An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics – Bradley W. Carroll, Dale A. Ostlie – 2nd Edition

I. The Tools of Astronomy

1. The Celestial Sphere

2. Celestial Mechanics

3. The Continuous Spectrum of Light

4. The Theory of Special Relativity

5. The Interaction of Light and Matter

6. Telescopes

II. The Nature of Stars

7. Binary Systems and Stellar Parameters

8. The Classification of Stellar Spectra

9. Stellar Atmospheres

10. The Interiors of Stars

11. The Sun

12. The Process of Star Formation

13. Post-Main-Sequence Stellar Evolution

14. Stellar Pulsation

15. Supernovae

16. The Degenerate Remnants of Stars

17. Black Holes

18. Close Binary Star Systems

III. Planetary Systems

19. Physical Processes in the Solar System

20. The Terrestrial Planets

21. The Jovian Worlds

22. Minor Bodies of the Solar System

23. The Formation of Planetary Systems

IV. Galaxies and the Universe

24. The Milky Way Galaxy

25. The Nature of Galaxies

26. Galactic Evolution

27. The Structure of the Universe

28. Active Galaxies

29. Cosmology

30. The Early Universe