Astronomy 2e

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Astronomy 2e — Andrew Fraknoi et al. By Andrew Fraknoi; David Morrison; Sidney Wolff. OpenStax publishes this book free of charge under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License (4.0). Designed to meet the scope and sequence of your course, Astronomy 2e is written in clear non-technical language, with the occasional touch of humor and a wide range of clarifying illustrations. It has many analogies drawn from everyday life to help non-science majors appreciate, on their own terms, what our modern exploration of the universe is revealing. The book can be used for either a one-semester or two-semester introductory course. The second edition has been updated according to new exploration and discoveries. The second edition also includes a significant amount of new art and images. The first edition of Astronomy by OpenStax is available in web view here . If you have encountered a white screen while accessing your OpenStax textbook, our developers suggest closing all of your OpenStax.org tabs and then loading the book again. FreeDropNow links to the official OpenStax book page and the official PDF.