The Cosmic Perspective

The Cosmic Perspective

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<P style="MARGIN: 0px">Building on a long tradition of effective pedagogy and comprehensive coverage, <B>The Cosmic Perspective</B> <B>, Sixth Edition</B> provides the most engaging and up-to-date introduction to astronomy for non-science majors. The text provides a wealth of features to help enhance student skill building, including new <B>Visual Skills Check </B>end-of-chapter questions that provide an opportunity for students to test their visual interpretation skills, new <B>Cosmic Context Figures </B>that help students synthesize key concepts and processes, and a new comprehensive <B>visual overview of scale</B> to help students explore the scale of time and space. The <B>Sixth Edition </B>has also been fully updated to include the latest astronomical observations, research, and theoretical developments. The text is supported by the most robust package of instructor. </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Two volumes of this text are also available:</P> <UL> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px" soNormal> <B>The Cosmic Perspective: The Solar System, Sixth Edition </B>(includes Chapters 1-13, 24)</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px" soNormal> <B>The Cosmic Perspective: Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology, Sixth Edition </B>(includes Chapters 1-6,  S2-S4, 14-24)</DIV> </LI> </UL> <BR>