Foundations of Astronomy

Fascinating, engaging, and extremely visual, FOUNDATIONS OF ASTRONOMY, Enhanced Thirteenth Edition, is renowned for its current coverage, reader-friendly presentation, and detailed, yet clear explanations. The authors' goals are to help you use astronomy to understand science-and use science to answer two fundamental questions: What are we? And how do we know? 

 

PART 1: THE SKY. 1. Here and Now. 2. A User's Guide to the Sky. 3. Moon Phases and Eclipses. 4. Origins of Modern Astronomy. 5. Gravity. 6. Light and Telescopes. PART 2: THE STARS. 7. Atoms and Spectra. 8. The Sun. 9. The Family of Stars. 10. The Interstellar Medium. 11. Formation and Structure of Stars. 12. Stellar Evolution. 13. Deaths of Stars. 14. Neutron Stars and Black Holes. PART 3: GALAXIES AND THE UNIVERSE. 15. The Milky Way Galaxy. 16. Galaxies. 17. Supermassive Black Holes and Active Galaxies. 18. Modern Cosmology. PART 4: THE SOLAR SYSTEM. 19. Origin of the Solar System and Extrasolar Planets. 20. Earth: The Active Planet. 21. The Moon and Mercury. 22. Venus and Mars. 23. Jupiter and Saturn. 24. Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and the Kuiper Belt. 25. Meteorites, Asteroids, and Comets. Part 5: LIFE. 26. Astrobiology. Afterword. Appendix A: Scientific Units and Astronomical Data. Appendix B: Star Charts. Glossary.