ASTR120 Textbooks
Required:
Universe (Roger A. Freedman, Robert M. Geller,
and William J. Kaufmann III, Ninth edition - ISBN 1-4292-3153-X, $78
New, $50 Used, Their
Website) Note: for an additional fee, you can order the e-book
and/or Starry Night software but I will not require these for the
class. This book will also be used
for ASTR121
in spring 2014.
Recommended (If Universe is too Basic for You):
The New Solar System (J.K. Beatty and A. Chaikin,
Eds., 4th Edition, $10-$20 second hand). Deeper level than Universe
for the Solar System afficionado. This is a Junior/Senior level text
with no equations. An excellent qualitative introduction to
Planetary Science with descriptive chapters written by experts in
the field. Published in 2000, so somewhat out of date but a good
value. I used to use this book for my upper level Solar System
course ASTR430.
Fundamental Planetary Science (J.J. Lissauer and
I. de Pater $36). This is an advanced text with equations suitable
for a Junior or Senior Physics/Astronomy major. Published in
2013. My new textbook of choice for ASTR430.
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