Editing Physical cosmology (section)

==Further reading==

===Popular===
* {{cite book | first = Brian |last=Greene | author-link = Brian Greene | title = The Fabric of the Cosmos | publisher = Penguin Books Ltd | date = 2005 | isbn = 978-0-14-101111-0 | title-link = The Fabric of the Cosmos }}
* {{cite book | first= Alan |last=Guth | author-link = Alan Guth | title = The Inflationary Universe: The Quest for a New Theory of Cosmic Origins | publisher = Random House | date = 1997 | isbn = 978-0-224-04448-6 }}
* {{cite book | author-link = Stephen Hawking | last = Hawking | first = Stephen W. | title = A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes | publisher = Bantam Books, Inc | date = 1988 | isbn = 978-0-553-38016-3 | title-link = A Brief History of Time }}
* {{cite book | author-link = Stephen Hawking | last = Hawking | first = Stephen W. | title = The Universe in a Nutshell | publisher = Bantam Books, Inc | date = 2001 | isbn = 978-0-553-80202-3 | title-link = The Universe in a Nutshell }}
* {{cite book|last1=Ostriker|first1=Jeremiah P.|last2=Mitton|first2=Simon|title=Heart of Darkness: Unraveling the mysteries of the invisible Universe|date=2013|publisher=Princeton University Press|location=Princeton, NJ|isbn=978-0-691-13430-7 }}
* {{cite book | first= Simon |last=Singh | author-link = Simon Singh | title = Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe | publisher = Fourth Estate | date = 2005 | isbn = 978-0-00-716221-5 | title-link = Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe | bibcode = 2004biba.book.....S }}
* {{cite book | first= Steven |last=Weinberg | author-link = Steven Weinberg | title = The First Three Minutes | publisher = Basic Books | date = 1993 | orig-date = 1978 | isbn = 978-0-465-02437-7 }}

===Textbooks===<!-- This section is linked from [[Big Bang]] -->
* {{cite book | last=Cheng |first=Ta-Pei | title=Relativity, Gravitation and Cosmology: a Basic Introduction | location=Oxford and New York| publisher=Oxford University Press| date=2005 | isbn=978-0-19-852957-6 }} Introductory cosmology and general relativity without the full tensor apparatus, deferred until the last part of the book.
* {{cite book | last=Baumann |first=Daniel | title=Cosmology | location=Cambridge| publisher=Cambridge University Press| date=2022 | isbn=978-0-19-852957-6 }} Modern introduction to cosmology covering the homogeneous and inhomogeneous universe as well as inflation and the CMB.
* {{cite book | first = Scott | last = Dodelson | date = 2003 | title = Modern Cosmology | publisher = Academic Press | isbn = 978-0-12-219141-1 }} An introductory text, released slightly before the [[Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe|WMAP]] results.
* {{cite book |first=Benjamin |last=Gal-Or |title=Cosmology, Physics and Philosophy |publisher=Springer Verlag |orig-year=1981 |date=1987|isbn=0-387-90581-2}}
* {{cite book | last = Grøn | first = Øyvind |author-link=Øyvind Grøn|author2=Hervik, Sigbjørn | title = Einstein's General Theory of Relativity with Modern Applications in Cosmology | location = New York | publisher = Springer | date = 2007 | isbn = 978-0-387-69199-2 }}
* {{cite book | last = Harrison | first = Edward | author-link=Edward Robert Harrison | date = 2000 | title = Cosmology: the science of the universe | publisher = Cambridge University Press | isbn = 978-0-521-66148-5 }} For undergraduates; mathematically gentle with a strong historical focus.
* {{cite book | first = Marc | last = Kutner | title= Astronomy: A Physical Perspective | url = https://archive.org/details/astronomyphysica00kutn | url-access = registration | publisher = Cambridge University Press | date = 2003 | isbn = 978-0-521-52927-3 }} An introductory astronomy text.
* {{cite book | first = Edward | last = Kolb |author2=Michael Turner | title = The Early Universe | publisher = Addison-Wesley | date = 1988 | isbn = 978-0-201-11604-5 }} The classic reference for researchers.
* {{cite book | first = Andrew | last = Liddle | title = An Introduction to Modern Cosmology | publisher = John Wiley | date = 2003 | isbn = 978-0-470-84835-7 }} Cosmology without general relativity.
* {{cite book | first = Andrew | last = Liddle |author2=David Lyth | title = Cosmological Inflation and Large-Scale Structure | publisher = Cambridge | date = 2000 | isbn = 978-0-521-57598-0 }} An introduction to cosmology with a thorough discussion of [[inflation (cosmology)|inflation]].
* {{cite book | first = Viatcheslav | last = Mukhanov | title = Physical Foundations of Cosmology | publisher = Cambridge University Press | date = 2005 | isbn = 978-0-521-56398-7 }}
* {{cite book | last = Padmanabhan |first=T. | title = Structure formation in the universe | publisher = Cambridge University Press | date = 1993 | isbn = 978-0-521-42486-8 }} Discusses the formation of large-scale structures in detail.
* {{cite book | first = John | last = Peacock | title = Cosmological Physics | url = https://archive.org/details/cosmologicalphys0000peac | url-access = registration | publisher = Cambridge University Press | date = 1998 | isbn = 978-0-521-42270-3 }} An introduction including more on general relativity and quantum field theory than most.
* {{cite book | first = P. J. E. | last = Peebles | title = Principles of Physical Cosmology | publisher = Princeton University Press | date = 1993 | isbn = 978-0-691-01933-8 | url = https://archive.org/details/principlesofphys00pjep }} Strong historical focus.
* {{cite book | first = P. J. E. | last = Peebles | title = The Large-Scale Structure of the Universe | publisher = Princeton University Press | date = 1980 | isbn = 978-0-691-08240-0 }} The classic work on [[large-scale structure of the Universe|large-scale structure]] and correlation functions.
* {{cite book | first = Martin | last = Rees | title = New Perspectives in Astrophysical Cosmology | publisher = Cambridge University Press | date = 2002 | isbn = 978-0-521-64544-7 }}
* {{cite book | first = Steven | last = Weinberg | title = Gravitation and Cosmology | publisher = John Wiley | date = 1971 | isbn = 978-0-471-92567-5 | url = https://archive.org/details/gravitationcosmo00stev_0 }} A standard reference for the mathematical formalism.
* {{cite book | first = Steven | last = Weinberg | title = Cosmology | publisher = Oxford University Press | date = 2008| isbn = 978-0-19-852682-7 }}
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