Cosmology Quick-Start Program

Welcome to The Cosmology Quick-Start Program

Cosmology is the study of the development, origin, structure, and fate of the universe. The field is at an exciting time in its history with instruments soon coming online that will provide data with unprecedented precision. Like most sciences, Cosmology is multi-faceted. This Program will provide introductions to many of the topics necessary to being successful in the field of Cosmology but can be applied to most STEM fields, including important topics in physics, Python coding, and statistical inference. This course is not robust nor complete, but rather provides a high-level understanding of the relevant processes in the history of the universe and their connections without significant math overhead. 

About the Course

This site will be used to augment your studies about the cosmos. In this site, we will learn some of the basics of cosmology through coding with Python and interactive modules. To begin, you need not know more than some Algebra and Geometry: we'll go over the rest later. 

Before beginning, go to the Getting Started page to set up you Google account and learn about some of the structure of the course. The units will then go in numerical order, starting at Unit 0 and ending at Unit 6, and can be found under the Course Pages heading in the toolbar at the top of your screen.

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This work was funded by the UArizona Space Grant Fellowship.