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    The Whole Truth

    P. J. E. Peebles

    A century ago, thoughtful people questioned how reality could agree with physical theories that keep changing, from a mechanical model of the ether to electric and magnetic fields, and from…

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    Principles of Physical Cosmology

    P. J. E. Peebles

    During the past years, dramatic improvements in methods of observing astrophysical phenomena space have added to our knowledge of the universe. This book presents an overview of physical cosmology, and…

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    Quantum Mechanics

    P. J. E. Peebles

    Teaches the often counterintuitive physics of quantum mechanics by working through detailed applications of general ideas. This book uses the hyperfine structure of atomic hydrogen (the 21 cm line): the…

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    The Large-Scale Structure of the Universe

    P. J. E. Peebles

    Opinions on the large-scale structure of the early universe range from primeval chaos to a well-ordered mass distribution. This work argues that the evolution proceeded from a nearly uniform initial…

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    Physical Cosmology

    P. J. E. Peebles

    Man’s view of the universe is widening today, as it did once before in the early days of big telescopes and photographic plates. Modern man, by means of radio, infrared…

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    Cosmology’s Century: An Inside History of Our Modern Understanding of the Universe

    P. J. E. Peebles

    From Nobel Prize-winning physicist P. J. E. Peebles, the story of cosmology from Einstein to today

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    Cosmology’s Century: An Inside History of Our Modern Understanding of the Universe

    P. J. E. Peebles

    From Nobel Prize-winning physicist P. J. E. Peebles, the story of cosmology from Einstein to today

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    The Whole Truth: A Cosmologist’s Reflections on the Search for Objective Reality

    P. J. E. Peebles

    From the Nobel Prize-winning physicist, a personal meditation on the quest for objective reality in natural science

    A century ago, thoughtful people questioned how reality could agree with physical theories…

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    The Large-Scale Structure of the Universe

    P.J.E. Peebles

    Opinions on the large-scale structure of the early universe range from primeval chaos to a well-ordered mass distribution. This work argues that the evolution proceeded from a nearly uniform initial…

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    Physical Cosmology

    P. J. E. Peebles,Edwin Peebles

    Man’s view of the universe is widening today, as it did once before in the early days of big telescopes and photographic plates. Modern man, by means of radio, infrared…

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    Quantum Mechanics

    P.J.E. Peebles

    The author attempts to teach the often counterintuitive physics of quantum mechanics by working through detailed applications of general ideas. He presents a set of examples of physics that are…

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