Striking the balance between explaining the fundamentals and discussing the hottest current topics in astronomy, such as New Horizons's flyby of Pluto, exoplanets, 'dark matter', and the direct detection of gravitational waves by LIGO leading to multimessenger astronomy, this textbook is the go-to guide to learn about the workings of the Universe.
Striking the balance between explaining the fundamentals and discussing the hottest current topics in astronomy, such as New Horizons's flyby of Pluto, exoplanets, 'dark matter', and the direct detection of gravitational waves by LIGO leading to multimessenger astronomy, this textbook is the go-to guide to learn about the workings of the Universe.