Universe
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Bibliographic Information
Universe
W.H. Freeman, c2002
6th ed
- : pbk
- : CD-ROM
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Universe, accompanied by "Starry Night" CD-ROM, is now in its 6th edition and includes many new images taken from the Mars Pathfinder mission and the HST. The book is highly suitable for undergraduate courses in cosmology.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Introducing astronomy: astronomy and the universe
- knowing the heavens
- eclipses and the motion of the moon
- gravitation and the waltz of the planets
- the nature of light
- optics and telescopes. Part 2 Planets and moons: our solar system
- our living earth
- our barren moon
- sun-scorched Mercury
- cloud-covered Venue
- red planet Mars
- Jupiter - lord of the planets
- the Galilean satellites of Jupiter
- the spectacular Saturnian system
- the outer worlds
- vagabonds of the solar system. Part 3 Stars and stellar evolution: our star, the sun
- the nature of stars
- the birth of stars
- stellar evolution - after the main sequence
- stellar evolution - the death of stars
- neutron stars
- black holes. Part 4 Galaxies and cosmology: our galaxy
- galaxies
- quasars, blazars, and active galaxies
- cosmology - the creation and fate of the universe
- exploring the early universe
- the search for extraterrestrial life.
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