Hawley, John Frederick. <br/><br/>
Foundations of modern cosmology / 
John F. Hawley and Katherine A. Holcomb. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - Oxford :  Oxford University Press,  2005. 
 - xiv, 554 p. :  ill. ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/> Previous ed.: 1998. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [537]-541) and index. 
<br/><br/>Part 1 : History : 1. In the beginning - 2. Cosmology becomes a science - 3. Newton's machine -- Part II : Background: 4. Lighting the worlds - 5. The lives of the stars -- Part III : Relativity: 6. Infinite space and absolute time - 7. The special theory of relativity - 8. The general theory of relativity - 9. Black holes -- Part IV : The Big Bang - 10. The expanding universe - 11. Modeling the universe - 12. The early universe - 13. Testing the models - 14. A message from the Big Bang -- Part V : The continuing quest - 15. Dark matter and large-scale structure - 16. The inflationary universe - 17. The edge of time - Appendix A : Scientific notation - Appendix B : Units - Appendix C : Physical and astronmical constants -  Glossary - Bibliography - Index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>019853096X 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cosmology.<br/>Cosmology--Problems, exercises, etc.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>523.1  / HAW