The Cosmic Perspective

by Mark Voit, Nicholas O. Schneider, Jeffrey O. Bennett, et al.

Book Overview

For two-semester courses in astronomy. Exploring the impact of new discoveries on astronomy, science, and life in the universe Building on a long tradition of effective pedagogy and comprehensive... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0321633660
• ISBN13: 9780321633668
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company
• Length: 725 Pages
• Weight: 3.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.5" x 10.7"

Customer Reviews

What is the edition?

While purchasing this, for the life of me I could not find what edition it was. Why was this not in the description? I took a chance buying it anyway, and now can’t even use it for class, so I know this is mostly my fault. But please, detailing the edition of the textbook is important.

A really well done textbook

The Cosmic Perspective is an engaging, interesting, and very visual textbook. It explains astronomical concepts very clearly and I have enjoyed reading it for my class. Altogether, I would recommend it for study as well as for the intrepid amateur astronomer that's interested in learning how the universe works. Have you ever looked up at the moon and the stars and wondered why the moon looks a certain way or how far away that bright star is? If you have, you should buy this book!

100% Satisfied

Priduct arrived on time and the condition was as described, very satisfied with my purchase would buy from seller again.

Superby written

There could not be a more well written book covering every aspect of basic astronomy. No detail has been overlooked and the language is precisely clear. As one progresses through the text, it unwinds like a well written novel, with the only difference being that it is all actual fact and not fiction. Well done!

The Best Introductory Astronomy Book I've Ever Read

The best astronomy book I've ever read. Even more than that, this is the best science book I've ever read. The writing style combined with the excellent illustrations make even fairly complex subject simple and understandable. Even their descriptions of things like relativity are so simple that anyone can understand them. Now the book is in its fourth edition, bringing it up to date with: the discovery of an object larger than Pluto in our own solar system the latest results from the rovers and orbiters studying Mars the latest Cassini results from Saturn and Huygens results from Titan the Deep Impace mission to Comet Tempel 1 supernovae observations providing stronger evidence for dark energy recent results from the Spitzer Space Telescope Mastering Astronomy -- the book includes a one-year subscription to this web based interactive media that has been used by over 100,000 students. Note that this book comes in three versions: This version on Stars, Galazies and Cosmology does not include Part III, Learning from Other Worlds that is included in the complete text.

The Best Introductory Astronomy Book I've Every Read

The best astronomy book I've ever read. Even more than that, this is the best science book I've ever read. The writing style combined with the excellent illustrations make even fairly complex subject simple and understandable. Even their descriptions of things like relativity are so simple that anyone can understand them. Now the book is in its fourth edition, bringing it up to date with: the discovery of an object larger than Pluto in our own solar system the latest results from the rovers and orbiters studying Mars the latest Cassini results from Saturn and Huygens results from Titan the Deep Impact mission to Comet Tempel 1 supernovae observations providing stronger evidence for dark energy recent results from the Spitzer Space Telescope Mastering Astronomy -- the book includes a one-year subscription to this web based interactive media that has been used by over 100,000 students. Note that this book comes in several editions. This one covers everything. The other two are extracted from this book.