Horizons: Exploring the Universe

by Michael A. Seeds, Dana Backman

With their best-selling astronomy textbook, HORIZONS, authors Mike Seeds and Dana Backman help you understand your place in the universe--not just your location in space but your role in the unfolding history of the physical universe. To achieve this goal, they focuses on two central questions: "What Are We?" which highlights your place as a planet dweller in an evolving universe, guiding you to better understand where we came from and how we formed; and "How Do We Know?" which provides insights into how the process of science can teach us more about what we are.

Genres: Astronomy, Science, Nonfiction, School, Textbooks

528 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1981

Reviews

[Zoë]

Apart from a few paragraphs repeated verbatim, definitely a solid book on the topic. The material was easy to digest (apart from the chapter on cosmology, but that goes without saying), it used lots of metaphors to ground the practical data, and the tone was genuinely delightful throughout. I really enjoyed this.

[Victoria]

One of the much better texts books I have read and one of the few I've finished in college. The "what are we?" sections are pretty interesting.

[Keri]

One of the more enjoyable textbooks I've read.

[Isabella Tugman - Audiobook Narrator]

Fascinating stuff. Humanity is really so insignificant when you look at the expansive universe...

[Shalyn]

I had to read this for an Astronomy class. The teacher sucked. So reading this book was rather hard to follow for me personally. It might by have been good for the subject itself, but it just pissed me off the more I read.

[Tonya Fister]

For my astronomy class

[Jess Ketchum]

it was for school

[Jamie]

This was my college astronomy text book and I have found it well worth the money I spent on it! I enjoyed all the detail of space exploration in this book! It even covers the history of several astronomers. I homeschool my children and we have often looked in this book!!

[Megan]

Horizons With Infotrac: Exploring the Universe by Michael A. Seeds (2001)

[Tina Redmond]

It was a textbook for astronomy class. So many interesting things to learn. A good quarter of it was over my head. I don't think I will ever wrap my head around astronomical math.

[Laura]

As far as textbooks, pretty entertaining and an interesting topic. A few too many typos though for a textbook I had to pay that much for.