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Universe

William J. Kaufmann III

W.H. Freeman, c1994

4th ed

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注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Thoroughly updated, the fourth edition contains: up-to-date photographs and discoveries including - Hubble Space Telescope images, including central star of NGC 2440; discoveries about Venus and Magellan; and the latest on solar neutrinos, including results from GALLEX and SAGE. Each chapter now repeatedly summarizes and reviews the main ideas, with the inclusion of supercomputer simulations of events, for example, chapter 10 has a simulation of the formation of Mercury.

目次

Introducing Astronomy. Astronomy and the Universe. Knowing the Heavens. Eclipses and Ancient Astronomy. Gravitation and the Motions of Plants. The Nature of Light and Matter. Optics and Telescopes. Planets and Moons. Our Solar System. Our Living Earth. Our Barren Moon. Sun-Scorched Mercury Cloud-Covered Venus. The Martian Invasion. Jupiter: Lord of the Planets. The Galilean Satellites of Jupiter The Spectacular Saturnian System The Outer Worlds. Interplanetary Vagabonds. Stars and Stellar Evolution. Our Star. The Nature of Stars. The Birth of Stars. Stellar Maturity and Old Age. The Deaths of Stars. Neutron Stars. Black Holes. Galaxies and Cosmology. Our Galaxy. Galaxies. Quasars, Blazers, and Active Galaxies. Cosmology: The Creation and Fate of the Universe. Exploring the Early Universe. Afterword. The Search for Extraterrestrial Life.

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA26804313
  • ISBN
    • 0716723794
  • LCCN
    93027842
  • 出版国コード
    us
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    New York
  • ページ数/冊数
    xviii, 624 p., [13] p. of plates
  • 大きさ
    29 cm
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