Where do I start reading cosmology?

15 Best Cosmology Books for Beginners

• Introduction to Galaxy Formation and Evolution.
• Introduction to General Relativity, Black Holes and Cosmology.
• Space-Time, Relativity, and Cosmology.
• An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics.
• Gravity.
• Big Bang.
• Introduction to Cosmic Inflation and Dark Energy.

What is the best astronomy books for beginners?

General Astronomy Books For Beginners

• Astronomy: A Beginner’s Guide to the Universe by Eric Chaisson and Steve McMillan.
• The Astronomy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by DK.
• The Universe in a Nutshell by Stephen Hawking.
• The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality by Brian Greene.

What are some of the best books on cosmology?

A Brief History of Time, for example, is a book that I read when I was in high school, or maybe even before that, and it was one of the books that got me really excited about cosmology. It has held up pretty well – we have discovered a lot about how the universe works since then, but it still gives you a very good overview of what we know.

What is the best book to study the Big Bang theory?

The Big Bang and inflation theory should be dealt with in depth. As far as cosmology is concerned, the book which I consider to be THE best for a mathematical treatment of cosmology, is AK Raychaudhuri’s ” General relativity, astrophysics, and cosmology “.

What is the best book to learn about modern astrophysics?

An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics by Carroll and Ostlie is the classic, mostly for its comprehensiveness.

What is the best book to start learning about stellar physics?

Beware of a book called ‘An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics’, by Carroll/Ostlie too. It is simply the same excellent book on stellar physics, put together with an independent second part that is not as good as the first.