Discovering Astronomy, Activities Kit

Beyond the Blue Horizon: A Grand Tour of the Universe. Science and Pseudoscience. Astronomical Observations: Angles and Errors. Basic Observations and Interpretations of the Sky. The Historical Quest to Model the Solar System. The Structure and Formation of the Solar System. The Smallest Bodies of the Solar System: Comets, Minor Planets, and Meteorites. The Earth and the Moon. The Earth-Like Planets. The Jovian Planets and Pluto. The Nature of Light. Telescopes: Our Eye of Discovery. Spectra: The Key to Understanding the Universe. Understanding Stellar Spectra. The Observed Properties of Normal Stars. The Sun and Stars: Their Energy Sources and Structure. Star Formation and Evolution to the Main Sequence. Stellar Evolution After the Main Sequence. Cataclysmic Astronomy. The Milky Way: Our Galaxy. Galaxies. Peculiar and Unusual Extragalactic Objects. The Origin and Evolution of the Universe. Appendices. Glossary. Index.Steven J. Shawl is the author of 'Discovering Astronomy, Activities Kit', published 1994 under ISBN 9780471113065 and ISBN 0471113069.