Cosmology (book) explained

Cosmology
Author:	Steven Weinberg
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Subjects:	Modern Physics, Cosmology
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
English Pub Date:	2008 (1st edition) 2014 (reprint)
Media Type:	Print
Pages:	593
Isbn:	978-0-19-852682-7
Oclc:	182779803
Italic Title:	force

Cosmology (2008) is a textbook about cosmology by American physicist Steven Weinberg. The textbook is intended for final-year physics undergraduates or first-year graduate students.^[1] The book is a successor to Weinberg's 1972 textbook Gravitation and Cosmology.^{[2] [3]}

Chapters

• 1. The Expansion of the Universe
• 2. The Cosmic Microwave Radiation Background
• 3. The Early Universe
• 4. Inflation
• 5. General Theory of Cosmological Fluctuations

• 6. Evolution of Cosmological Fluctuations
• 7. Anisotropies in the Microwave Sky
• 8. The Growth of Structure
• 9. Gravitational Lensing
• 10. Fluctuations from Inflation

External links

• Book: Cosmology. Oxford University Press. 9780198526827. Weinberg, Steven. 2008.

Notes and References

1. 10.1088/0264-9381/25/22/229003. Review of Cosmology by Steven Weinberg. 2008. Silk. Joseph. Joseph Silk. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 25. 22. 229003. 250911392 .
2. 10.1063/1.3156334. Review of Cosmology by Steven Weinberg. 2009. Bond. J. Richard. J. Richard Bond. Physics Today. 62. 6. 50–51.
3. 10.1063/1.3128097. 1973PhT....26f..57W. Review of Gravitation and Cosmology: Principles and Applications of the General Theory of Relativity by Steven Weinberg. 1973. Wagoner, Robert V.. Physics Today. 26. 6. 57–58.