P. J. E. Peebles is a Nobel Prizewinning physicist and the author of Principles of Physical Cosmology,Quantum Mechanics, and Physical Cosmology (all Princeton). He is the Albert Einstein Professor of Science Emeritus in the Department of Physics at Princeton University.
"James Peebles, Co-Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics"
"Finalist for the PROSE Award in Cosmology and Astronomy,
Association of American Publishers"
"It's hard to imagine anyone better placed to recount the inside
story of modern cosmology. . . . For anyone seriously interested in
the ways of science and how we came to understand our place in the
Universe, this is essential reading."---Giles Sparrow, BBC Sky at
Night Magazine
"As expected, the quality is top-notch. . . . [Cosmology's Century]
is also very well written. The book is essential reading for anyone
interested in the first hundred years of modern
cosmology."---Phillip Helbig, The Observatory
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