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Explorations Stars, Galaxies and Planets, Update, with Online Learning Center, Essential Study Partner and Starry Nights 3

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ISBN-10: 0072996994

ISBN-13: 9780072996999

Edition: 2004

Authors: Thomas T. Arny

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List price: $119.38
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Binding: Mixed Media
Size: 8.25" wide x 10.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.838
Language: English

Tom Arny is an Emeritus professor in the Astronomy Department at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He was associated there with the Five College Astronomy Program(comprising faculty from U-Mass, Amhurst, Hampshire, Mt. Holyoke, and Smith Colleges). Dr. Arny received his undergraduate degree from Haverford College and his Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Arizona. In addition to his interest in astronomy, he has a long-standing fascination with the natural world: weather (especially atmospheric optics such as rainbows), birds, wildflowers, and butterflies.Visit Dr. Arny's website at:http://www.astro.umass.edu/~arny/astro100.html

Preview The Cosmic Landscape
History of Astronomy Essay
Backyard Astronomy
Gravity and Motion
Light and Atoms
Telescopes
The Sun, Our Star
Measuring the Properties of Stars
Stellar Evolution
Stellar Remnants: White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars, and Black Holes
The Milky Way Galaxy
Galaxies
Cosmology
The Earth Essay
Keeping Time
The Moon
Survey of the Solar System
The Terrestrial Planets
The Outer Planets
Meteors, Asteroids, and Comets Essay
Life in the Universe
Appendix Powers-of-Ten Notation Some Useful Formulas Solving Distance, Velocity, Time (D, v, t) Problems
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