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I don't know much about the interview procedure but if my memory serves me right I believe that most (if not all) of their applicants come from the Part III which works as a screening mechanism for the PhD. Therefore, you'll probably need to achieve distinction at the Part III exams.

I coundn't agree more with radium. Get rid of all the "poetic" descriptions you've got in your statement.

There is the CCAPP there, so they have some people working on cosmology http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~astro/ccapp/index.html

I recommend David Tong's lecture notes http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/tong/qft.html It is pretty easy to follow.

You might like the Perimeter Scholars International lectures http://perimeterinstitute.ca/training/perimeter-scholars-international/lectures/2014/2015-psi-lectures

Don't worry there are a lot of books. First of all, what is your mathematical background? Do you know how to solve integrals, find derivatives of functions? Almost no kid in your age is doing research, so don't worry about that. As you said you want to become a cosmologist, so the best you can...

There is no such list. You should browse through universities' websites and find out which of those have active researchers in your preferred field of study. There are numerous list of Universities that you could use. In order to determine the "recoginised advisers" you could take into account...

Use your University's website, navigate through your potential advisor's research interests until you find somethink you like. There is no other way we can help you. As ZapperZ said above, it is a waste of time to suggest various topics without knowing the research done in your department.

Due to the fact that Astrophysics is a vastly broad subject, I would recommend that you start by one of the following books. An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics by Carroll and Ostlie or Astrophysics for Physicists by Choudhuri The first one is the considered the standard textbook in...

Have you considered the Klein-Gordon equation? $$ \ddot{\phi}+3H\dot{\phi}+\dfrac{dV}{d\phi}=0$$

Have a look at David Tong's notes http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/tong/qft.html

It is very common in Europe.

You should try this one: http://library.wolfram.com/infocenter/MathSource/8848/ Though I'm not sure if it has all the features that you want.

Feynman taught those lectures to the freshmen and sophomore classes at Caltech.

Feynman lectures are excellent