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Astronomy : A Beginner's Guide to the Universe

ISBN: 9780130873071 | 0130873071
Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: PRENTICE HALL
Pub. Date: 7/1/2000

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SummaryTable of Contents
For introductory astronomy courses. A brief introductory astronomy text designed for students with little or no scientific background. It incorporates the hallmarks of the popular Chaisson/McMillan texts: an exceptionally clear writing style, an emphasis on critical thinking and visualization, and a leading-edge technology program. A free electronic multimedia version of the text is included with each copy.
A brief, introductory astronomy book designed for readers with little or no scientific background, "A Beginne... MORE
PART ONE ASTRONOMY AND THE UNIVERSE
Prologue: Charting the Heavens
1(22)
The Copernican Revolution: The Birth of Modern Science
23(20)
... MORE
Light and Matter: The Inner Workings of the Cosmos
43(28)
Telescopes: The Tools of Astronomy
71(28)
PART TWO OUR PLANETARY SYSTEM
The Solar System: Interplanetary Matter and the Birth of the Planets
99(28)
Earth and Its Moon: Our Cosmic Backyard
127(28)
The Terrestrial Planets: A Study in Contrasts
155(28)
The Jovian Planets: Giants of the Solar System
183(24)
Moons, Rings, and Pluto: Small Worlds among Giants
207(24)
PART THREE STARS AND STELLAR EVOLUTION
The Sun: Our Parent Star
231(22)
Measuring the Stars: Giants, Dwarfs, and the Main Sequence
253(24)
The Interstellar Medium: Birthplace of Stars
277(24)
Stellar Evolution: The Lives and Deaths of Stars
301(26)
Neutron Stars and Black Holes: Strange States of Matter
327(24)
PART FOUR GALAXIES AND COSMOLOGY
The Milky Way Galaxy: A Grand Design
351(26)
Normal Galaxies: The Large-Scale Structure of the Universe
377(28)
Active Galaxies and Quasars: Limits of the Observable Universe
405(26)
Cosmology: The Big Bang and the Fate of the Universe
431(24)
Life in the Universe: Are We Alone?
455

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