Synopses & Reviews
Universe. When it comes to staying current with latest discoveries, clearing away common misconceptions, and harnessing the power of media in the service of students and instructors, no other full-length introduction to astronomy can match it.
Now the textbook that has evolved discovery by discovery with the science of astronomy and education technology for over two decades returns in spectacular new edition, thoroughly updated and offering unprecedented media options.
Available in Split Volumes
Universe: Stars and Galaxies, Fourth Edition, 1-4292-4015-6
Universe: The Solar System, Fourth Edition, 1-4292-4016-4
Synopsis
Universe: Stars and Galaxies, Fourth Edition, contains chapters from the following sections of Freedman, Kaufmann and Geller's Universe, Ninth Edition:Introducing AstronomyStars and Stellar EvolutionGalaxies and Cosmology
Synopsis
Universe: The Solar System, Fourth Edition, contains chapters from the following sections of Freedman, Kaufmann, and Geller's Universe, Ninth Edition:Introducing AstronomyPlanets and Moons Plus the following chapters:Our Star: The SunThe Search for Extraterrestrial Life
Table of Contents
I. Introducing Astronomy1. Astronomy and the Universe
Guest Essay Why Astronomy? Sandra M. Faber
2 Knowing the Heavens
Guest Essay Why Astrology Is Not Science James Randi
3 Eclipses and the Motion of the Moon
Guest Essay Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy Mark Hollabaugh
4 Gravitation and the Waltz of the Planets
5 The Nature of Light
6 Optics and Telescopes
II. Stars and Stellar Evolution
7 Our Star, the Sun
8 The Nature of the Stars
9 The Birth of Stars
10 Stellar Evolution: On and After the Main Sequence
11 Stellar Evolution: The Deaths of Stars
12 Neutron Stars
13 Black Holes
III. Galaxies and Cosmology
14 Our Galaxy
15 Galaxies
16 Quasars and Active Galaxies
17 Cosmology: The Origin and Evolution of the Universe
Scientific American Dark Forces at Work, David Appell
18 Exploring the Early Universe
Scientific American Making Sense of Modern Cosmology, P. James E. Peebles
19 The Search for Extraterrestrial Life
Guest Essay A Biologists View of Astrobiology, Kevin W. Plaxco