history of the Universe. Subjects covered include primordial nubleosynthesis,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0201116030
• ISBN13: 9780201116038
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
• Length: 547 Pages
• Weight: 2.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.6" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

A Classic

Good book, recommended by most astroparticle physicists. Requires basic knowledge of general relativity and particle physics, and builds from that the cosmology spanning the evolution of the Universe. Despite not having had a recent reedition, this is still the resource to consult on these topics.

Very good introduction to cosmology

The Early Universe provides an excellent introduction to the topics it covers, including the standard big bang cosmology, baryogenesis and inflation. I read Dodelson's Modern Cosmology before this text, and the two compliment each other. The Early Universe provides a more complete and physically intuitive description of the standard big bang cosmology, including the role of thermodynamics, nucleosynthesis and out-of-equilibrium dynamics. Because of the attention to the "background" dynamics, and also to baryogenesis, phase transitions, inflation, and other applications of high energy physics, one gets a better sense of the "bigger picture" with Kolb and Turner's text. On the other hand, The Early Universe lacks any technical discussion of metric perturbations and CMB analysis, which are important components of much current research. These are highly emphasized in Dodelson's text. For appropriate topics, I have found The Early Universe to be a very good reference.

Please create an audio adaptation ...

To the publisher I would appreciate it if the publisher could produce an audio adaptation of this book. I would love to listen to this while I drive to work and to let my 16 month old son listen to it as a bedtime story. Arnold D Veness