AMathematicianComesofAge(Spectrum)

作者 Steven G. Krantz著
出版社 MathematicalAssociationofAmerica
出版时间 2011年12月
ISBN 9780883855782
定价 447.70

内容简介

Cosmology:TheScienceoftheUniverseisanintroductiontopastandpresentcosmologicaltheory.Formuchoftheworld'shistory,cosmologicalthoughtwasformulatedinreligiousorphilosophicallanguageandwasthustheologicalormetaphysicalinnature.However,cosmologicalspeculationandtheoryhasnowbecomeascienceinwhichtheempiricaldiscoveriesoftheastronomer,theoreticalphysicist,andbiologistarewovenintointricatemodelsthatattempttoaccountfortheuniverseasawhole.ProfessorHarrisondrawsonthediscoveriesandspeculationsofthesescientiststoprovideacomprehensivesurveyofman'scurrentunderstandingoftheuniverseanditshistory.Tracingtheriseofthescientificmethod,themajoraimofthisbookistoprovideanelementaryunderstandingofthephysicaluniverseofmoderntimes.Thoroughlyrevisedandup-dated,thissecondeditionextendsthemuchacclaimedfirsteditiontakingintoaccountthemanydevelopmentsthathaveoccurred.

作者简介

StevenG.KrantzwasborninSanFrancisco,Californiain1951.HereceivedaB.A.degreefromtheUniversityofCaliforniaatSantaCruzin1971andthePh.D.fromPrincetonUniversityin1974.KrantzhastaughtatUCLA,PennState,PrincetonUniversity,andWashingtonUniversityinSt.Louis.HeservedasChairofthelatterdepartmentforfiveyears.Krantzhaspublishedmorethan60booksandmorethan160scholarlypapers.HeistherecipientoftheChauvenetPrizeandtheBeckenbachBookAwardoftheMAA.HehasreceivedtheUCLAAlumniFoundationDistinguishedTeachingAwardandtheKemperAward.Hehasdirected18Ph.D.thesesand9Masterstheses.

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