Spectacular observational breakthroughs, particularly by the WMAP satellite, have led to a new epoch of CMB science long after its original discovery. Taking a

Graduate textbook examining the theory of the cosmic microwave background and its recent progress.

A review covering all aspects of the study of the cosmic background radiation remnant of the hot Big Bang origin of the Universe.

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on the Cosmological Background Radiation, Strasbourg, France, May 27-June 7, 1996