Paths to Dark Energy Theory and Observation

"The book has been edited in an attractive form. Numerous drawings, diagrams, photos, tables, gray boxes containing additional information, and also sparse problems excellently supplement the main material. Many chapters of the book can be read independently of each other. The book is addressed to a variety of readers, from graduate students to academic researchers who are not necessarily well acquainted with astrophysics and General Relativity." Mathematical Reviews

"A very interesting and comprehensive book, clearly written by four authors who tackle one of the most intriguing issues of modern astrophysics, the concept of dark matter and dark energy based on theory and observations. It presents to a reader a whole spectrum of facts and descriptions starting from historical introductions on how the gravity and related phenomena were first understood to the latest state of the art in the knowledge of cosmology obtained both by theoretical and observational means. The considered subjects are clearly described and explained, supplemented by standard mathematical derivations that can easily be followed even by those who are not strict specialists in these fields. In other words, the book is smoothly readable and can serve as a textbook for students, a reference book for researcher but also as a book the non-specialists can easily learn from." Zentralblatt für Mathematik