A Sample
List of Reference Texts Appropriate for Phys 1053: Stars, Galaxies &
Cosmology
There are a multitude of astronomy textbooks all covering the same core
material in very similar ways, and each re-published every few years, sometimes
with multimedia components. (One I saw
on Amazon comes with 3-D glasses!) Many
are also published in two versions: a complete edition,
and a pair of volumes separated into Solar
System and Stars, Galaxies &
Cosmology topics. For this course,
either the complete volume or the SGC part is equally good. There is no need to shell out for the latest
versions – anything published in this millennium will be fine, and those
published in the late 20th century will cover all the core material
equally well but may be a little out of date regarding the latest results in
extra-solar planets and the current cutting edge of cosmology. Here is a list of many common texts to help
you search. While making this list I’ve
seen used prices as low as $2 and as high as $70. If you can’t find anything reasonably priced,
keep in mind that there are also ten copies of similar texts on reserve at
Briggs Library for your use.
Stars and Galaxies
by Michael
A. Seeds
Universe: Stars and Galaxies
by Roger
Freedman, William
J. Kaufmann
Stars, Galaxies, And Cosmology: The Cosmic Perspective
by Jeffrey
Bennett, Megan
Donahue, Nicholas
Schneider, Mark
Voit
Astronomy Today, Volume 2: Stars and Galaxies
by Eric
Chaisson, Steve
McMillan
Voyages to the Stars and Galaxies
by Andrew
Fraknoi, David
Morrison, Sidney
C. Wolff
Explorations: An Introduction to Astronomy
by Thomas
T. Arny
The Cosmos: Astronomy in the New Millennium
by Jay
M. Pasachoff, Alex
Filippenko
Astronomy Volume II: Stars & Galaxies
by John
D. Fix
21st Century Astronomy (Paperback)
by Jeff
Hester, David
Burstein, George
Blumenthal, Ronald
Greeley, Bradford
Smith
Discovering the Universe
by Thomas
Krause, Neil
F. Comins, Timothy
F. Slater
Discovering the Universe
by Neil
F. Comins, William
J. Kaufmann
In Quest of the Universe
by Karl
F. Kuhn, Theo
Koupelis