Radio astronomy is an active and rapidly expanding field due to advances in computing techniques, with several important new instruments on the horizon. This text provides a thorough introduction to ...

Introductory courses in physics and astronomy are designed to give students a broad background in the fundamentals of the discipline, an introduction to the logic and philosophy of science, and ...

Occasionally, people even share a career between astronomy and the humanities: The musician and composer William Herschel became one of the most important astronomers of the 18th century.