Comprehensive introduction to the role of cosmic strings and other topological defects in the universe.

Topological defects formed at symmetry-breaking phase transitions play an important role in many different fields of physics. They appear in many condensed-matt

This book is devoted to one of the most relevant problems of modern cosmology: the formation of structures in the framework of big bang cosmology. The standard

A comprehensive and authoritative introduction to contemporary cosmology for advanced undergraduate and graduate students.

This book provides an extensive survey of all the physics necessary to understand the current developments in the field of fundamental cosmology, as well as an