Universe.  When it comes to staying current with latest discoveries, clearing away common misconceptions, and harnessing the power of media in the service of students and instructors, no other full-length introduction to astronomy can match it. Now the textbook that has evolved discovery by discovery with the science of astronomy and education technology for over two decades returns in spectacular new edition, thoroughly updated and offering unprecedented media options.Available in Split VolumesUniverse: Stars and Galaxies, Fourth Edition, 1-4292-4015-6Universe: The Solar System, Fourth Edition, 1-4292-4016-4< I.  Introducing Astronomy1 Astronomy and the Universe  Guest Essay Why Astronomy? Sandra M. Faber    2 Knowing the Heavens   Guest Essay Why Astrology Is Not Science James Randi     3 Eclipses and the Motion of the Moon     Guest Essay Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy Mark Hollabaugh  4 Gravitation and the Waltz of the Planets     5 The Nature of Light   6 Optics and Telescopes  II. Planets and Moons7 Comparative Planetology I: Our Solar System    8 Comparative Planetology II:The Origin of Our Solar System  Scientific American article Dangling a COROT Alexander Hellemans    9 The Living Earth    10 Our Barren Moon    11 Mercury, Venus, and Mars: Earthlike yet Unique    Scientific American article Father of Spirit and Opportunity David Appell  12 Jupiter and Saturn: Lords of the Planets     13 Jupiter and Saturn’s Satellites of Fire and Ice    14 Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and the Kuiper Belt: Remote Worlds  15 Vagabonds of the Solar System  Guest Essay Pluto and the Kuiper Belt Scott Sheppard    III. Stars and Stellar Evolution16 Our Star, the Sun    17 The Nature of the Stars   18 The Birth of Stars    19 Stellar Evolution: On and After the Main Sequence    20 Stellar Evolution: The Deaths of Stars     21 Neutron Stars    22 Black Holes    IV. Galaxies and Cosmology23 Our Galaxy    24 Galaxies     25 Quasars and Active Galaxies  26 Cosmology: The Origin and Evolution of the Universe    Scientific American article Dark Forces at Work David Appell     27 Exploring the Early Universe  Scientific American article Making Sense of Modern Cosmology P. James E. Peebles  28 The Search for Extraterrestrial Life    Guest Essay A Biologist’s View of Astrobiology Kevin W. Plaxco    Available in Volumes:Universe: Solar System, includes Chapters 1-16 and 28Universe: Stars and Galaxies includes Chapters 1-8 and 16-28 Read Less