Horizons : Exploring the Universe

by Michael A. Seeds

• ISBN13: 9780534524340
• ISBN10: 0534524346
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-06-30
• Publisher: Brooks Cole

Summary

With his best-selling astronomy textbook, HORIZONS, author Mike Seeds helps you understand your place in the universe-not just your location in space, but your role in the unfolding history of the physical universe. To achieve this goal, he focuses on two central questions: "What Are We?," which highlights your place as a planet dweller in an evolving universe, guiding you to better understand where we came from and how we formed, and "How Do We Know?," which provides insights into how the process of science can teach us more about what we are. Each new copy of the text includes access to ThomsonNOW, an online personalized learning system that will save you time in studying and help you prepare for exams through a series of diagnostic tests and personalized study plans.

Table of Contents

EXPLORING THE SKY	1	(89)
1 The Scale of the Cosmos	1	(8)
2 The Sky	9	(12)
3 Cycles of the Sky	21	(21)
4 The Origin of Modern Astronomy	42	(23)
5 Astronomical Tools	65	(25)
THE STARS	90	(124)
6 Atoms and Starlight	90	(18)
7 The Sun--Our Star	108	(16)
8 The Properties of Stars	124	(23)
9 The Formation and Structure of Stars	147	(28)
10 The Deaths of Stars	175	(22)
11 Neutron Stars and Black Holes	197	(17)
THE UNIVERSE OF GALAXIES	214	(84)
12 The Milky Way Galaxy	214	(25)
13 Galaxies	239	(20)
14 Galaxies with Active Nuclei	259	(17)
15 Cosmology	276	(22)
THE SOLAR SYSTEM	298	(98)
16 The Origin of the Solar System	298	(22)
17 The Earthlike Planets	320	(30)
18 Worlds of the Outer Solar System	350	(28)
19 Meteorites, Asteroids, and Comets	378	(18)
LIFE	396	(20)
20 Life on Other Worlds	396	(20)
Afterword	416