"A brief overview of the story of modern astronomy, focusing on the cosmic perspective that astronomy gives us on ourselves and our planet."--
"The story of modern astronomy and the new perspective that astronomy gives us of ourselves and our planet: the cosmic perspective"--Provided by publisher.
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Two volumes of this text are also available: The Cosmic Perspective: The Solar System, Sixth Edition (includes Chapters 1-13, 24) The Cosmic Perspective: Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology, Sixth Edition (includes Chapters 1-6, S2-S4, 14-24)
The ninth edition of this successful textbook describes the full range of the astronomical universe and how astronomers think about the cosmos.
Renowned for its up-to-date and expert coverage, this student-friendly text focuses on central ideas and unifying themes to provide a cosmic context.
This revised and expanded popular media workbook is provided at no extra charge on CD-ROM with The Cosmic Perspective Media Update, Fifth Edition and includes a new set of activities based on the library of Interactive Figures and ...
This student-friendly text is now even more accessible through robust visual pedagogy via new Cosmic Context two-page illustrations, which walk students through key processes and summarize the major points of each Part, and via updated zoom ...
This introductory astronomy text has become a new standard for full-year courses. The unifying theme is evolution--of astronomical bodies and of the universe as a whole. The opening chapters survey...
Two volumes of this text are also available: The Cosmic Perspective: The Solar System, Seventh Edition (includes Chapters 1–13, 24) The Cosmic Perspective: Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology, Seventh Edition (includes Chapters 1–6, S2–S4, ...