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        22. Gravitational Evolution
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        P. J. E. Peebles
        
 
                                    
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                                            Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
 - CONTENTS vii
 - 2019 Nobel Lecture: How Physical Cosmology Grew xi
 - Preface xxv
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                            I. The Development of Physical Cosmology
 - 1. The Standard Cosmological Model 3
 - 2. Mach's Principle and the Cosmological Principle 10
 - 3. The Realm of the Nebulae 16
 - 4. Einstein's World Model 58
 - 5. The Expanding Universe 70
 - 6. The Thermal Cosmic Background Radiation 131
 - 7. Alternative Cosmologies 196
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                            II. General Relativity and Cosmology
 - 8. General Covariance 227
 - 9. Motions of Free Test Particles 244
 - 10. Field Equations 256
 - 11. Wall, String, and Spherical Solutions 280
 - 12. Robertson-Walker Geometry 298
 - 13. Neoclassical Cosmological Tests 310
 - 14. Cosmology in an Inhomogeneous Universe 343
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                            III. Topics in Modern Cosmology
 - 15. Challenges for the Standard Model 361
 - 16. Walls, Strings, Monopoles, and Textures 373
 - 17. Inflation 392
 - 18. Dark Matter 417
 - 19. Measures of the Galaxy Distribution 457
 - 20. Dynamical Mass Measures 475
 - 21. The Large-Scale Mass Distribution 500
 - 22. Gravitational Evolution 527
 - 23. Young Galaxies and the Intergalactic Medium 548
 - 24. Diffuse Matter and the Cosmic Radiation Backgrounds 573
 - 25. Galaxy Formation 608
 - 26. Lessons and Issues 663
 - References 685
 - Index 711
 
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
 - CONTENTS vii
 - 2019 Nobel Lecture: How Physical Cosmology Grew xi
 - Preface xxv
 - 
                            I. The Development of Physical Cosmology
 - 1. The Standard Cosmological Model 3
 - 2. Mach's Principle and the Cosmological Principle 10
 - 3. The Realm of the Nebulae 16
 - 4. Einstein's World Model 58
 - 5. The Expanding Universe 70
 - 6. The Thermal Cosmic Background Radiation 131
 - 7. Alternative Cosmologies 196
 - 
                            II. General Relativity and Cosmology
 - 8. General Covariance 227
 - 9. Motions of Free Test Particles 244
 - 10. Field Equations 256
 - 11. Wall, String, and Spherical Solutions 280
 - 12. Robertson-Walker Geometry 298
 - 13. Neoclassical Cosmological Tests 310
 - 14. Cosmology in an Inhomogeneous Universe 343
 - 
                            III. Topics in Modern Cosmology
 - 15. Challenges for the Standard Model 361
 - 16. Walls, Strings, Monopoles, and Textures 373
 - 17. Inflation 392
 - 18. Dark Matter 417
 - 19. Measures of the Galaxy Distribution 457
 - 20. Dynamical Mass Measures 475
 - 21. The Large-Scale Mass Distribution 500
 - 22. Gravitational Evolution 527
 - 23. Young Galaxies and the Intergalactic Medium 548
 - 24. Diffuse Matter and the Cosmic Radiation Backgrounds 573
 - 25. Galaxy Formation 608
 - 26. Lessons and Issues 663
 - References 685
 - Index 711