Voyages Through Universe

by Fraknoi, Andrew

• ISBN13: 9780030259838
• ISBN10: 0030259835
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-02-01
• Publisher: Brooks Cole

Summary

VOYAGES THROUGH THE UNIVERSE 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 InfoTracCollege 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

Prologue and Brief Tour of the Universe
Observing the Sky: The Birth of Astronomy	5	(34)
Orbits and Gravity	39	(18)
Earth, Moon, and Sky	57	(24)
Radiation and Spectra	81	(24)
Astronomical Instruments	105	(24)
Other Worlds: An Introduction to the Solar System	129	(18)
Earth as a Planet	147	(22)
Cratered Worlds: The Moon and Mercury	169	(20)
Earth-Like Planets: Venus and Mars	189	(26)
The Giant Planets	215	(20)
Rings, Moons, and Pluto	235	(24)
Comets and Asteroids: Debris of the Solar System	259	(20)
Cosmic Samples and the Origin of the Solar System	279	(18)
The Sun: A Garden-Variety Star	297	(22)
The Sun: A Nuclear Powerhouse	319	(20)
Analyzing Starlight	339	(16)
The Stars: A Celestial Census	355	(22)
Celestial Distances	377	(18)
Between the Stars: Gas and Dust in Space	395	(20)
The Birth of Stars and the Search for Planets	415	(22)
Stars: From Adolescence to Old Age	437	(22)
The Death of Stars	459	(22)
Black Holes and Curved Spacetime	481	(28)
Interlude: Gamma-Ray Bursts	501	(8)
The Milky Way Galaxy	509	(22)
Galaxies	531	(20)
Quasars and Active Galaxies	551	(22)
Mapping the Universe	573	(26)
The Big Bang	599
Epilogue: Cosmic Evolution and the Search for Life Elsewhere