Advances in Modern Cosmology
by Adnan Ghribi
Publisher: InTech 2011
ISBN-13: 9789533074238
Number of pages: 198
Description:
Two main questions of modern cosmology are still to be answered: What is the nature of dark matter and dark energy? This book attempts to understand these questions while giving some of the most promising advances in modern cosmology.
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