Recommended Texts for advanced undergraduate astrophysics:
Galaxies and the Cosmic Frontier, W.H. Waller and P.W. Hodge, 2003,
Harvard Univ Press.
qualitative but thorough
introduction to galaxies; the updated continuation of Harvard's series
Galaxies in the Universe, L.S. Sparke and J.S. Gallagher, 2000, Cambridge
Univ Press
undergraduate text with
exercises, derivations, and references
Galaxies and Galactic Structure, D.M. Elmegreen, 1998, Prentice Hall.
undergraduate text with
exercises and plenty of references to useful texts, papers, and websites
Introduction to Cosmology, B. Ryden, 2003, Addison Wesley.
undergraduate text with
exercises, derivations, and references
Modern Cosmology, S. Dodelson, 2003, Academic Press (Elsevier Science).
undergraduate text with
exercises (some solved), derivations, and references
Modern Cosmological Observations and Problems, G. Bothun, 1998, Taylor
and Francis.
undergraduate text with
derivations and references
Foundations of Modern Cosmology, J.F. Hawley and K.A. Holcomb, 1998,
Oxford Univ Press.
mostly descriptive undergraduate
text
Introductory Astronomy and Astrophysics 4e, M. Zeilik and S.A. Gregory,
1998, Brooks-Cole.
accessible general astrophysics
text for the sophomore/junior level; nice blend of images, explanatory text,
examples and problems.
Astrophysical Concepts 3e, M. Harwitt, 1998, Springer-Verlag.
nominally updated general
astrophysics text; most often used by entering graduate students as a reference
for the standard of background knowledge
An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics, B.W. Carroll and D.A. Ostlie,
1996, Addison-Wesley.
comprehensive (encyclopedic)
general astrophysics text for the junior/senior level
The Physical Universe, An Introduction to Astronomy, F. Shu, 1982,
University Science Books.
the now dated, but still
definitive general astrophysics text; most often used by entering graduate students
as a reference for the standard of background knowledge