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9780534377656

Astronomy The Solar System and Beyond (with TheSky CD-ROM, Non-InfoTrac Version)

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  • ISBN13:

    9780534377656

  • ISBN10:

    0534377653

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-05-09
  • Publisher: Brooks Cole

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(Thompson Learning) Presents recent discoveries and major events in modern astronomy. Topics include acceleration of the universe, an ancient ocean on Mars, a modern ocean on Europa, oscillation of neutrinos, Gamma ray bursters, and the Kuniper belt. Free CD-ROM entitled 'Sky' enclosed. Previous edition not cited. Softcover. DLC: Astronomy.

Table of Contents

PART 1 THE ASTRONOMER'S SKY
Introduction: The Scale of the Cosmos
1(8)
The View from Earth
9(27)
The Origin of Modern Astronomy
36(24)
Astronomical Tools
60(26)
Atoms and Starlight
86(13)
PART 2 THE SOLAR SYSTEM
The Origin of the Solar System
99(23)
Earth and Its Moon
122(21)
Mercury, Venus, and Mars
143(27)
Worlds of the Outer Solar System
170(28)
Meteorites, Asteroids, and Comets
198(18)
PART 3 THE STARS
The Sun-Our Star
216(22)
The Properties of Stars
238(29)
The Formation and Structure of Stars
267(25)
The deaths of Stars
292(24)
Neutron Stars and Black Holes
316(18)
PART 4 THE UNIVERSE
The Milky Way Galaxy
334(27)
Galaxies
361(21)
Galaxies with Active Nuclei
382(18)
Cosmology
400(23)
PART 5 LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE
Life on Other Worlds
423

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