Cosmology is a branch of astronomy that involves the origin and evolution of the universe, from the Big Bang to today and on into the future.
According to NASA, the definition of cosmology is "the scientific study of the large scale properties of the universe as a whole.".
Observational cosmology studies the universe using telescopes and other equipment to examine the direct evidence of the universe's development and structure..
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This second edition of Introduction to Cosmology is an exciting update of an award-winning textbook
It is aimed primarily at advanced undergraduate students in physics and astronomy, but is also useful as a supplementary text at higher levels
It explains modern cosmological concepts, such as dark energy, in the context of the Big Bang theory
This textbook provides advanced undergraduate and graduate students with a complete introduction to modern cosmology
It successfully bridges the gap between undergraduate and advanced graduate texts by discussing topics of current research, starting from first principles
The second edition includes recent observational results, fuller descriptions of special and general relativity, expanded discussions of dark energy, and a new chapter on baryonic matter that makes up stars and galaxies
It is an ideal textbook for the era of precision cosmology in the accelerating universe
