The ninth edition of this successful textbook describes the full range of the astronomical universe and how astronomers think about the cosmos.

This advanced undergraduate text provides broad coverage of astronomy and astrophyscis with a strong emphasis on physics. It has an algebra and trigonometry prerequisite, but calculus is preferred.

The student supplement to the successful textbook describing the full range of the astronomical universe.

This book is a collection of AstroNotes columns and related articles from The Physics Teacher, a journal published by the American Association of Physics Teachers. The AstroNotes column was started to give physics and astronomy teachers insightful approaches to engage their students. This book continues that tradition. Timeless ideas and classroom-proven strategies will help the novice teacher and the seasoned pro find more effective ways to teach astronomy. Many of the articles focus on a single concept. Nearly all embody a new slant on teaching a topic. Use this book to help invigorate your astronomy class.

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 cosmologies from ancient times forward. Succeeding chapters in the Second Edition have been rearranged to follow the popular order of topics covering, respectively, the nature and evolution of the planets, the stars, galaxies and the universe. There is a new chapter on gravitation and energy. The chapter on Einstein and relativity appears later in the text to conform to the standard syllabus. Physical phenomena are described using algebraic, trigonometric and geometric arguments.

This book is a collection of AstroNotes columns and related articles from The Physics Teacher. AstroNotes was started to give physics and astronomy teachers insighful approaches to engage their students. This book continues that tradition. Timeless ideas and classroom-proven strategies will help the novice teacher and the seasoned pro find more effective ways to teach astronomy. Many of the articles focus on a single concept. Nearly all embody a new slant on teaching a topic. Use this book to help invigorate your astronomy class.

The ninth edition of this successful textbook describes the full range of the astronomical universe and how astronomers think about the cosmos.