Reviews developments in applications of inhomogeneous models to cosmology, for graduate students and academic researchers in astrophysics.

Tau functions are a central tool in the modern theory of integrable systems. This volume provides a thorough introduction, starting from the basics and extendin

This book mathematically derives the theory underlying the Belinski-Khalatnikov-Lifshitz conjecture on the general solution of the Einstein equations with a cos

A comprehensive account of new models of extra dimensions which form an important part of present-day high-energy physics.

An elementary introduction to hadronic properties at finite temperature and density that develops real-time methods of thermal field theory.