Cosmic Perspective, Brief Edition, The

Cosmic Perspective, Brief Edition, The

The Cosmic Perspective offers a fresh approach to introductory astronomy, emphasizing the "big picture" of the universe emerging from the flood of discoveries during the last two decades. The authors engage readers' curiosity by linking the new insights and discoveries to themes of human achievement, physics in the universe, continuity of matter, the dynamic systems that sustain life, and astronomy and physics as foundations for our world view.