Astronomy for the Utterly Confused

Terry Jones, Ph.D. is an astronomy professor at the University of Minnesota.

Ingrid Johnson is a veteran science writer and author.

Ch 1: The Universe in Time and Space

Ch 2: The Earth’s Place

Ch 3: The Sky As Visible From earth

Ch 4: Key Concepts and Basic laws

Ch 5: The Gas Planets

Ch 6: The Rocky Planets and Moons

Ch 7: The Smaller Bodies

Ch 8: Brahe, Copernicus, Einstein, and On

Ch 9: Down to the Atom and Below

Ch 10: How They are Studied

Ch 11: How Stars Evolve

Ch 12: How Stars End Their “Lives”

Ch 13: Formation and Evolution

Ch 14: The Role of Dark Matter

Ch 15: The Role of Dark Energy

Ch 16: Expansion, Contraction, Dissolution

Ch 17: Space Travel

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