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What Is The Cosmic Perspective?
What Is The Cosmic Perspective?
This new edition of The Cosmic Perspective, published by Pearson, uses a coherent, thematic narrative to speak to all students who are curious about the universe. The curriculum presents big ideas and the latest findings with clarity for deeper participation and engagement.
Focus on the Process of Science throughout the program
Comparative planetology shows each planet’s uniqueness and their underlying fundamental principles
This program is accompanied by Pearson’s Mastering® platform with eText
Features of the Cosmic Perspective
Features of the Cosmic Perspective
The Process of Science is a unifying theme throughout the text and explicitly reinforced in each chapter.
A cosmic framework helps students explore our place in the universe and better understand the unique challenges of applying scientific processes to phenomena across local, galactic and cosmic scales.
Comparative planetology helps students understand how each planet is unique as well as how all planets are connected through fundamental cosmic principles.
The Big Picture helps put what students learn into the context of a broader perspective on ourselves, our planet and prospects for life beyond Earth.
This program is accompanied by Pearson’s Mastering® platform with eText
Now the Pearson+ eText comes with an AI-powered study tool!
Features of the Mastering Astronomy
Features of the Mastering Astronomy
The Study Area offers Study tools to help students prepare for class and practice for exams. The curated content includes 3 self-study multiple-choice quizzes per chapter; prelecture videos; narrated figures; Interactive Figures; and math review videos; interactive self-guided tutorials that go into depth on challenging topics; a downloadable set of group activities; and more.
Self-Guided Tutorials and Interactive Figures provide students with a deep understanding of the toughest topics in astronomy and include hints and wrong-answer feedback. These "Tutorials" serve as the interactive, simulation-based labs for our class.
Follow up to classroom activities tie together content and end-of-chapter questions in Mastering Astronomy and include self-assessment activities and practice exams.
Interactive Prelecture videos, all written and most narrated by the authors, help students understand key concepts. Videos are in the Study Area for students and in Mastering Instructor Resources for instructors.
Narrated Figure Visual Activities are assignable visual activities with narrated animations that expand on figures in the text with embedded pause-and-respond questions.
Prelecture Reading Questions and Quizzes reinforce important astronomy concepts and ensure that students read the textbook prior to lecture, helping to keep them on track and engaged in class.
Units of Study
Units of Study
Unit 1: Developing Perspective
Unit 1: Developing Perspective
A Modern View of the Universe
Discovering the Universe for Yourself
The Science of Astronomy
Unit 2: Key Concepts for Astronomy
Unit 2: Key Concepts for Astronomy
Making Sense of the Universe: Understanding Motion, Energy, and Gravity
Light and Matter: Reading Messages from the Cosmos
Telescopes: Portals of Discovery
Unit 3: Learning from Other Worlds
Unit 3: Learning from Other Worlds
Our Planetary System
Formation of the Solar System
Planetary Geology: Earth and the Other Terrestrial Worlds
Planetary Atmospheres: Earth and the Other Terrestrial Worlds
Jovian Planet Systems
Asteroids, Comets, and Dwarf Planets: Their Nature, Orbits, and Impacts
Exoplanets: The New Science of Distant Worlds
Unit 4: Stars
Unit 4: Stars
Our Star
Surveying the Stars
Star Birth
Star Stuff
The Bizarre Stellar Graveyard
Unit 5: Galaxies and Beyond
Unit 5: Galaxies and Beyond
Our Galaxy
Galaxies and the Foundation of Modern Cosmology
Galaxy Evolution
The Birth of the Universe
Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Fate of the Universe
Unit 6: Life on Earth and Beyond
Unit 6: Life on Earth and Beyond
Life in the Universe
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