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An Introduction to Modern Cosmology, 2nd Edition
ISBN: 978-0-470-84835-7
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200 pages
May 2003
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Preface.

Constants conversion factors and symbols.

1. A (Very) Brief History of Cosmological Ideas.

2. Observational Overview.

3. Newtonian Gravity.

4. The Geometry  of the Universe.

5. Simple Cosmological Models.

6.Observational Parameters.

7. The Cosmological Constant.

8. The Age of the Universe.

9. The Density of the Universe and Dark Matter.

10. The Cosmic Microwave Background.

11. The Early Universe.

12. Nucleosynthesis: The Origin of the Light Elements.

13. The Inflationary Universe.

14. The Initial Singularity.

15. Overview: The Standard Cosmological Model.

Advanced Topic 1: General Relativistic Cosmology

Advanced Topic 2: Classic Cosmology: Distances and Luminosities.

Advanced Topic 3: Neutrino Cosmology.

Advanced Topic 4: Baryogenesis.

Advanced Topic 5: Structures in the Universe.

Bibliography.

Numerical answers and hints to problems.

Index.

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