Why is it interesting?

Layman

Student

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 A Poor Man’s CMB Primer

Researcher

Recommended Books:

• John A. Peacock, Cosmological Physics

Common Question 1

Common Question 2

Examples

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Example2:

FAQ

Many questions that frequently pop up in cosmology are answered here and here

History