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Explorations : An Introduction to Astronomy with Starry Nights Pro CD-ROM (V. 3.1)
ISBN: 9780073040806 | 0073040800
Edition: 4thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
Pub. Date: 2/22/2005
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Explorations: An Introduction to Astronomy, 4e
Preface
Preview: The Cosmic Landscape
Part 1 The Night Sky
1 History of Astronomy
Essay 1 Backyard Astronomy
Part 2 Atoms, Forces, Light, and How We Learn About the Universe
2 Gravity and Motion
3 Light and Atoms
4 Telescopes
Part 3 The Earth and Moon
5 The Earth
Essay 2 Keeping Time
6 The Moon
Part 4 The Solar S... MORE
7 Survey of the Solar System
8 The Terrestrial Planets
9 The Outer Planets
10 Meteors, Asteroids, and Comets
Part 5 Stars
11 The Sun, Our Star
12 Measuring the Properties of Stars
13 Stellar Evolution
14 Stellar Remnants: White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars, and Black Holes
Part 6 The Milky Way and Other Galaxies
15 The Milky Way Galaxy
16 Galaxies
17 Cosmology
Essay 3 Life in the Universe
Answers to "Test Yourself"
Appendix
Glossary
Index
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