By David Goodstein (eds.)
World Scientific
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This up-to-date collection of review articles offers a general introduction to cosmology by experts in various fields. It starts with “Galaxy Formation from Start to Finish” and ends with “The First Supermassive Black Holes in the Universe”, exploring in between the grand themes of galaxies, the early universe, the expansion of the universe, neutrino masses, dark matter and dark energy. Together the chapters provide a detailed view of what is known about the universe as well as what remains unknown. Students, researchers and academics interested in cosmology should find this book useful.