A Reivew of Chinese and Foreign “University Astronomy” Textbooks

Subjects: Astronomy submitted time 2023-12-15 Cooperative journals: 《天文学报》

LI Xiang-dong

Abstract： ``College Astronomy" is the most important basic course for students of astronomy specialty, providing the whole picture and development of astronomy. The quality of astronomy textbooks plays a key role in helping students understand the basic principles and methods of astronomy, improve their academic standards and scientific literacy. For non-astronomy students and amateur astronomers, reading astronomy textbooks is also an important way to expand their scientific knowledge and understand the universe. Compared with Western developed countries, there is still a big gap in quantity and quality in ``University Astronomy" textbooks in China. This paper sorts out the representative textbooks of ``University Astronomy" at home and abroad, and reviews their characteristics, advantages and areas for improvement. It also compares the similarities and differences in the content and writing methods between Chinese and foreign textbooks. By analyzing the concepts, methods and skills of writing excellent foreign textbooks, this work tries to provide constructive suggestions for the future construction of astronomy textbooks in China.

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