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9780072833027

Astronomy: Journey to the Cosmic Frontier with Essential Study Partner CD-ROM

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  • ISBN13:

    9780072833027

  • ISBN10:

    0072833025

  • Edition: 3rd
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2003-06-01
  • Publisher: MCG (Manual)
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Summary

This is a text for an introductory astronomy course. One of the main goals is to provide a broad enough and deep enough background in astronomy so the student will be able to follow current developments in astronomy years after they complete the course. This book presumes that most of its readers are not science majors and that they probably have not had a college-level science or mathematics course. The book provides a complete description of current astronomical knowledge, neither at an extreme technical level nor at a level that fails to communicate the quantitative nature of physical science. Finally, the historical development of astronomy is emphasized to show that astronomy, like other sciences, advances through the efforts of many scientists, and to show how present ideas have been developed.

Table of Contents

The Journey Begins
Journey's Start
Patterns in the Sky
Ancient Astronomy
Renaissance Astronomy
Gravity and Motion
Light and Telescopes
Journey Through the Solar System
Overview of the Solar System
The Earth
The Moon
Mercury and Venus
Mars
Jupiter and Saturn
The Outer Planets
Satellites
Solar System Debris
Journey to the Stars
Basic Properties of Stars
The Sun
The Formation of Stars and Planets
The Evolution of Stars
White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars, and Black Holes
Binary Star Systems
Journey to the Cosmic Frontier
The Milky Way
Galaxies
Quasars and Other Active Galaxies
Galaxy Clusters and the Structure of the Universe
Cosmology
The Journey in Search of Life
Life in the Universe Appendixes
Mathematical and Physical Constants
Astronomical Constants
Conversion Factors
Orbital Properties of the Planets
Physical Properties of the Planets
Properties of the Satellites of the Planets
Orbital Properties of Selected Asteroids
Orbital Properties of Selected Comets
Properties of Selected Meteor Showers
The Constellations
Stars Nearer Than Four Parsecs
The Brightest Stars
Known and Suspected Members of the Local Group of Galaxies
The Brightest Galaxies Beyond the Local Group
Properties of Selected Clusters of Galaxies
Logarithmic Graphs
Answers to Odd-Numbered Questions
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