Essential Cosmic Perspective, The, 8th edition

Published by Pearson (January 17, 2017) © 2018

  • Jeffrey O. Bennett University of Colorado Boulder
  • Megan O. Donahue Michigan State University
  • Nicholas Schneider University of Colorado, Boulder
  • Mark Voit Michigan State University
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Essential Cosmic Perspectives covers fundamental astronomy concepts and the process of science, along with recent discoveries and the possibility of life in the universe.

I. Developing Perspective

1. A Modern View of the Universe

2. Discovering the Universe for Yourself

3. The Science of Astronomy

 

II. Key Concepts for Astronomy

4. Making Sense of the Universe: Understanding Motion, Energy, and Gravity

5. Light: The Cosmic Messenger

 

III. Learning from Other Worlds

6. Formation of the Solar System

7. Earth and the Terrestrial Worlds

8. Jovian Planet Systems

9. Asteroids, Comets, and Dwarf Planets: Their Nature, Orbits, and Impacts

10. Other Planetary Systems: The New Science of Distant Worlds

 

IV. Stars

11. Our Star

12. Surveying the Stars

13. Star Stuff

14. The Bizarre Stellar Graveyard

 

V. Galaxies and Beyond

15. Our Galaxy

16. A Universe of Galaxies

17. The Birth of the Universe

18. Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Fate of the Universe

 

VI. Life on Earth and Beyond

19. Life in the Universe

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