The visible sky -- Earth in space -- Eclipses -- Rocks from outer space -- Tools and techniques of astronomy -- Telescopes -- Spectroscopy: what light tells astronomers -- The solar system -- Kepler's laws of planetary motion -- Newton's law of universal gravitation -- The planets -- Natural satellites -- Asteroids and comets -- Does life exist elsewhere? -- The universe -- A revolution in cosmology -- The expanding universe -- The uniform universe -- The big bang -- Predictions of the big bang theory -- Evidence for the big bang theory -- The history of astronomy -- Ancient observations -- Foundations of modern astronomy -- The impact of astronomy -- Amateur astronomy -- Using the unaided eye -- Using telescopes -- An explosion of new technology -- Serious amateur astronomy
Summary
Recounts some of the major discovery milestones in the field of astronomy and examines the tools and techniques currently used by astronomers to study the universe
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 92) and index
