Modern Cosmology

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 464 pages
• Published by: Academic Press
• Edition: 1st Edition March 7, 2003
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0122191412
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0122191411
• Book Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches
• Weighs: 1.8 pounds

Product Review
"…very up to date and gives great treatments of structure formation…The most complete such description in an textbook."
— Paul H. Frampton, Universtiy of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Oct 2003)

"…provides an great introduction to some of the most dynamical areas in physics and astronomy."
— Milan M. Cirkovic, Astronomical Obervatory of Belgrade, FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICS (Oct 2003) -- Review

Product Review
"very up to date and gives great treatments of structure formationThe most complete such description in an textbook."
- Paul H. Frampton, Universtiy of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Oct 2003)

"provides an great introduction to some of the most dynamical areas in physics and astronomy."
- Milan M. Cirkovic, Astronomical Obervatory of Belgrade, FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICS (Oct 2003)

"New graduate studentsshould find it easy to learn from this book."
-George Efstathiou, University of Cambride, England (July 2004)

Reader Reviews
I am currently teaching graduate cosmology. Modern cosmology is an extraordinarily beautiful piece of physics that has allowed cosmologists to learn from observations fundamental facts about our universe. Graduate students want to understand this beautiful subject themselves. Dodelson's book is the one that delivers that understanding. Of the several graduate cosmology texts out there, this one is unquestionably the best. The book is uncompromisingly a graduate level text. The material is intrinsically hard, but Dodelson does a remarkable job of taking the reader through it. The problem sets at the end of each chapter (some with solutions) are well thought out, and fill in many gaps. Each chapter concludes with a thoughtful summary and a guide to further reading. If you are going to teach a graduate level cosmology class with this book, then you should impress on your students that the text is not easy, but it's the real unwatered-down thing.