Astronomy Today

Name: Astronomy Today
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ISBN: 9780136155508

ISBN-10: 0136155502

ISBN-13: 9780136155508

Edition: 6th 2008

Authors: Eric Chaisson, Steve McMillan, S. McMillan

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This straightforward volume presents a broad view of astronomy spanning known facts, evolving ideas, and frontier discoveries. The authors combine qualitative reasoning and analogies with familiar objects and phenomena to awaken readers to the excitement of the universe around them.Incorporates new understanding and emphases in contemporary astronomy, including the latest data on topics ranging from adaptive optics and solar system formation to extrasolar planets and the recent missions to Mars. Top-notch illustration program exploits the full range of the electromagnetic spectrum, including images taken at radio, infrared, ultraviolet, X-ray, or gamma-ray wavelengths, in addition to…

Book details

List price: $89.40
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 7/19/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 544
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.838
Language: English




Charting The Heavens: The Foundations of Astronomy



Our Place in Space



Scientific Theory and the Scientific Method



The ""Obvious"" View



Earth's Orbital Motion



Astronomical Timekeeping



The Motion of the Moon



The Measurement of Distance


Chapter Review



The Copernican Revolution: The Birth of Modern Science



Ancient Astronomy



The Geocentric Universe



The Heliocentric Model of the Solar System



The Birth of Modern Astronomy



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