Product Description

Available FREE with any of the three textbooks in the Voyages series, the 2001 Update contains updated material on Mars Global Surveyor and Galileo spacecraft results, the NEAR-Shoemaker data from the asteroid Eros, the discovery of new extra-solar planets and planetary systems, the latest from Chandra, the implications of the latest cosmological measurements and more. The Update refers the reader back to the appropriate chapter of the main text, and shows how new discoveries and ideas fit, and includes both published and Web resources.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1639495 in Books
• Published on: 2001-01-16
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 728 pages

From the Author
This is volume 1 of a textbook.
You may be asking yourself why Voyages through the Universe is listed twice in the Amazon.com catalog. This (cheaper) version is actually volume 1 of the book , which is an introductory, non-mathematical textbook on astronomy for non-science majors. Volume 1, which was published separately from the full book, covers the night sky, light and how we decode it, telescopes, and all the bodies in the solar system (planets, moons, rings, asteroids, and comets.) While this is a college text, it is written (we believe) in a friendly inviting style that also makes it a good way for anyone to get an overview of the many things we are learning about the solar system from our many new instruments.