Synopses & Reviews
Based on the most recent edition of Discovering the Universe (©2006), this best-selling text is the most concise, least expensive option for introductory astronomy courses.
Table of Contents
1. Discovering the Night Sky
2. Gravitation and the Waltz of the Planets
3. Light and Telescopes
4. Earth and Moon
5. The Other Planets and Moons
6. Vagabonds of the Solar System
7. The Sun
8. The Nature of Stars
9. The Lives of Stars from Birth through Middle Age
10. The Deaths of Stars
11. The Galaxies
12. Cosmology
Appendix
Glossary
Review Questions/Answers
Index