The cosmos : astronomy in the new millennium
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The cosmos : astronomy in the new millennium
Cambridge University Press, c2019
5th ed
- : pbk
Available at 3 libraries
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  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
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  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
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  United Kingdom
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Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The fifth edition of The Cosmos: Astronomy in the New Millennium provides you with the fundamentals of astronomical knowledge that have been built up over decades, with an expanded discussion of the incredible advances that are now taking place in this fast-paced field, such as New Horizons' flyby of Pluto, exoplanets, 'dark matter', and the direct detection of gravitational waves by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). Written in a clear and easily understandable style, this textbook has been thoroughly revised to include updated data and figures, new images from recent space missions and telescopes, the latest discoveries on supernovae, and new observations of the region around the four-million-solar-mass black hole at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy. A rich array of teaching and learning resources is available at http://thecosmos5.com. The website is regularly updated to include the latest discoveries and photographs in the field.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- About the authors
- 1. A grand tour of the heavens
- 2. Light, matter, and energy: powering the Universe
- 3. Light and telescopes: extending our senses
- 4. Observing the stars and planets: clockwork of the Universe
- 5. Gravitation and motion: the early history of astronomy
- 6. The terrestrial planets: Earth, Moon, and their relatives
- 7. The Jovian planets: windswept giants
- 8. Pluto, comets, and space debris
- 9. Our Solar System and others
- 10. Our star: the Sun
- 11. Stars: distant suns
- 12. How the stars shine: cosmic furnaces
- 13. The death of stars: recycling
- 14. Black holes: the end of space and time
- 15. The Milky Way: our home in the Universe
- 16. A universe of galaxies
- 17. Quasars and active galaxies
- 18. Cosmology: the birth and life of the cosmos
- 19. In the beginning
- 20. Life in the Universe
- Epilogue
- Appendices
- Selected readings
- Glossary
- Index.
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