Recommended Textbooks

• Universe, 8th edition with CD ROM by R.A.Freedman and W.J. Kaufmann III
  W H Freeman; ISBN-13: 978-07167 9564-3  ISBN: 07167-9564-7
  (July 2007; Publishers’ list price £39.99)

It can be ordered direct from the publishers, from many high street booksellers (including our university bookshop Blackwell's University Bookshop Tel 01772 254462) or from on-line booksellers. 

If you are already in possession of earlier versions (Universe, 7th edition or (Universe, 6th edition) of this textbook, it is not necessary to purchase the new edition.  

• Cosmology: The Science of the Universe, 2nd edition, by Edward Harrison, 2000, CUP, ISBN 052166148X, £35.00.
• Foundations of Modern Cosmology 2nd edition  by J. F. Hawley and K. A. Holcomb, 2005, OUP, ISBN 019853096X, £42.50 hardback (published July 2005)

• Cambridge Concise History of Astronomy by Michael Hoskin, 1999, CUP, (ISBN 0521576008 £24.99 paperback or ISBN 0521572916 hardback)
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• The Cambridge Illustrated History of Astronomy by Michael Hoskin, 1996, CUP, ISBN 0521411580 (£25.00 Out of print - 2nd hand copies available on Amazon July 2006).

For a better feel for the earlier key figures:

•   The Sleepwalkers by Arthur Koestler (1989, Arkana, ISBN 9780140192469, £14.99)

An example of a book that students might like to review is:

• Gods in the Sky  by Allan Chapman (2002, Channel 4 Books, ISBN 0752261649, £18.99(based on the recent Channel 4 TV series).

• Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Extended Version, 6th edition, 2004 Paul A. Tipler, W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd; ISBN-10: 1429202653 ISBN-13: 978-1429202657 Hardback £41.99. (Be sure to get the Extended Version with 41 chapters plus appendices.)

• Engineering Mathematics 6th edition, £37.99, K.A. Stroud & Dexter Booth, Palgrave Publishers Ltd, 2007, ISBN-10: 1403942463 ISBN-13: 978-1403942463.

• Universe, 8th edition with CD ROM by R.A.Freedman and W.J. Kaufmann III
  W H Freeman; ISBN-13: 978-07167 9564-3  ISBN: 07167-9564-7
  (July 2007; Publishers’ list price £39.99)

If you are already in possession of earlier versions of this textbook, it is not necessary to purchase the new edition.  

• An Introduction to Astrobiology, Gilmour, Iain and Sephton, Mark A, 2004, Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 9780521546218 | ISBN-10: 0521546214 (Publisher’s list price £30).

AA2051The Milky Way and AA2052 Galaxies beyond the Milky Way

The recommended text  for both modules AA2051 and AA2052 is:

• Galaxies in the Universe 2nd edition by Linda S. Sparke, John S. Gallagher III, 2007, Cambridge University Press, ISBN-10 0521671868 ISBN-13 987-0521671866 (£35 in paperback).

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No single book covers all aspects of the module at the right level and there is no recommended textbook.

Supplementary Texts:

The supplementary texts include introductions and more advanced material. You are not expected to purchase these books.

• Roy A.E. and Clarke D.C., (2003), Astronomy: Principles and Practice, The Institute of Physics . ISBN 0750309172 (Publishers' list price £29.99.)
  Kitchin, C.R., (2003), Astrophysical Techniques 4th ed., The Institute of Physics . ISBN: 0750309466

• Kitchin, C.R., (2003), Telescopes and Techniques: An introduction to Practical Astronomy, Springer-Verlag UK, ISBN 1852337257 

• Rieke, (2003), Detection of Light from Ultraviolet to the Submillimeter, Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521017106 (paperback) (Publishers' list price £33.00.)

The recommended texts for AA2054 are:

• Universe, 8th edition with CD ROM by R.A.Freedman and W.J. Kaufmann III
  W H Freeman; ISBN-13: 978-07167 9564-3  ISBN: 07167-9564-7
  (July 2007; Publishers’ list price £39.99)
• The New Solar System 4th edition by Beatty, Petersen and Chaikin, 1999, CUP, ISBN 05216 45875 (Publishers' list price £30.00.). 

The recommended text  for the module AA2055  is:

• Lang, K.R., (2001), The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Sun, Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521780934, (Publishers' List Price £30.00.)

The recommended text  for AA3053 is (to be announced soon):

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