The primary text for this course is
Cosmology
The Science of the Universe (2nd Edition)
[ISBN 0 521 66148 X]
by Edward Harrison.
This book gives a thorough explication of both the science and philosophy
of cosmology.
The secondary text is
Cosmos of the Ancients
The Greek Philosophers on Myth and Cosmology
[ISBN 978-1-4196-2773-6]
by Stefan Stenudd.
This book gives a concise summary of the important ancient Greek philosophers.
The main text is very erudite and rather dense.
A more accessible tale is
told in
Coming of Age in the
Milky Way
[ISBN 0-06-053595-4] by Timothy Ferris.
Additional readings, to be assigned as appropriate:
Some biographical information about scientists important to the
Copernican Revolution:
AIP web page
Copernicus biography
Brahe biography
Kepler biography
Galileo biography
The Galileo Project
Modern works on cosmology and the "dark sector:"
The Case Against
Cosmology by
Mike
Disney
Many lives in many worlds
by Max Tegmark
Dark Matter is Dead
by Marcus Chown
Does Dark Matter Really Exist?
by Moti Milgrom
Battlefield
Galactica: Dark Matter vs. MOND by
Govert Schilling
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