Good Cosmology Books: Recommendations

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Recommendations for good cosmology books include Dodelson's "Modern Cosmology," which is ideal for third-year undergraduates, and Liddle's book, noted for its comprehensive coverage despite being slightly dated. Another suggested title is a well-written book that, while thorough, may not be suitable for beginners. Additionally, a book focusing on structure formation in cosmology is mentioned as a good resource. Lastly, "Primordial Cosmology" by Peter and Uzan is highlighted as a very new and valuable addition to the field.
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Can you please recommend me some good and up to date cosmology books?
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Dodelson's Modern Cosmology is great.
 
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0470848359/?tag=pfamazon01-20 - This is a brilliant introduction. If you've never come across cosmology and are ~ 3rd year undergraduate then this is the perfect starting point in my opinion.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0521422701/?tag=pfamazon01-20 - This is a very good book on cosmology. Perhaps a tad more dated than Liddle's book but covers all the important things in a very good way. Has introductory chapters on GR, QM and Field Theory that really serve as quick refreshers of some of the basics.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0198526822/?tag=pfamazon01-20 - Very nicely written with most things you could want but not the starting place for anyone new to the subject in my opinion.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0471489093/?tag=pfamazon01-20 - This is another nice cosmology book emphasising the structure formation aspects of cosmology.

As mentioned above Dodelson's book is a very nice book too.

You can look at the table of contents and other reviews for most books. Hopefully this should give a reasonable starting point :).
 
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Another one, which is very new, is Primordial Cosmology by Peter and Uzan. I like it a lot.
 
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