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Astronomy : A Beginner's Guide to the Universe
ISBN: 9780131007277 | 0131007270
Edition: 4thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: PRENTICE HALL
Pub. Date: 1/1/2004
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A brief, introductory astronomy book designed for readers with little or no scientific background, "A Beginner's Guide" uses an exceptionally clear writing style. The authors present a broad view of astronomy without complex mathematics, yet the book discusses important concepts without simplification. The book's organization follows the popular and effective ? Earth-Out? progression, starting with our planet and then moving through the solar system. A study of the Sun as a model star follows, then the book covers the Milky Way Galaxy, cosmolog... MORE
| Foundations | |
| Exploring the Heavens: Introduction | |
| The Copernican Revolution: The Birth of Modern Science | |
| Light and Matter: The Inner Workings of the Cosmos | |
| Telescopes: The Tools of Astronomy | |
| Our Planetary System | |
| The Solar System: Interplanetary Matter and the Birth of the Planets | |
| Earth and Its Moon: Our Cosmic Backyard | |
| The Terr... MORE | |
| The Jovian Planets: Giants of the Solar System | |
| Moons, Rings, and Pluto: Small Worlds Among Giants | |
| The Stars | |
| The Sun: Our Parent Star | |
| Measuring the Stars: Giants, Dwarfs, and the Main Sequence | |
| The Interstellar Medium: Star Formation in the Milky Way | |
| Stellar Evolution: The Lives and Deaths of Stars | |
| Neutron Stars and Black Holes: Strange States of Matter | |
| Galaxies and the Universe | |
| The Milky Way Galaxy: A Grand Design | |
| Normal and Active Galaxies: Building Blocks of the Universe | |
| Hubblersquo;s Law and Dark Matter: The Large-Scale Structure of the Cosmos | |
| Cosmology: The Big Bang and the Fate of the Universe | |
| Life in the Universe: Are We Alone? | |
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