Astrophysics Next level up from pop science texts?

[Gleaner]

I am looking into self studying astrophysics, but not to an academic professional level. I am at the moment going through the Khan Academy material in maths, physics and astronomy.
I am in no hurry to grasp all the material, as my reason for self study is more interest than professional related.
But saying that are there any textbooks for astrophysics/physics that are beyond the pop science level which has basic math?
At the same time not needing to take an advance course in maths to understand.

thanks

 

[jedishrfu]

Perhaps this book would be good:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0393609391/?tag=pfamazon01-20

Physics wise there Leonard Suskinds Theoretical Minimum series of three books and some online videos:

http://theoreticalminimum.com/

These are for folks who want more math and deeper understanding of things they've studied years ago but never quite mastered.

Also the Great Courses has a course on Astrophysics taught by Tyson:

http://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/my-favorite-universe.html

and others here:

http://www.thegreatcourses.com/search/?q=astronomy

and this one been around for a long time by Alex Fillopenko:

http://www.thegreatcourses.com/cour...an-introduction-to-astronomy-2nd-edition.html

Disregard the prices shown and wait for them to go on sale. I think all of them come up that way once a year.

 

[The Bill]

Try R. Shankar's lectures on YouTube or Yale's open course website. He's compiled them into two textbooks called Fundamentals of Physics I and II, also.

 

[Demystifier]

I like M. Lachieze-Rey, Cosmology: A First Course
It contains basic calculus, but not tensor calculus of general-relativity formalism. The emphasis is on physics (in cosmology), not on mathematics. And it is only about 130 pages long.