Discovering the universe
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Discovering the universe
W.H. Freeman and Co., c2005
7th ed
- : pbk. with CD
Available at 6 libraries
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Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Discovering the Universe is the best-selling text for descriptive one-term astronomy courses (especially those with no mathematics prerequisites). Carried along by the book's vibrant main theme - the process of scientific discovery - readers will encounter spectacular sights, landmark experiments, and recent discoveries, while learning to avoid the pitfalls created by common misconceptions about astronomy. Now enhanced with a powerful technology and image projection package, this is the most exciting and effective edition yet. The accompanying CD-ROM features a special student version of the award winning planetarium software Starry Night as well as the universe modelling programme Deep Space Explorer.
Table of Contents
- PART I: UNDERSTANDING ASTRONOMY
- Discovering the Night Sky
- Gravitation and the Waltz of the Planets
- Light and Telescopes
- Visible Light and Other Electromagnetic Radiation
- PART II: UNDERSTANDING THE SOLAR SYSTEM
- Formation of The Solar System and Other Planetary Systems
- Earth and Moon
- The Other Terrestrial Planets
- The Outer Planets
- Vagabonds of the Solar System
- The Sun: Our Extraordinary, Ordinary Star
- PART III: UNDERSTANDING THE STARS
- The Challenge of Characterizing Stars
- The Lives of Stars from Birth Through Middle Ages
- The Deaths of Stars
- Black Holes
- PART IV: UNDERSTANDING THE UNIVERSE
- The Milky Way Galaxy
- Galaxies
- Quasars, Active Galaxies, and Gamma-Ray Bursters
- Cosmology
- The Search for Extraterrestrial Life
- Appendix I: Table of Data
- Appendix II: Math Foundation
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