Cosmology Books and Links
Annotated list of books, articles, and websites from a popular course at Sonoma State University.
www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu
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Cosmology made Simple
A brief, non-mathematical introduction to modern cosmology.
www.geocities.com
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Cosmology: A Research Briefing
An online book from the National Academy of Sciences. Includes chapters on CMBR, the large scale structure of universe, and the physics of the early universe.
www.nap.edu
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Distant Galaxies and Cosmology Models
Article on possible cosmological models.
www.cosmologymodels.com
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Galaxy Formation and the Intergalactic Medium
This site is dedicated to summarizing the research of Paul Shapiro's cosmology group. Of interest mainly to specialists.
galileo.as.utexas.edu
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Good Cosmology Sites
Links to cosmology resources, and a tutorial by a UCLA professor.
www.astro.ucla.edu
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Great Debates in Astronomy
Following in the footsteps of the famous April 1920 'Great Debate' between Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis, this series of debates among leaders in the astronomical community highlight major quests in astronomy and astrophysics in an open forum at the turn of the millennium.
antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov
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Introduction to Cosmology
These notes form an introduction to cosmology with special emphasis on large scale structure, the cmb anisotropy and inflation. In some places a basic familiarity with particle physics is assumed, but otherwise no special knowledge is needed.
arxiv.org
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Introduction to Cosmology
A NASA site for the general public featuring a collection of questions and answers on cosmology.
map.gsfc.nasa.gov
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Introduction to the Cosmic Microwave Background
Basic explanations of key concepts, including the Big Bang, expansion of the universe, and the ripples in the density of the early universe that led to the galaxies and stars we see today.
background.uchicago.edu
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