An Introduction to Modern Cosmology, Andrew Liddle
http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Modern-Cosmology-Andrew-Liddle/dp/1118502140
Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe Hardcover – by Simon Singh
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0007162200
Echo of the Big Bang Hardcover – by Michael D. Lemonick
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0691102783
Not by Design: Retiring Darwin’s Watchmaker - John Reiss
http://www.amazon.com/Not-Design-Retiring-Darwins-Watchmaker/dp/0520271297
Cosmic Evolution: The Rise of Complexity in Nature - Eric J. Chaisson
http://www.amazon.com/Cosmic-Evolution-Rise-Complexity-Nature/dp/0674009878
A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson
http://www.amazon.com/A-Short-History-Nearly-Everything/dp/076790818X
An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything Paperback – Chris Hadfield
http://www.amazon.com/Astronauts-Guide-Life-Earth-Determination/dp/0316253030
The Very First Light: The True Inside Story Of The Scientific Journey Back To The Dawn Of The Universe Paperback – by John Mather
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/046501576X
Afterglow of Creation: From the Fireball to the Discovery of Cosmic Ripples - by Marcus Chown
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0935702407
Ripples in the Cosmos: A view behind the scenes of the new cosmology Hardcover – by Michael Rowan-Robinson
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0716745038
The Five Ages of the Universe: Inside the Physics of Eternity Hardcover – by Greg Laughlin
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0684854228
The Creation of the Universe - George Gamow
http://www.amazon.com/Creation-Universe-Dover-Science-Books/dp/0486438686
Before The Beginning: Our Universe And Others (Helix Books) Paperback – by Martin Rees
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0738200336
The Alchemy of the Heavens: Searching for Meaning in the Milky Way Paperback – by Ken Croswell
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385472145
The Inflationary Universe: The Quest for a New Theory of Cosmic Origins - by Alan H. Guth
http://www.amazon.com/Inflationary-Universe-Theory-Cosmic-Origins/dp/0201149427
Relativity, Gravitation and Cosmology: A Basic Introduction: 2nd (second) Edition Paperback – by Ta-Pei Cheng
http://www.amazon.com/Ta-Pei-Cheng-Relativity-Gravitation-Introduction/dp/B008UB7U6S
Modern Cosmology by Scott Dodelson
http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Cosmology-Scott-Dodelson/dp/0122191412
Physical Foundations of Cosmology by Viatcheslav Mukhanov
http://www.amazon.com/Physical-Foundations-Cosmology-Viatcheslav-Mukhanov/dp/0521563984
About the image: Simulated view of a black hole (center) in front of the Large Magellanic Cloud. Note the gravitational lensing effect, which produces two enlarged but highly distorted views of the Cloud. Across the top, the Milky Way disk appears distorted into an arc.
Black Hole: How an Idea Abandoned by Newtonians, Hated by Einstein, and Gambled On by Hawking Became Loved - Marcia Bartusiak
http://www.amazon.com/Black-Hole-Abandoned-Newtonians-Einstein/dp/030021085X
Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein’s Outrageous Legacy (Commonwealth Fund Book Program) Kip S. Thorne
http://www.amazon.com/Black-Holes-Time-Warps-Commonwealth/dp/0393312763
The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics - Leonard Susskind
http://www.amazon.com/The-Black-Hole-War-Mechanics/dp/0316016411
~Neil deGrasse Tyson
Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution
http://www.amazon.com/Origins-Fourteen-Billion-Cosmic-Evolution/dp/0393350398
Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries
http://www.amazon.com/Death-Black-Hole-Cosmic-Quandaries/dp/039335038X
Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier
http://www.amazon.com/Space-Chronicles-Facing-Ultimate-Frontier/dp/0393343626
The Extravagant Universe: Exploding Stars, Dark Energy, and the Accelerating Cosmos (Princeton Science Library) by Robert P. Kirshner
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/069111742X
Shadows of Creation: Dark Matter and the Structure of the Universe Hardcover - by Michael Riordan
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0716721570
The Cosmic Cocktail: Three Parts Dark Matter (Science Essentials) Hardcover – by Katherine Freese
http://www.amazon.com/Cosmic-Cocktail-Matter-Science-Essentials/dp/0691153353
Einstein’s Telescope: The Hunt for Dark Matter and Dark Energy in the Universe - by Evalyn Gates
http://www.amazon.com/Einsteins-Telescope-Matter-Energy-Universe/dp/0393338010
The Early Universe (Frontiers in Physics) by Edward Kolb and Michael Turner
http://www.amazon.com/Early-Universe-Frontiers-Physics/dp/0201626748
The Primordial Density Perturbation: Cosmology, Inflation and the Origin of Structure - by David H. Lyth and Andrew R. Liddle
http://www.amazon.com/Primordial-Density-Perturbation-Cosmology-Inflation/dp/052182849X
Elements of String Cosmology – by Maurizio Gasperini
http://www.amazon.com/Elements-String-Cosmology-Maurizio-Gasperini/dp/0521868750
Galaxy Formation and Evolution Hardcover – by Houjun Mo, Frank van den Bosch, and Simon White
http://www.amazon.com/Galaxy-Formation-Evolution-Houjun-Mo/dp/0521857937
Bayesian Methods in Cosmology - by Michael P. Hobson, Andrew H. Jaffe, Andrew R. Liddle, Pia Mukherjee, and David Parkinson
http://www.amazon.com/Bayesian-Methods-Cosmology-Michael-Hobson/dp/1107631750
Nothing: A Very Short Introduction - Frank Close
http://www.amazon.com/Nothing-Short-Introduction-Frank-Close/dp/0199225869
Vacuum Energy Density, or How Can Nothing Weigh Something?
http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/cosmo_constant.html
~Lawrence Krauss
A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather than Nothing Paperback – by Lawrence M. Krauss
http://www.amazon.com/Universe-Nothing-There-Something-Rather/dp/1451624468
Quintessence: The Mystery Of Missing Mass In The Universe Hardcover
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0465037402
~Steven Weinberg
Cosmology
http://www.amazon.com/Cosmology-Steven-Weinberg/dp/0198526822
The First Three Minutes Mass Market Paperback
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0553246828
The Helix Nebula Unraveling
~Brian Greene
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory – by Brian Greene
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0375708111
The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0375412883
The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos
http://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Reality-Parallel-Universes-Cosmos/dp/0307278123
This image is only ART
~Timothy Ferris
Coming of Age in the Milky Way Paperback
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385263260
The Whole Shebang: A State-of-the-Universe(s) Report
http://www.amazon.com/Whole-Shebang-State—Universe-Report/dp/0684838613
~Joseph Silk
Big Bang Paperback
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/071671812X
A Short History of the Universe (Scientific American Library Series)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0716760207
NGC 4038 (left) and NGC 4039 (right)
Antennae Galaxies
~John D Barrow
The Origin Of The Universe
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0465053149
The Universe That Discovered Itself
http://www.amazon.com/Universe-That-Discovered-Itself/dp/0192862006
New Theories of Everything
http://www.amazon.com/New-Theories-Everything-Gifford-Lectures/dp/0192807218
The Left Hand of Creation
http://www.amazon.com/The-Left-Hand-Creation-Evolution/dp/0195086759
~Malcolm S. Longair
Our Evolving Universe
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0521629756
The Origins of Our Universe: A Study of the Origin and Evolution of the Contents of our Universe: The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures for Young People
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0521423031
~Dr. Donald Goldsmith
Einstein’s Greatest Blunder?: The Cosmological Constant and Other Fudge Factors in the Physics of the Universe (Questions of Science)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0674242424
The Runaway Universe : The Race to Discover the Future of the Cosmos
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0738200689
Bug Nebula - NGC 6302 - Hubble 2009
~Stephen Hawking
A Brief History of Time
http://www.amazon.com/Brief-History-Time-Stephen-Hawking/dp/0553380168
A Briefer History of Time
http://www.amazon.com/Briefer-History-Time-Stephen-Hawking/dp/0553804367
The Grand Design
http://www.amazon.com/Grand-Design-Stephen-Hawking/dp/055338466X
The Theory Of Everything
http://www.amazon.com/Theory-Everything-Stephen-W-Hawking/dp/8179925919
~Carl Sagan
Cosmos
http://www.amazon.com/Cosmos-Carl-Sagan/dp/0345539435
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
http://www.amazon.com/Demon-Haunted-World-Science-Candle-Dark/dp/0345409469
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
http://www.amazon.com/Pale-Blue-Dot-Vision-Future/dp/0345376595
The Eagle Nebula, taken from Kitt Peak
~College Cosmology Textbooks
“Cosmology”, 4th edition, Michael Rowan-Robinson. A recently updated classic.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0198518846
“Introduction to Cosmology”, Barbara Ryden. A new upper division textbook.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0805389121
“Foundations of Modern Cosmology”, Hawley and Holcomb. For upper division non-science majors.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0195104978
~Graduate Cosmology Textbooks
“Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General Relativity” by Sean Carroll. GR with chapters on applications including cosmology.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0805387323
“Gravity: An Introduction to Einstein’s General Relativity” by James Hartle. Good introduction to GR.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0805386629
“Gravitation and Cosmology” by Steven Weinberg.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471925675
“Cosmological Physics”, John Peacock. All of physics relevant to cosmology, which is all of physics.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0521422701
“Principles of Physical Cosmology” by P. J. E. Peebles.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0691019339
“The Early Universe” by Kolb and Turner.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201626748
“Gravitation” by Misner, Thorne and Wheeler. Also known is the “Bible” or the “telephone book”, this is primarily a very good textbook on general relativity. 1215 pages, 2.5 kg in paperback!
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0716703440
~College Introductory Astronomy Textbooks
“Astronomy: The Evolving Universe”, Michael Zeilik.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471135666
“Astronomy: the Cosmic Perspective”, Zeilik & Gaustad
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/047150016X
“Journey Through the Universe”, Jay Pasachoff
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0030972833
“Astronomy: From the Earth to the Universe”, Jay Pasachoff
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0030243475
“Abell’s Exploration of the Universe”, David Morrison, Sidney Woolf & Andrew Fraknoi
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0030010349
“Realm of the Universe”, George O. Abell, Sidney Woolf & David Morrison
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0030067324
~College Astrophysics Textbooks
“Introductory Astronomy and Astrophysics”, Zeilik, Gregory & Smith
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0030316979
“An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics”, Bradley Carroll & Dale Ostlie
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201547309
About this Image
Hubble’s 20th anniversary image shows a mountain of dust and gas rising in the Carina Nebula. The top of a three-light-year tall pillar of cool hydrogen is being worn away by the radiation of nearby stars, while stars within the pillar unleash jets of gas that stream from the peaks.Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
~More Collections
Stuart Clark’s top 10 approachable astronomy books
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/aug/18/stuart-clark-top-10-astronomy-books
http://phys-astro.sonoma.edu/people/faculty/tenn/CosmologyBooksAndLinks.html
http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/cosmobib.html
http://w.astro.berkeley.edu/~mwhite/darkmatter/reading.html
http://www.ranker.com/list/books-about-the-subject-astronomy/reference
http://www.ranker.com/list/books-about-the-subject-cosmology/reference
http://www.ranker.com/list/books-about-the-subject-astrophysics/reference
http://www.umich.edu/~lowbrows/reflections/2010/csarnecki.22.html
http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/collections/top-20-best-selling-astronomy-books/
Core List of Astronomy Books
http://ads.harvard.edu/books/clab/
Orion’s Top Ten Astronomy Books for Beginners
Top 10 Physics Books on Amazon.com
http://physicsdatabase.com/top-10-physics-books-on-amazon-com/
A Physics Book List: Recommendations from the Net
General Physics
Classical Mechanics
Classical Electromagnetism
Quantum Mechanics
Statistical Mechanics and Entropy
Condensed Matter
Special Relativity
Particle Physics
General Relativity
Mathematical Methods
Nuclear Physics
Cosmology
Astronomy
Plasma Physics
Numerical Methods/Simulations
Fluid Dynamics
Nonlinear Dynamics, Complexity and Chaos
Optics (Classical and Quantum), Lasers
Mathematical Physics
Atomic Physics
Low Temperature Physics, Superconductivity
http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Administrivia/booklist.html
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