Understanding the Universe: An Introduction to Astronomy, 2nd Edition

Understanding the Universe: An Introduction to Astronomy, 2nd Edition « Series from 2023

Series from 2023

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In 96 richly illustrated half-hour lectures you will survey the main concepts, methods, and discoveries in astronomy—from the constellations drawn by the ancients, to the latest reports from planetary probes in our Solar System and the most recent images offered by telescopes probing the farthest frontiers of space and time.

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A Grand Tour of the Cosmos

The Rainbow Connection

Sunrise, Sunset

Bright Objects in the Night Sky

Fainter Phenomena in the Night Sky

Our Sky through Binoculars and Telescopes

The Celestial Sphere

The Reason for the Seasons

Lunar Phases and Eerie Lunar Eclipses

Glorious Total Solar Eclipses

More Eclipse Tales

Early Studies of the Solar System

The Geocentric Universe

Galileo and the Copernican Revolution

Refinements to the Heliocentric Model

On the Shoulders of Giants

Surveying Space and Time

Scale Models of the Universe

Light-The Supreme Informant

The Wave-Particle Duality of Light

The Colors of Stars

The Fingerprints of Atoms

Modern Telescopes

A Better Set of Eyes

Our Sun, the Nearest Star