LithiumHelios said:http://relativity.livingreviews.org/Articles/lrr-2001-1/" is a good starting place for inflationary cosmology? Though it does emphasise, as the name suggests, pertrubations/CMB/etc side of things. Has introductions to field theory in a cosmological setting?
Not an over-emphasize on inflation. Basically, I am looking for a quantum-oriented book on cosmology, and Liddle & Lyth seems to be the best out of what you have mentioned. Thank you, thoughLithiumHelios said:Alse check out Linde's review (somewhere on arxiv, though getting outdated?) on inflationary cosmology. He has a few.
http://arxiv.org/abs/0705.0164
http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0503203
http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0503195
Sorry if it's not what your were looking for.
ansgar said:weinbergs book on cosmology?
Physical Foundations of Cosmology by Mukhanov ?
nicksauce said:Check out Primordial Cosmology by Peter and Uzan.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/019920991X/?tag=pfamazon01-20
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