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9780136440635

Astronomy

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    9780136440635

  • ISBN10:

    0136440630

  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 2015-03-19
  • Publisher: PEARSO
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Summary

Designed for those with little or no scientific background, Astronomy 2/e has been streamlined throughout with a more open, user-friendly design. In addition, a free electronic multimedia version of the book is included with each copy.

Updated throughout for the most current and authoritative content and art available. New coverage includes searching for planets outside our solar system; the possibility of life on Mars and Jupiter's moon Europa; Galileo's data on Ganymede and Europa; and the latest studies on the possibility that comets brought water and complex molecules to Earth. Includes a CD-ROM containing electronic html version of text with hyperlinks, exclusive animations, videos, an interactive study guide, and the Microsoft Explorer web browser.

Table of Contents

Prologue: Charting the Heavensp. 1
The Copernican Revolution: The Birth of Modern Sciencep. 13
Light and Matter: The Inner Workings of the Cosmosp. 43
Telescopes: The Tools of Astronomyp. 73
The Solar System: Interplanetary Matter and the Birth of the Planetsp. 103
Earth and Its Moon: Our Cosmic Backyardp. 137
The Terrestrial Planets: A Study in Contrastsp. 169
The Jovian Planets: Giants of the Solar Systemp. 199
Moons, Rings, and Pluto: Small Worlds Among Giantsp. 227
The Sun: Our Parent Starp. 255
Measuring the Stars: Giants, Dwarfs, and the Main Sequencep. 279
The Interstellar Medium: Birthplace of Starsp. 307
Stellar Evolution: The Lives and Deaths of Starsp. 335
Neutron Stars and Black Holes: Strange States of Matterp. 365
The Milky Way Galaxy: A Grand Designp. 391
Normal Galaxies: The Large-Scale Structure of the Universep. 419
Active Galaxies and Quasars: Limits of the Observable Universep. 449
Cosmology: The Big Bang and the Fate of the Universep. 477
Life in the Universe: Are We Alone?p. 505
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