{"product_id":"astronomy-9780134087702","title":"Astronomy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAbout our authors\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEric Chaisson \u003c\/strong\u003eholds a Doctorate in Astrophysics from Harvard University, where he spent 10 years on the faculty of Arts and Sciences. For more than two decades thereafter, he served on the senior science staff at the Space Telescope Science Institute and held various professorships at Johns Hopkins and Tufts universities. He is now back at Harvard, where he teaches and conducts research at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Eric has written 12 books on astronomy and has published nearly 200 scientific papers in professional journals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSteve McMillan \u003c\/strong\u003eholds a Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Mathematics from Cambridge University and a Doctorate in Astronomy from Harvard University. He held postdoctoral positions at the University of Illinois and Northwestern University, where he continued his research in theoretical astrophysics, star clusters, and high-performance computing. Steve is currently Distingui\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrief Contents \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFOUNDATIONS  \u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCharting the Heavens: The Foundations of Astronomy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Copernican Revolution: The Birth of Modern Science\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLight and Matter: The Inner Workings of the Cosmos\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTelescopes: The Tools of Astronomy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOUR PLANETARY SYSTEM  \u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Solar System: Interplanetary Matter and the Birth of the Planets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEarth and Its Moon: Our Cosmic Backyard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Terrestrial Planets: A Study in Contrasts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Jovian Planets: Giants of the Solar System\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMoons, Rings, and Plutoids: Small Worlds Among Giants\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE STARS  \u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Sun: Our Parent Star\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMeasuring the Stars: Giants, Dwarfs, and the Main Sequence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Interstellar Medium: Star Formation in the Milky Way\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStellar Evolution: The Lives and Deaths of Stars\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNeutron Stars and Black Holes: Strange States of Matter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGALAXIES AND THE UNIVERSE  \u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Milky Way Galaxy: A Spiral in Space\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNormal and Active Galaxies: Building Blocks of the Universe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHubble’s Law and Dark Matter: The Large-Scale Structure of the Cosmos\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCosmology: The Big Bang and the Fate of the Universe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLife in the Universe: Are We Alone?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pearson Education (US)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49396172685655,"sku":"9780134087702","price":154.81,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/astronomy-9780134087702","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}