A comprehensive and authoritative introduction to contemporary cosmology for advanced undergraduate and graduate students.

This textbook provides advanced undergraduate and graduate students with a complete introduction to modern cosmology. It successfully bridges the gap between un

Inflationary cosmology has been developed over the last twenty years to remedy serious shortcomings in the standard hot big bang model of the universe. This tex

“Playful and enchanting.” —Priyamvada Natarajan, Wall Street Journal Could there be a civilization on a mote of dust? How much of your fate have you made?

Originally published: Cosmology. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1960.