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9780534372965

Telecourse Student Guide for Universe The Infinite Frontier

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  • ISBN13:

    9780534372965

  • ISBN10:

    0534372961

  • Edition: 3rd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-08-19
  • Publisher: Brooks Cole

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Table of Contents

Preface iii
Unit I: Exploring the Sky
The Scale of the Cosmos
1(10)
The Sky
11(12)
Cycles of the Sky
23(12)
The Origin of Modern Astronomy
35(15)
Newton, Einstein, and Gravity
50(13)
The Tools of Astronomy
63(22)
Background Notes
73(12)
Unit II: The Stars
Atoms and Starlight
85(9)
The Sun
94(9)
Stellar Properties
103(8)
Stellar Formation
111(8)
The Lives of Stars
119(8)
The Deaths of Stars
127(8)
Neutron Stars and Black Holes
135(10)
Background Notes
143(2)
Unit III: The Universe of Galaxies
The Milky Way
145(10)
Galaxies
155(9)
Peculiar Galaxies
164(8)
The Big Bang
172(9)
The Fate of the Universe
181(7)
Unit IV: Planets in Perspective
The Origin of the Solar System
188(13)
Planet Earth
201(12)
The Moon and Mercury
213(16)
Venus and Mars
229(13)
Jupiter and Saturn
242(11)
Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto
253(12)
Meteorites, Asteroids, and Comets
265(13)
Life on Other Worlds
278(25)
Background Notes
291(12)
Answer Key 303

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