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 Ph.D. in astrophysical sciences from Princeton University. 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 a full professor. She has thirty years of experience in teaching, at levels ranging from introductory undergraduate courses to advanced graduate seminars. She won the Chambliss Astronomical Writing Award for her textbook Introduction to Cosmology (2016), and she is co-author, with Richard Pogge, of Interstellar and Intergalactic Medium (2021).