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9780495017905

Voyages to the Stars and Galaxies, Media Update (with CD-ROM, Virtual Astronomy Labs, and AceAstronomy™)

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  • ISBN13:

    9780495017905

  • ISBN10:

    0495017906

  • Edition: 3rd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-03-30
  • Publisher: Brooks Cole

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Summary

VOYAGES TO THE STARS AND GALAXIES 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 Media Update features the latest research and most recent discoveries since the original publication of the third edition, including an updated section about extra solar planets, a discussion on the effects of the Halloween solar storms of 2003, and the latest stardust mission information. Automatically packaged with every new copy of the text at no additional cost, AceAstronomy, Virtual Astronomy Labs, and TheSky? Planetarium Software CD-ROM, the Media Update provides the strongest package of interactive learning tools available for students of astronomy today.

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 Search for Planets
Stars: From Adolescence to Old Age
The Death of Stars
Black Holes and Curved Spacetime
The Milky Way Galaxy
Galaxies
Active Galaxies, Quazars, and Giant Black Holes
The Evolution and Distribution of Galaxies
The Big Bang
Life in the Universe
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
Satellites of the Planets
Upcoming (Total) Eclipses
The Nearest Stars
The Brightest Stars
The Brightest Members of the Local Group
The Chemical Elements
The Constellations
The Messier Catalog of Nebulae and Star Clusters
Index
Star Maps
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