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Table of Contents:
PART I DEVELOPING PERSPECTIVE
1 Our Place in the Universe
1.1 Our Modern View of the Universe
1.2 The Scale of the Universe
1.3 Spaceship Earth
1.4 The Human Adventure of Astronomy
2 Discovering the Universe for Yourself
2.1 Patterns in the Night Sky
2.2 The Reason for Seasons
2.3 The Moon, Our Constant Companion
2.4 The Ancient Mystery of the Planets
3 The Science of Astronomy
3.1 The Ancient Roots of Science
3.2 Ancient Greek Science
3.3 The Copernican Revolution
3.4 The Nature of Science
3.5 Astrology
S1 Celestial Timekeeping and Navigation
S1.1 Astronomical Time Periods
S1.2 Celestial Coordinates and Motion in the Sky
S1.3 Principles of Celestial Navigation
PART II KEY CONCEPTS FOR ASTRONOMY
4 Making Sense of the Universe: Understanding Motion, Energy, and Gravity
4.1 Describing Motion: Examples from Daily Life
4.2 Newton’s Laws of Motion
4.3 Conservation Laws in Astronomy
4.4 The Universal Law of Gravitation
4.5 Orbits, Tides, and the Acceleration of Gravity
5 Light and Matter: Reading Messages from the Cosmos
5.1 Light in Everyday Life
5.2 Properties of Light
5.3 Properties of Matter
5.4 Learning from Light
5.5 The Doppler Shift
6 Telescopes: Portals of Discovery
6.1 Eyes and Cameras: Everyday Light Sensors
6.2 Telescopes: Giant Eyes
6.3 Telescopes and the Atmosphere
6.4 Telescopes and Technology
PART III LEARNING FROM OTHER WORLDS
7 Our Solar System
7.1 Studying the Solar System
7.2 Patterns in the Solar System
7.3 Spacecraft Exploration of the Solar System
8 Formation of the Solar System
8.1 The Search for Origins
8.2 The Birth of the Solar System
8.3 The Formation of Planets
8.4 The Aftermath of Planet Formation
8.5 The Age of the Solar System
9 Planetary Geology: Earth and the Other Terrestrial Worlds
9.1 Connecting Planetary Interiors and Surfaces
9.2 Shaping Planetary Surfaces
9.3 Geology of the Moon and Mercury
9.4 Geology of Mars
9.5 Geology of Venus
9.6 The Unique Geology of Earth
10 Planetary Atmospheres: Earth and the Other Terrestrial Worlds
10.1 Atmospheric Basics
10.2 Weather and Climate
10.3 Atmospheres of the Moon and Mercury
10.4 The Atmospheric History of Mars
10.5 The Atmospheric History of Venus
10.6 Earth’s Unique Atmosphere
11 Jovian Planet Systems
11.1 A Different Kind of Planet
11.2 A Wealth of Worlds: Satellites of Ice and Rock
11.3 Jovian Planet Rings
12 Asteroids, Comets, and Dwarf Planets: Their Nature, Orbits, and Impacts
12.1 Asteroids and Meteorites
12.2 Comets
12.3 Pluto: Lone Dog No More
12.4 Cosmic Collisions: Small Bodies Versus the Planets
13 Other Planetary Systems: The New Science of Distant Worlds
13.1 Detecting Extrasolar Planets
13.2 The Nature of Extrasolar Planets
13.3 The Formation of Other Solar Systems
13.4 Finding More New Worlds
PART IV A DEEPER LOOK AT NATURE
S2 Space and Time
S2.1 Einstein’s Revolution
S2.2 Relative Motion
S2.3 The Reality of Space and Time
S2.4 Toward a New Common Sense
S3 Spacetime and Gravity
S3.1 Einstein’s Second Revolution
S3.2 Understanding Spacetime
S3.3 A New View of Gravity
S3.4 Testing Special Relativity
S3.5 Hyperspace, Wormholes, and Warp Drive
S3.6 The Last Word
S4 Building Blocks of the Universe
S4.1 The Quantum Revolution
S4.2 Fundamental Particles and Forces
S4.3 Uncertainty and Exclusion in the Quantum Realm
S4.4 Key Quantum Effects in Astronomy
PART V STELLAR ALCHEMY
14 Our Star
14.1 A Closer Look at the Sun
14.2 The Cosmic Crucible
14.3 The Sun-Earth Connection
15 Surveying the Stars
15.1 Properties of Stars
15.2 Patterns Among Stars
15.3 Star Clusters
16 Star Birth
16.1 Stellar Nurseries
16.2 Stages of Star Birth
16.3 Masses of Newborn Stars
17 Star Stuff
17.1 Lives in the Balance
17.2 Life as a Low-Mass Star
17.3 Life as a High-Mass Star
17.4 The Roles of Mass and Mass Exchange
18 The Bizarre Stellar Graveyard
18.1 White Dwarfs
18.2 Neutron Stars
18.3 Black Holes: Gravity’s Ultimate Victory
18.4 The Mystery of Gamma-Ray Bursts
PART VI GALAXIES AND BEYOND
19 Our Galaxy
19.1 The Milky Way Revealed
19.2 Galactic Recycling
19.3 History of the Milky Way
19.4 The Mysterious Galactic Center
20 Galaxies and the Foundation of Modern Cosmology
20.1 Islands of Stars
20.2 Measuring Galactic Distances
20.3 Hubble's Law
21 Galaxy Evolution
21.1 Looking Back Through Time
21.2 The Lives of Galaxies
21.3 Quasars and Other Active Galactic Nuclei
22 Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Fate of the Universe
22.1 Unseen Influences in the Cosmos
22.2 Evidence for Dark Matter
22.3 Structure Formation
22.4 The Fate of the Universe
23 The Beginning of Time
23.1 The Big Bang
23.2 Evidence for the Big Bang
23.3 The Big Bang and Inflation
23.4 Observing the Big Bang for Yourself
PART VI LIFE ON EARTH AND BEYOND
24 Life in the Universe
24.1 Life on Earth
24.2 Life in the Solar System
24.3 Life Around other Stars
24.4 The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
24.5 Interstellar Travel and Its Implications to Civilization
