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Astronomy: Fundamentals and Frontiers
Professors Jastrow and Thompson have written an astronomy textbook with the liberal art student in mind at every pint of the development. There is a very good balance between the discussion of basic methods and description of the results of astrophysical research, including the most recent advances. This textbook is widely used and read and will have made a very significant contribution in the area of communication between scientist and community.
- GenresNonfictionAstronomy
532 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1977
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January 18, 2016
Robert Jastrow, author of "God and the Astronomers," is an expert in the Big Bang theory and other astrophysical concepts. Jastrow's textbook was used as reference in the astrophysics course I took in college. I was truly amazed by the concepts of the birth-life-death cycles of planets and solar systems which I gleaned from this class, and from Jastrow's textbook.
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