The Cosmic Perspective

By Jeffrey O. Bennett, Megan O. Donahue, Nicholas Schneider, Mark Voit

Categories: Science & Math

The Cosmic Perspective is a widely used introductory astronomy textbook by Jeffrey O. Bennett, Megan O. Donahue, Nicholas Schneider and Mark Voit, first published in 1999. It covers the solar system, stars, galaxies and cosmology with an emphasis on how scientists know what they know.

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