Mike Seeds was a professor of physics and astronomy at Franklin and Marshall College (F&M) in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, from 1970 until his retirement in 2001. In 1989 he received F&M College’s Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching. Mike’s love for the history of astronomy led him to create upper-level courses on archeoastronomy and on the Copernican Revolution (“Changing Concepts of the Universe”). His research interests focused on variable stars and automation of astronomical telescopes. Mike is coauthor with Dana Backman of FOUNDATIONS OF ASTRONOMY, 14th Edition (2019); STARS AND GALXIES, 10th Edition (2019); THE SOLAR SYSTEM, 10th Edition (2019); and ASTRO, 3rd Edition (2018), all published by Cengage. He was senior consultant for creation of the 20-episode telecourse accompanying his book HORIZONS: EXPLORING THE UNIVERSE. Mike Seeds was a professor of physics and astronomy at Franklin and Marshall College (F&M) in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, from 1970 until his retirement in 2001. In 1989 he received F&M College’s Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching. Mike’s love for the history of astronomy led him to create upper-level courses on archeoastronomy and on the Copernican Revolution (“Changing Concepts of the Universe”). His research interests focused on variable stars and automation of astronomical telescopes. Mike is coauthor with Dana Backman of FOUNDATIONS OF ASTRONOMY, 14th Edition (2019); STARS AND GALXIES, 10th Edition (2019); THE SOLAR SYSTEM, 10th Edition (2019); and ASTRO, 3rd Edition (2018), all published by Cengage. He was senior consultant for creation of the 20-episode telecourse accompanying his book HORIZONS: EXPLORING THE UNIVERSE.

• PART I: THE SKY.1. Here and Now.2. A User's Guide to the Sky.3. Moon Phases and Eclipses.4. Origins of Modern Astronomy.5. Gravity.6. Light and Telescopes.PART II: THE STARS.7. Atoms and Spectra.8. The Sun.9. Origins of Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe.PART III: THE SOLAR SYSTEM.10. Origin of the Solar System and Extrasolar Planets.11. Earth: The Active Planet.12. The Moon and Mercury: Comparing Airless Worlds.13. Venus and Mars.14. Jupiter and Saturn.15. Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and the Kuiper Belt.16. Meteorites, Asteroids, and Comets.PART IV: LIFE.17. Astrobiology: Life on Other Worlds.

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