Cosmology 2nd Edition Hardback: The Science of the Universe - Hardcover

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Edward Harrison (1919–2007) was Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Massachusetts, and adjunct Professor of Astronomy at the Steward Observatory, University of Arizona. He was born and educated in England, and served for several years in the British Army during World War II. He was principal scientist at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment and Rutherford High Energy Laboratory until 1966 when he became a Five College Professor at the University of Massachusetts, and taught at Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges. He wrote several books, including Masks of the Universe, also published by Cambridge University Press, and published hundreds of technical papers in physics and astronomy journals.