Foundations of Astronomy, International Edition
(Sprache: Englisch)
With this newly revised tenth edition of FOUNDATIONS OF ASTRONOMY, International Edition, author Mike Seeds' goal is to help you use astronomy to understand science--and use science to understand what we are. Fascinating and engaging, this text will help...
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With this newly revised tenth edition of FOUNDATIONS OF ASTRONOMY, International Edition, author Mike Seeds' goal is to help you use astronomy to understand science--and use science to understand what we are. Fascinating and engaging, this text will help you answer two fundamental questions: What are we? How do we know? This edition addresses the newest developments and latest discoveries in the exciting study of astronomy, including new data on Jupiter's ring system; new observations of the shapes of stars; new evidence of dark energy, quasars, and galaxy collisions; and a look inside supernova explosions.
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Part I: EXPLORING THE SKY.1. What Are We? How Do We Know?
2. The Sky.
3. Cycles of the Moon.
4. The Origin of Modern Astronomy.
5. Gravity.
6. Light and Telescopes.
Part II: THE STARS.
7. Atoms and Starlight.
8. The Sun.
9. The Family of Stars.
10. The Interstellar Medium.
11. The Formation of Stars.
12. Stellar Evolution.
13. The Deaths of Stars.
14. Neutron Stars and Black Holes.
Part III: THE UNIVERSE.
15. The Milky Way Galaxy.
16. Galaxies.
17. Galaxies with Active Nuclei.
18. Cosmology in the 21st Century.
Part IV: THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
19. The Origin of the Solar System.
20. Earth: The Standard of Comparative Planetology.
21. The Moon and Mercury: Comparing Airless Worlds.
22. Comparative Planetology of Venus and Mars.
23. Comparative Planetology of Jupiter and Saturn.
24. Uranus, Neptune, and the Dwarf Planets.
25. Meteorites, Asteroids, and Comets.
Part V: LIFE.
26. Life on Other Worlds.
Afterword.
Appendix A: Units and Astronomical Data.
Appendix B: Observing the Sky.
Glossary.
Answers to Even-Numbered Problems.
Index.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Michael A. Seeds
- 2007, 10th ed., 688 Seiten, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Cengage Learning Services
- ISBN-10: 0495387258
- ISBN-13: 9780495387251
Sprache:
Englisch
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