by John F Hawley and Katherine A Holcomb, Oxford University Press. Hardback ISBN 9780198530961, £33.99.
The new edition of this thorough, descriptive introduction to the physical basis for modern cosmological theory includes the latest observational results and provides the background material necessary to understand their implications, with a special focus on the concordance model. Emphasis is given to the scientific framework for cosmology, beginning with the historical background and leading to an in-depth discussion of the Big Bang theory and the physics of the early universe.
