P. J. E. Peebles is a Nobel Prizewinning physicist and the author of Cosmology's Century, Principles of Physical Cosmology, and Physical Cosmology (all Princeton). He is the Albert Einstein Professor of Science Emeritus in the Department of Physics at Princeton University.
""Peebles applies quantum theory, often in simple, approximate ways, to a variety of interesting problems ... [It] could prove quite a rewarding book for the more able and motivated student.""--New Scientist