Download or read book Astronomy written by William K. Hartmann and published by Wadsworth Publishing Company. This book was released on 1994 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed for a short course in introductory astronomy for non-science majors, this book takes students on three simultaneous journeys through history, space and cosmic time. The journey moves outward from the Earth through the universe to show students basic concepts, history, theories, and laws of astronomy as they apply to the solar system, stellar evolution, galaxies and cosmology.