BLECK: AMERICAN SCIENTIST "This is a welcome addition to the 'introductory' textbooks available for astronomy courses...the figures, including photographs (some in color), diagrams, and charts are excellent...Quantitative exercises and their solutions are included at the end of most chapters. I believe this book could be useful as a text in a sophomore or junior level introductory astronomy course for students with good preparation in the physical sciences...As the most advanced (mathematically) introductory text on the market it certainly warrants consideration by anyone teaching astronomy to undergraduate science majors." SKY & TELESCOPE "...gives a solid foundation to the basic ideas of astronomy in a clear and accessible fashion... Fundamental ideas are developed clearly and applied to real problems, and solutions are worked out; that is the book's strength." THE PHYSICS TEACHER "...unique among available texts and has so much to offer...no one involved in astronomy teaching will want to be without a copy." NATURE "The wide range of expertise gives the book an authority that would be almost impossible for a single-author text...there are other aids to the reader: worked examples...starred sections in small print take the inquisitive reader beyond the general level of the book." CONTEMPORARY PHYSICS "This book represents excellent value for the serious student of astronomy and astrophysics...It covers the whole field of modern astronomy in a clear and concise way." IRISH ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL "As an introductory course in fundamental astronomy for first-year university science students the authors have succeeded as best as one can." THE OBSERVATORY "The camel is reputed to be a horse designed by a committee, and a book written by a committee is in danger of similar criticism. This introductory textbook is an honorable exception, with a thoroughbred being a better metaphor. ...the third edition remains an excellent starting point for a quantitative study to astronomy and astrophysics...a generally excellent book." Fundamental Astronomy gives a well-balanced and comprehensive introduction to the various fields of classical and modern astronomy. While emphasizing both the astronomical concepts and the underlying physical principles, the text provides a sound basis for more profound studies in the astronomical sciences. The present revised and enlarged third edition of this successful textbook includes a host of new knowledge acquired in recent years. In particular the chapters on observations and on the physics of the Sun have been thoroughly revised. Complimentary examination copies are available to qualified instructors.