Astronomy Today, Global Edition
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With Astronomy Today, 8th Edition, trusted authors Eric Chaisson and Steve McMillan communicate their excitement about astronomy, delivering current and thorough science with insightful pedagogy. The text emphasises critical thinking and visualisation, and it focuses on the process of scientific discovery, teaching students "how we know what we know."
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Eric Chaisson received his Ph.D. in astrophysics from Harvard, where he spent 10 years on the faculty; after holding various professorships at Johns Hopkins and Tufts, Eric is back at Harvard teaching and doing research at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. He has written 12 books and received a number of literary awards along the way.
Steve McMillan received his Ph.D. in astronomy from Harvard and is a professor of physics at Drexel University. He has published more than 100 articles and scientific papers.
Content
- I. ASTRONOMY AND THE UNIVERSE
- 1. Charting the Heavens: The Foundations of Astronomy
- 2. The Copernican Revolution: The Birth of Modern Science
- 3. Radiation: Information from the Cosmos
- 4. Spectroscopy: The Inner Workings of Atoms
- 5. Telescopes: The Tools of Astronomy
- II. OUR PLANETARY SYSTEM
- 6. The Solar System: Comparative Planetology and Formation Models
- 7. Earth: Our Home in Space
- 8. The Moon and Mercury: Scorched and Battered Worlds
- 9. Venus: Earth's Sister Planet
- 10. Mars: A Near Miss for Life?
- 11. Jupiter: Giant of the Solar System
- 12. Saturn: Spectacular Rings and Mysterious Moons
- 13. Uranus and Neptune: The Outer Worlds of the Solar System
- 14. Solar System Debris: Keys to Our Origin
- 15. Exoplanets: Planetary Systems Beyond Our Own.
- III. STARS AND STELLAR EVOLUTION
- 16. The Sun: Our Parent Star
- 17. The Stars: Giants, Dwarfs, and the Main Sequence
- 18. The Interstellar Medium: Gas and Dust among the Stars
- 19. Star Formation: A Traumatic Birth
- 20. Stellar Evolution: The Life and Death of a Star
- 21. Stellar Explosions: Novae, Supernovae, and the Formation of the Elements
- 22. Neutron Stars and Black Holes: Strange States of Matter
- IV. GALAXIES AND COSMOLOGY
- 23. The Milky Way Galaxy: A Spiral in Space
- 24. Galaxies: Building Blocks of the Universe
- 25. Galaxies and Dark Matter: The Large-Scale Structure of the Cosmos
- 26. Cosmology: The Big Bang and the Fate of the Universe
- 27. The Early Universe: Toward the Beginning of Time
- 28. Life in the Universe: Are We Alone?
