By George F R Ellis, Roy Maartens and Malcolm A H MacCallum
Cambridge University Press
Hardback: £80 $130
E-book: $104
Using a relativistic geometric approach, this book focuses on the general concepts and relations that underpin the standard model of the universe. Part I covers foundations of relativistic cosmology. Part II develops the dynamical and observational relations for all models of the universe based on general relativity. Part III focuses on the standard model of cosmology, including inflation, dark matter, dark energy, perturbation theory, the cosmic microwave background, structure formation and gravitational lensing. It also examines modified gravity and inhomogeneity as possible alternatives to dark energy. Anisotropic and inhomogeneous models are described in Part IV, and Part V reviews deeper issues, such as quantum cosmology, the start of the universe and the multiverse.
