Contents

• The Construct
  • Developing the metric
  • The Riemann tensor and the metric
  
  
• The Energy Momentum tensor
  • Introduction
  • Modelling matter
  • The Equations
  
  
• Friedmann models
  • Playing around with the equations
  • Some definitions
  • Looking into the future: The Friedmann models
  • The term
  
  
• Observational data
  • The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
  • The Problems
  • The Inflation theory
  • Cosmology with a cosmological constant
  • The final picture
  
  
• Probing the Universe
  • From theory to observables
  • SNe1a : Probes at large scale
  
  
• Investigating stringy matter
  • Stringy matter: Motivation
  • The effects
  • The fate then..
  
  
• Bibliography