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This comprehensive textbook for the two semester course focuses students on not only the foundational concepts of astronomy but on the process of scientific discovery itself-how we know what we know about the cosmos. Engagingly written and filled helpful pedagogical tools, the book also excels at dispelling widely held misconceptions and helping students avoid common pitfalls as they explore the heavens.Thoroughly updated, the new edition features the latest discoveries and new pedagogy, and is supported by an expanded media/supplements package centred on W. H. Freeman's extraordinary new online course space, LaunchPad. See 'Instructor Resources' and 'Student Resources' for further information.
Contents
PART I1. Astronomy and the Universe Guest Essay: Why Astronomy? by Sandra M. Faber 2. Knowing the Heavens Guest Essay: Why Astrology Is Not Science by James Randi 3. Eclipses and the Motion of the Moon Guest Essay: Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy by Mark Hollabaugh 4. Gravitation and the Waltz of the Planets 5. The Nature of Light 6. Optics and TelescopesPART II: PLANETS AND MOONS7. Comparative Planetology I: Our Solar System 8. Comparative Planetology II: The Origin of Our Solar System Scientific American article: Dangling a COROT by Alexander Hellemans 9. The Living Earth 10. Our Barren Moon 11. Mercury, Venus, and Mars: Earthlike yet Unique Scientific American article: Father of Spirit and Opportunity by David Appell 12. Jupiter and Saturn: Lords of the Planets 13. Jupiter and Saturn's Satellites of Fire and Ice 14. Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and the Kuiper Belt: Remote Worlds 15. Vagabonds of the Solar System Guest Essay: Pluto and the Kuiper Belt by Scott Sheppard PART III: STARS AND STELLAR EVOLUTION16. Our Star, the Sun 17. The Nature of the Stars 18 The Birth of Stars 19. Stellar Evolution: On and After the Main Sequence 20. Stellar Evolution: The Deaths of Stars 21. Neutron Stars 22. Black Holes PART IV: GALAXIES AND COSMOLOGY23. Our Galaxy 24. Galaxies 25. Quasars and Active Galaxies 26. Cosmology: The Origin and Evolution of the Universe Scientific American article: Dark Forces at Work by David Appell 27. Exploring the Early Universe Scientific American article: Making Sense of Modern Cosmology by P. James E. Peebles 28. The Search for Extraterrestrial Life Guest Essay: A Biologist's View of Astrobiology by Kevin W. Plaxco
