Download or read book New Cosmology, The - Proceedings Of The 16th International Physics Summer School, Canberra written by Matthew Malcolm Colless and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2005-06-28 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents a comprehensive introduction to modern cosmology from an astrophysical viewpoint. Key features of the book are: breadth of topics covered, from quantum cosmology to recent observational advances; up-to-the-minute inclusion of many recent results, e.g. from the WMAP satellite; the level of the work, suited to both students and professionals in the field.