Miller, Ron, and William Hartmann. The Grand Tour: A Traveler\u2019s Guide to the Solar System<\/em>. 3rd ed. Workman, 2005. This volume for beginners is a colorfully illustrated voyage among the planets.<\/p>\r\n Sagan, Carl. Cosmos.<\/em> Ballantine, 2013 [1980]. This tome presents a classic overview of astronomy by an astronomer who had a true gift for explaining things clearly. (You can also check out Sagan\u2019s television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage<\/em> and Neil DeGrasse Tyson\u2019s current series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey.<\/em>)<\/p>\r\n Tyson, Neil DeGrasse, and Don Goldsmith. Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution.<\/em> Norton, 2004. This book provides a guided tour through the beginnings of the universe, galaxies, stars, planets, and life.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Miller, Ron, and William Hartmann. The Grand Tour: A Traveler\u2019s Guide to the Solar System<\/em>. 3rd ed. Workman, 2005. This volume for beginners is a colorfully illustrated voyage among the planets.<\/p>\n Sagan, Carl. Cosmos.<\/em> Ballantine, 2013 [1980]. This tome presents a classic overview of astronomy by an astronomer who had a true gift for explaining things clearly. (You can also check out Sagan\u2019s television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage<\/em> and Neil DeGrasse Tyson\u2019s current series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey.<\/em>)<\/p>\n Tyson, Neil DeGrasse, and Don Goldsmith. Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution.<\/em> Norton, 2004. This book provides a guided tour through the beginnings of the universe, galaxies, stars, planets, and life.<\/p>\n If you enjoyed the beautiful images in this chapter (and there are many more fabulous photos to come in other chapters), you may want to know where you can obtain and download such pictures for your own enjoyment. (Many astronomy images are from government-supported instruments or projects, paid for by tax dollars, and therefore are free of copyright laws.) Here are three resources we especially like:<\/p>\n Cosmic Voyage: This video presents a portion of Cosmic Voyage, narrated by Morgan Freeman (8:34)<\/p>\n https:\/\/youtu.be\/qxXf7AJZ73A<\/p>\n Powers of Ten: This classic short video is a much earlier version of Powers of Ten, narrated by Philip Morrison (9:00)<\/p>\nWebsites<\/h2>\r\nIf you enjoyed the beautiful images in this chapter (and there are many more fabulous photos to come in other chapters), you may want to know where you can obtain and download such pictures for your own enjoyment. (Many astronomy images are from government-supported instruments or projects, paid for by tax dollars, and therefore are free of copyright laws.) Here are three resources we especially like:\r\n
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Videos<\/h2>\r\nCosmic Voyage: This video presents a portion of Cosmic Voyage, narrated by Morgan Freeman (8:34)\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/qxXf7AJZ73A\r\n\r\nPowers of Ten: This classic short video is a much earlier version of Powers of Ten, narrated by Philip Morrison (9:00)\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/0fKBhvDjuy0\r\n\r\nThe Known Universe: This video tour from the American Museum of Natural History has realistic animation, music, and captions (6:30)\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/17jymDn0W6U\r\n\r\nWanderers: This video provides a tour of the solar system, with narrative by Carl Sagan, imagining other worlds with dramatically realistic paintings (3:50)\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/vimeo.com\/108650530","rendered":"
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