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8.942 Cosmology
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Prereq: Permission of instructor
Units: 3-0-9
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Lecture: MW2.30-4 (VIRTUAL)
Thermal backgrounds in space. Cosmological principle and its consequences: Newtonian cosmology and types of "universes"; survey of relativistic cosmology; horizons. Overview of evolution in cosmology; radiation and element synthesis; physical models of the "early stages." Formation of large-scale structure to variability of physical laws. First and last states. Some knowledge of relativity expected. 8.962 recommended though not required.
K. Masui
Textbooks (Fall 2020)
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