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Astronomy : A Beginner's Guide to the Universe

by: CHAISSON

ISBN: 9780136440635 | 0136440630

Publisher: Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference
Pub. Date: 1/1/1995

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Summary Table of Contents

Designed for those with little or no scientific background, Astronomy 2/e has been streamlined throughout with a more open, user-friendly design. In addition, a free electronic multimedia version of the book is included with each copy.

Updated throughout for the most current and authoritative content and art available. New coverage includes searching for planets outside our solar system; the possibility of life on Mars and Jupiter's moon Europa; Galileo's data on Ganymede and Europa; and the latest studies on the possibility that comets brought water and complex molecules to Earth. Includes a CD-ROM containing electronic html version of text with hyperlinks, exclusive animations, videos, an interactive study guide, and the Microsoft Explorer web browser.

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Prologue: Charting the Heavens	p. 1
The Copernican Revolution: The Birth of Modern Science	p. 13
Light and Matter: The Inner Workings of the Cosmos	p. 43
Telescopes: The Tools of Astronomy	p. 73
The Solar System: Interplanetary Matter and the Birth of the Planets	p. 103
Earth and Its Moon: Our Cosmic Backyard	p. 137
The Terrestrial Planets: A Study in Contrasts	p. 169
The Jovian Planets: Giants of the Solar System	p. 199
Moons, Rings, and Pluto: Small Worlds Among Giants	p. 227
The Sun: Our Parent Star	p. 255
Measuring the Stars: Giants, Dwarfs, and the Main Sequence	p. 279
The Interstellar Medium: Birthplace of Stars	p. 307
Stellar Evolution: The Lives and Deaths of Stars	p. 335
Neutron Stars and Black Holes: Strange States of Matter	p. 365
The Milky Way Galaxy: A Grand Design	p. 391
Normal Galaxies: The Large-Scale Structure of the Universe	p. 419
Active Galaxies and Quasars: Limits of the Observable Universe	p. 449
Cosmology: The Big Bang and the Fate of the Universe	p. 477
Life in the Universe: Are We Alone?	p. 505
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