Astronomy in Depth

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Spaceship Earth

   • Gerald North

   Pages 1-8

3. The Language of Starlight

   • Gerald North

   Pages 9-26

4. The Moon

   • Gerald North

   Pages 27-39

5. The Universal Force

   • Gerald North

   Pages 40-50

6. The Inferior Planets

   • Gerald North

   Pages 51-60

7. The Planet Mars

   • Gerald North

   Pages 61-72

8. The Planet Jupiter

   • Gerald North

   Pages 73-82

9. The Planet Saturn

   • Gerald North

   Pages 83-91

10. The Twilight Zone of the Solar System

    • Gerald North

    Pages 92-99

11. The Debris of the Solar System

    • Gerald North

    Pages 100-106

12. The Comets

    • Gerald North

    Pages 107-114

13. The Sun

    • Gerald North

    Pages 115-127

14. The Celestial Sphere and Time

    • Gerald North

    Pages 128-145

15. The Stars

    • Gerald North

    Pages 146-158

16. Gas, Dust, Stars and Variable Stars

    • Gerald North

    Pages 159-172

17. Stellar Evolution

    • Gerald North

    Pages 173-183

18. Brown Dwarfs and Extra-Solar Planets

    • Gerald North

    Pages 184-189

19. Violent Stars

    • Gerald North

    Pages 190-197

20. The Galaxies

    • Gerald North

    Pages 198-209

Astronomy in Depth fills the need for a textbook that covers pre-university level Astronomy courses (in the UK, the GCSE syllabuses) and provides numerical examples to help students. It is also written as a serious foundation in Astronomy for amateurs who want to take a more detailed approach than can be found in the bulk of introductory astronomy books. Almost every aspect of astronomy is considered, from Earth and its place in the solar system, through instrumentation, the planets, stars, and galaxies, to black holes and the beginnings of cosmology. This book is perfect for anyone who wants to get to know astronomy in detail, as quickly as possible.

• astronomy
• black hole
• cosmology
• earth
• moon
• planet
• quasar
• solar system
• stars
• stellar evolution
• sun

The numerical work is really quite simple and basic, and should frighten nobody who has a genuine wish to learn a little more than might be gleaned from one of the many coffee-table books covering similar ground…This is a useful book for students, and would also suit the teacher who may touch on astronomical topics during a science course. The style and content will allow the text to be revised in years to come as new discoveries and theories prove to make this necessary, and at a cost that is very appropriate for the target market.

--Gnomon, Newsletter of the Association for Astronomy Education

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