Teaches students to think like scientists. Authors Laura Kay and Stacy Palen have developed pedagogy that helps students understand the process of science, and how physical principles are used to discover the origins of the universe. The authors emphasize how we know what we know in the figures, text, and end-of-chapter material.

21st Century Astronomy: Stars and Galaxies

Science & Math

Palen, Stacy

Blumenthal, George

Kay, Laura

Smith, Bradford

Astronomy & Space Science

W.W.Norton&Company

21st Century Astronomy: The Solar System

Students learn astronomy by doing astronomy. Influenced by astronomy education research, the Second Edition continues to lead the way by providing pedagogy and a learning package that facilitates learning by doing better than any other intro astronomy book.

Understanding Our Universe

21st Century Astronomy

21st Century Astronomy's distinctive writing style, superior art, and supporting media package all work together to teach students how science works, help students visualize basic concepts and physical processes, and keep students focused on the "big picture."For the Third Edition, the entire text has been reread from a student's perspective and rewritten to eliminate jargon and ensure that the book's hallmark tone resounds throughout every chapter. New Visual Analogy icons help students connect the textual analogies used to describe physical processes with the figures that illustrate them, and new AstroTour animations and simulations developed at the University of Nebraska provide students with opportunities for interactive learning.

Hester, Jeff

Voss, Howard

A textbook that facilitates learning by doing. Influenced by astronomy education research, 21st Century Astronomy offers a complete pedagogical and media package that facilitates learning by doing, while the new one-column design makes the Fifth Edition the most accessible introductory text available today.

Students learn astronomy by doing astronomy.
Influenced by astronomy education research, the Second Edition continues to lead the way by providing pedagogy and a learning package that facilitates learning by doing better than any other intro astronomy book.
Written by two expert teachers and based on astronomy education research, Learning Astronomy by Doing Astronomy guides students through concepts, promotes quantitative literacy, and increases student confidence in their understanding of how the universe works.

Understanding Our Universe and Learning Astronomy by Doing Astronomy

Larson, Ana

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21st Century Astronomy: Stars and Galaxies

21st Century Astronomy: The Solar System

Understanding Our Universe

21st Century Astronomy

21st Century Astronomy: Stars and Galaxies

21st Century Astronomy: The Solar System

21st Century Astronomy: Stars and Galaxies

Understanding Our Universe

Understanding Our Universe

Understanding Our Universe and Learning Astronomy by Doing Astronomy