The Cosmos
Astronomy in the New Millennium

Explains the fundamentals of astronomy together with the hottest current topics in this field, such as exoplanets and gravitational waves.

Jay M. Pasachoff (Author), Alex Filippenko (Author)

9781108431385, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 11 July 2019

732 pages, 409 b/w illus. 739 colour illus. 5 maps
27.7 x 22 x 3.1 cm, 2.05 kg

'In the updated fifth edition of The Cosmos: Astronomy in the New Millennium, Professors Jay M. Pasachoff and Alex Filippenko give general readers and serious students a comprehensive overview of astronomical research, written in clear and accessible language accompanied with gorgeous high resolution photos and plentiful, well-placed graphs and charts … Pasachoff and Filippenko provide readers a clear demonstration of how to employ the scientific method, and the critical value of developing an understanding of the process and methods of scientific reasoning, as well as the value of studying astronomy the 'grandest laboratory of all'.' Miriam R. Aczel, Contemporary Physics

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.

Preface
About the authors
1. A grand tour of the heavens
2. Light, matter, and energy: powering the Universe
3. Light and telescopes: extending our senses
4. Observing the stars and planets: clockwork of the Universe
5. Gravitation and motion: the early history of astronomy
6. The terrestrial planets: Earth, Moon, and their relatives
7. The Jovian planets: windswept giants
8. Pluto, comets, and space debris
9. Our Solar System and others
10. Our star: the Sun
11. Stars: distant suns
12. How the stars shine: cosmic furnaces
13. The death of stars: recycling
14. Black holes: the end of space and time
15. The Milky Way: our home in the Universe
16. A universe of galaxies
17. Quasars and active galaxies
18. Cosmology: the birth and life of the cosmos
19. In the beginning
20. Life in the Universe
Epilogue
Appendices
Selected readings
Glossary
Index.

Subject Areas: Popular astronomy & space [WNX], Astrophysics [PHVB], Solar system: the Sun & planets [PGS], Cosmology & the universe [PGK], Astronomy, space & time [PG]