Vilenkin gives an exciting, surprisingly entertaining firsthand account of the birth of the new cosmology, and its fascinating--and at times disturbing--implications.
The concept of infinity has been for hundreds of years one of the most fascinating and elusive ideas to tantalize the minds of scholars and lay people alike. The theory of infinite sets lies at the heart of much of mathematics, yet is has produced a series of paradoxes that have led many scholars to doubt the soundness of its foundations. The ...
This text is a continuation of the three-volume work "Representation of Lie Groups and Special Functions" by the same authors. Here, they deal with the exposition of the main new developments in the contemporary theory of multivariate special functions. The theory of orthogonal symmetric polynomials (Jack polynomials, Macdonald's polynomials and ...
This is the second of three major volumes which present a comprehensive treatment of the theory of the main classes of special functions from the point of view of the theory of group representations. This volume deals with the properties of special functions, and the relation of orthogonal polynomials (Legendre, Gegenbauer, Jacobi, Laguerre, ...
This is the last of three major volumes which present a comprehensive treatment of the theory of the main classes of special functions from the point of view of the theory of group representations. This volume deals with q-analogs of special functions, quantum groups and algebras (including Hopf algebras), and (representations of) semi-simple Lie ...
Now in paperback, this book is the first comprehensive and coherent introduction to the role of cosmic strings and other topological defects in the universe. This study has been one of the major driving forces in cosmology over the last decade, and lies at the fruitful intersection of particle physics and cosmology. After an introduction to ...
This is the first of three major volumes which present a comprehensive treatment of the theory of the main classes of special functions from the point of view of the theory of group representations. This volume deals with the properties of classical orthogonal polynomials and special functions which are related to representations of groups of ...
Alex Vilenkin ist einer der kreativsten und angesehensten Kosmologen unserer Zeit. Er wendet sich mit diesem Buch erstmals an ein breites Publikum. Mit Humor und unterhaltsamen Anekdoten aus dem 'Kosmologen-Alltag' beschreibt er leicht verstAndlich das faszinierende Weltbild der modernen Kosmologie. ZunAchst erklArt er die Urknall-Theorie und ihre ...
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: MIR Press
Date Published: 1979
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Izdatel'stvo "Nauka"
Date Published: 1965
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macmillan / Pergamon
Date Published: 1964
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Publisher: Moscow, Mir Publishers, [
Date Published: 1972
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: ACADEMIC PRESS
Date Published: 1966
Description: Ex-Library Published by Academic Press in 1966. Hardback. Number of pages: 449. Condition: Very Good. May show some slight signs of wear. Ex-library book (usual stamps and marks). Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
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The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
