Extragalactic astronomy and cosmology : an introduction / Peter Schneider.

Includes index.

1. Introduction and overview --
2. The Milky Way as a galaxy --
3. The World of Galaxies --
4. Cosmology I: Homogeneous isotropic world models --
5. Active galactic nuclei --
6. Clusters and groups of galaxies --
7. Cosmology II: Inhomogeneities in the Universe --
8. Cosmology III: The cosmological parameters --
9. The Universe at high redshift --
10. Galaxy evolution --
11. Outlook --
A: The electromagnetic radiation field --
B: Properties of stars --
C: Units and constants --
D: Recommended literature --
E: Acronyms used --
F: Solutions to problems --
Index.

This edition is not only larger by height and width, it is over 160 pages longer. New pages are devoted to further expansion of previous coverage, presentation of new astronomical discoveries, as well as the newly introduced and highly illuminating end-of-chapter problems with their full solutions at the end of the book. True to its German origins, the writing is precise and analytical with editing that is nearly flawless and quality color graphs and photographs. This is a textbook in the true sense of the word and what makes the expositions so broad in scope and detailed in coverage is the great focus and economy in the use of language where pages are not filled with arm-chair predictions and the reader is not engaged in the speculative astronomy of Multiverses, wormholes and the like. What is left therefore is a massive 626-page book with an 8-page list of contents which attempts to leave no stone unturned when it comes to deep space astronomy and astronomical methods. The presentations are based on proven principles, observations and pertinent mathematical equations where all steps in the use and derivation of equations are shown from first principles and are explained in as many words and the important conclusions emphasized in shaded blocks.