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Foundations Of Astronomy
ISBN: 9781439050354 | 143905035X
Edition: 11thFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Brooks Cole
Pub. Date: 1/1/2010
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Completely current with the newest developments from the field, FOUNDATIONS OF ASTRONOMY, 11e helps readers use astronomy to understand science--and use science to understand what we are. Fascinating and engaging, this text helps you answer two fundamental questions: What are we? And how do we know? This edition addresses the latest discoveries in the exciting study of astronomy, including information to emphasize observations over the entire electromagnetic spectrum; new data on star formation and stellar structure; new insight on global warming and ozone depletion; updated information on the Kuiper belt and dwarf planets; and much more.
| Exploring The Sky | |
| Here and Now | |
| The Sky | |
| Cycles of the Moon | |
| The Origin of Modern Astronomy | |
| Gravity | |
| Light and Telescopes | |
| The Stars | |
| Atoms and Starlight | |
| The Sun | |
| The Family of Stars | |
| The Interstellar Medium | |
| The Formation and Struc... MORE | |
| Stellar Evolution | |
| The Deaths of Stars | |
| Neutron Stars and Black Holes | |
| The Universe | |
| The Milky Way Galaxy | |
| Galaxies | |
| Active Galaxies and Supermassive Black Holes | |
| Modern Cosmology | |
| The Solar System | |
| The Origin of the Solar System | |
| Earth: The Standard of Comparative Planetology | |
| The Moon and Mercury: Comparing Airless Worlds | |
| Comparative Planetology of Venus and Mars | |
| Comparative Planetology of Jupiter and Saturn | |
| Uranus, Neptune, and the Dwarf Planets | |
| Meteorites, Asteroids, and Comets | |
| Life | |
| Astrobiology: Life on Other Worlds | |
| Afterword | |
| Units and Astronomical Data | |
| Observing the Sky | |
| Glossary | |
| Answers to Even-Numbered Problems | |
| Index | |
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