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9780534395674

Voyages to the Planets (with CD-ROM, Virtual Astronomy Labs, and InfoTrac)

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  • ISBN13:

    9780534395674

  • ISBN10:

    0534395678

  • Edition: 3rd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-07-30
  • Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Summary

VOYAGES TO THE PLANETS provides students and professors with the ideal combination of authors and experience. It is written by an award-winning astronomy educator (Fraknoi) and two distinguished research scientists (Morrison at NASA and Wolff at NOAO). This author team combines the latest science with classroom-tested teaching strategies and a student-friendly approach. Through unique group activities and a focus on astronomy as a human endeavor, the authors engage and involve students, helping them both understand and enjoy astronomy. The market-leading technology package includes access to InfoTrac? College Edition (free!) and TheSky? Student Edition CD-ROM (free!), as well as an optional package with the RedShift? College Edition CD-ROM (including animations) along with an accompanying workbook.

Table of Contents

Preface for the Student
Preface for the Instructor
Prologue: Science and the Universe: A Brief Tour
1. Observing the Sky: The Birth of Astronomy
2. Orbits and Gravity
3. Earth, Moon, and Sky
4. Radiation and Spectra
5. Astronomical Instruments
6. Other Worlds: An Introduction to the Solar System
7. Earth as a Planet
8. Cratered Worlds: The Moon and Mercury
9 Earth-like Planets: Venus and Mars
10. The Giant Planets
11. Rings, Moons, and Pluto
12. Comets and Asteroids: Debris of the Solar System
13. Cosmic Samples and the Origin of Planetary Systems
14. The Sun: A Garden-Variety Star
15. Life in the Universe
Appendices: 1. Astronomy on the World Wide Web
2. Sources of Astronomical Information
3. Glossary
4. Powers-of-Ten Notation
5. Units Used in Science
6. Some Useful Constants for Astronomy
7. Data for the Planets
8. Selected Satellites of the Planets
9. Upcoming (Total) Eclipses
10. The Nearest Stars
11. The Brightest Stars
12. The Brightest Members of the Local Group of Galaxies
13. The Chemical Elements
14. The Constellations
15. The Messier Catalog of Nebulae and Star Clusters
Index

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