The Cosmos
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The Cosmos

Astronomy in the New Millennium

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Cosmos

Astronomy in the New Millennium

About this book

The fifth edition of The Cosmos: Astronomy in the New Millennium provides you with the fundamentals of astronomical knowledge that have been built up over decades, with an expanded discussion of the incredible advances that are now taking place in this fast-paced field, such as New Horizons' flyby of Pluto, exoplanets, 'dark matter', and the direct detection of gravitational waves by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). Written in a clear and easily understandable style, this textbook has been thoroughly revised to include updated data and figures, new images from recent space missions and telescopes, the latest discoveries on supernovae, and new observations of the region around the four-million-solar-mass black hole at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy. A rich array of teaching and learning resources is available at http://thecosmos5.com. The website is regularly updated to include the latest discoveries and photographs in the field.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Frontispiece
  3. Half-title page
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright page
  6. Contents
  7. Detailed Contents
  8. Preface
  9. 1. A Grand Tour of the Heavens
  10. 2. Light, Matter, and Energy: Powering the Universe
  11. 3. Light and Telescopes: Extending Our Senses
  12. 4. Observing the Stars and Planets: Clockwork of the Universe
  13. 5. Gravitation and Motion: The Early History of Astronomy
  14. 6. The Terrestrial Planets: Earth, Moon, and Their Relatives
  15. 7. The Jovian Planets: Windswept Giants
  16. 8. Pluto, Comets, Asteroids, and Beyond
  17. 9. Our Solar System and Others
  18. 10. Our Star: The Sun
  19. 11. Stars: Distant Suns
  20. 12. How the Stars Shine: Cosmic Furnaces
  21. 13. The Death of Stars: Recycling
  22. 14. Black Holes: The End of Space and Time
  23. 15. The Milky Way: Our Home in the Universe
  24. 16. A Universe of Galaxies
  25. 17. Quasars and Active Galaxies
  26. 18. Cosmology: The Birth and Life of the Cosmos
  27. 19. In the Beginning
  28. 20. Life in the Universe
  29. Epilogue
  30. Appendix 1/2. Measurement Systems/Basic Constants
  31. Appendix 3. Planets and Dwarf Planets
  32. Appendix 4. The Brightest Stars
  33. Appendix 5. The Nearest Stars
  34. Appendix 6. The Messier Catalogue
  35. Appendix 7. The Constellations
  36. Appendix 8. Star Names
  37. Selected reading
  38. Glossary
  39. Index