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9780030320217

Voyages to the Stars and Galaxies With 2001 Update

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  • ISBN13:

    9780030320217

  • ISBN10:

    0030320216

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-01-16
  • Publisher: Brooks Cole
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Summary

Voyages Through the Universe, Second Edition, provides students and professors with the best of both worlds. It is written by two distinguished research scientists (Morrison and Wolff) and an award-winning astronomy educator (Fraknoi). This author team combines the latest science with classroom-tested teaching strategies.

Voyages Through the Universe is adopted at a wide range of schools: elite private four-year universities, state schools of all levels, and a variety of two-year schools. It is extremely authoritative and up-to-date as well as approachable and accessible to all students.

Besides the full text, volume one (Voyages to the Planets) and volume two (Voyages to the Stars and Galaxies) are now stand-alone, complete texts. This enables instructors to choose the book that best fits their needs for any length course on either or both subjects.

Table of Contents

Preface for the Student
Preface for the Instructor
Prologue: Science and the Universe: A Brief Tour
Observing the Sky: The Birth of Astronomy
Orbits and Gravity
Earth, Moon, and Sky
Radiation and Spectra
Astronomical Instruments
The Sun: A Garden-Variety Star
The Sun: A Nuclear Powerhouse
Analyzing Starlight
The Stars: A Celestial Census
Celestial Distances
Between the Stars: Gas and Dust in Space
The Birth of Stars and the Discovery of Planets Outside the Solar System
Stars: From Adolescence to Old Age
The Death of Stars
Black Holes and Curved Spacetime
The Milky Way Galaxy
Galaxies
Active Galaxies, Quasars, and Giant Black Holes. Interlude: The Mystery of the Gamma-Ray Bursts
The Evolution and Distribution of Galaxies
The Big Bang
Life in the Universe
Appendices
Astronomy on the World Wide Web
Sources of Astronomical Information
Glossary
Powers-of-Ten Notation
Units Used in Science
Some Useful Constants for Astronomy
Data for the Planets
Selected Satellites of the Planets
Upcoming (Total) Eclipses
The Nearest Stars
The Brightest Stars
The Brightest Members of the Local Group of Galaxies
The Chemical Elements
The Constellations
The Messier Catalog of Nebulae and Star Clusters
Index
Star Maps
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