Discovering the universe
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Bibliographic Information
Discovering the universe
W.H. Freeman and Co., c1996
4th ed
Available at 2 libraries
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This edition contains several different features including: a greater emphasis on stars and galaxies; treatment of the planets one at a time for greater clarity; completely rewritten chapter introductions; "What Do You Think" questions that open each chapter and address specific common student misconceptions; new key-term chapter-ending lists; improved pedagogy including "Foundations" part openers and "Astronomer's Toolboxes"; and a new CD-ROM with full text and art plus new graphics, animations, historical timelines, interviews with prominent astronomers and skychart software.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 An invitation astronomy: foundations
- discovering the night sky
- gravitation and the waltz of the planets
- light and telescopes
- the nature of light and matter. Part 2 The solar system: foundations
- the Earth and its moon
- the other inner planets
- the outer planets
- vagabonds of the solar system
- our star, the Sun.Part 3 The stars: foundations
- the nature of stars
- the lives of stars
- the deaths of stars
- black holes. Part 4 The universe: foundations
- the Milky Way galaxy
- galaxies
- quasars and active galaxies
- cosmology
- the search for extraterrestrial life.
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