Introduction to Cosmology

Preface to second edition
Preface to first edition
1. Introduction
2. Fundamental observations
3. Newton versus Einstein
4. Cosmic dynamics
5. Model universes
6. Measuring cosmological parameters
7. Dark matter
8. The cosmic microwave background
9. Nucleosynthesis and the early Universe
10. Inflation and the very early Universe
11. Structure formation: gravitational instability
12. Structure formation: baryons and photons
Epilogue
Bibliography
Table of useful constants
Index.

Barbara Ryden received her PhD in astrophysical sciences from Princeton University, New Jersey in 1987. After postdocs at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, she joined the astronomy faculty at the Ohio State University, where she is now a full professor. She has over twenty years of experience in teaching, at levels ranging from introductory undergraduate courses to advanced graduate seminars. She won the Chambliss Astronomical Writing Award for the first edition of Introduction to Cosmology (2002), and is the co-author, with Bradley Peterson, of Foundations of Astrophysics (2010).