====== Cosmology ======



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[{{ :branches:universehistory_nsf-highres_preview.jpeg?nolink&800 |Credit: N.R.Fuller, National Science Foundation}}]
  
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  * [[https://arxiv.org/abs/1712.10315|The expanding universe]] by Markus Pössel; "An introduction to the physics and mathematics of the expanding universe, using no more than high-school level / undergraduate mathematics. "

**Recommended Textbooks:**

  * The best introductions are Relativity, Gravitation and Cosmology by Ta-Pei Cheng and 
  * The Early Universe by Edward Kolb and Michael S. Turner
  * Edward R. Harrison, Cosmology, the Science of the Universe
  * M. Berry, Cosmology and Gravitation



  * Another nice introduction to the CMB and related effects is [[https://www.physicsforums.com/insights/poor-mans-cmb-primer-part-0-orientation/|A Poor Man’s CMB Primer]] and [[http://www.quantumfieldtheory.info/CMB.pdf|Student Friendly Guide to the Cosmic Microwave Background]] by Robert D. Klauber 



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**Recommended Books:**

  * John A. Peacock, Cosmological Physics

<tabbox Why is it interesting?> 

<tabbox FAQ> 
Many questions that frequently pop up in cosmology are answered [[https://preposterousuniverse.com/cosmologyprimer/faq.html|here]] and [[http://astro.utoronto.ca/~cczhu/ZhuQual.pdf|here]]
  


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