Explorations : An Introduction to Astronomy
ISBN: 9780077345099 | 0077345096
Edition: 6thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
Pub. Date: 9/14/2009
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Arny:Explorations-An Introduction to Astronomy, 6th edition, is built on the foundation of its well known writing style, accuracy, and emphasis on current information. This new edition continues to offer the most complete technology/new media support package available. That technology/new media package includes: Interactives, Animations, and introducing Connect - online homework and course management.
| Preface | |
| Preview: The Cosmic Landscape | |
| The Cycles of the Sky | |
| The Rise of Astronomy | |
| Backyard Astronomy | |
| Gravity and Motion | |
| Light and Atoms | |
| Special and General Relativity | |
| Telescopes | |
| The Earth | |
| Keeping Time | |
| The Moon | |
| Survey of the... MORE | |
| The Terrestrial Planets | |
| The Outer Planets | |
| Meteors, Asteroids, and Comets | |
| The Sun, Our Star | |
| Measuring the Properties of Stars | |
| Stellar Evolution | |
| Stellar Remnants: White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars, and Black Holes | |
| The Milky Way Galaxy | |
| Galaxies | |
| Cosmology | |
| Life in the Universe | |
| Answers to "Test Yourself" | |
| Appendix | |
| Glossary | |
| Index | |
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