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Horizons Exploring the Universe

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ISBN-10: 0495010030

ISBN-13: 9780495010036

Edition: 9th 2006

Authors: Michael A. Seeds

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This newly revised and updated Ninth Edition of HORIZONS shows students their place in the universe ? not just their location, but also their role as planet dwellers in an evolving universe. Fascinating and engaging, the book illustrates how science works, and how scientists depend on evidence to test hypotheses. Students will learn to focus on the scientific method through the strong central questioning themes of "What are we?" and "How do we know?" Students are also provided with an assessment tool, AceAstronomy, to help test their knowledge of the concepts through assessment, tutorials, and post-tests.
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List price: $162.95
Edition: 9th
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Brooks/Cole
Publication date: 3/2/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 560
Size: 8.75" wide x 10.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.750
Language: English

Dianne Hales is one of the country's most widely published authors of books & articles on health subjects. Her husband, Robert E. Hales, M.D., is a nationally renowned psychiatrist. He is professor & chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, Davis, & the author of more than 125 scientific publications. Together, they are also the co-authors of the definitive, award-winning reference work "Caring for the Mind: The Comprehensive Guide to Mental Health."Michael A. Seeds has been Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Franklin and Marshall (F&M) College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, since 1970. In 1989, he received F&M College's Lindback Award for Distinguished…    

The Sky
The Scale of the Cosmosp. 1
The Skyp. 9
The Starsp. 10
The Sky and Its Motionp. 14
Cycles of the Skyp. 21
The Cycle of the Sunp. 22
The Cycles of the Moonp. 26
Astronomical Influences on Earth's Climatep. 36
The Origin of Modern Astronomyp. 41
Pre-Copernican Astronomyp. 42
Copernicusp. 43
Tycho Brahep. 49
Johannes Keplerp. 51
Galileo Galileip. 55
Isaac Newton and Orbital Motionp. 59
Astronomical Toolsp. 66
Radiation: Information from Spacep. 67
Optical Telescopesp. 69
Special Instrumentsp. 78
Radio Telescopesp. 81
Space Astronomyp. 84
The Stars
Atoms and Starlightp. 90
Atomsp. 91
The Interaction of Light and Matterp. 94
Stellar Spectrap. 97
The Sun--Our Starp. 109
The Solar Atmospherep. 110
Solar Activityp. 115
Nuclear Fusion in the Sunp. 121
The Properties of Starsp. 130
Measuring the Distances to Starsp. 131
Intrinsic Brightnessp. 134
The Diameters of Starsp. 136
The Masses of Starsp. 140
The Family of Starsp. 147
The Formation and Structure of Starsp. 155
The Birth of Starsp. 156
Fusion in Starsp. 163
Stellar Structurep. 167
Main-Sequence Starsp. 172
The Orion Nebulap. 174
The Deaths of Starsp. 180
Giant Starsp. 181
The Deaths of Low-and Medium-Mass Starsp. 187
The Evolution of Binary Systemsp. 192
The Deaths of Massive Starsp. 195
Neutron Stars and Black Holesp. 204
Neutron Starsp. 205
Black Holesp. 215
The Universe of Galaxies
The Milky Way Galaxyp. 225
The Discovery of the Galaxyp. 227
The Origin of the Milky Wayp. 235
Spiral Arms and Star Formationp. 240
The Nucleusp. 245
Galaxiesp. 251
The Family of Galaxiesp. 252
Measuring the Properties of Galaxiesp. 257
The Evolution of Galaxiesp. 263
Galaxies with Active Nucleip. 272
Active Galactic Nucleip. 273
Quasarsp. 281
Cosmologyp. 290
The Structure of the Universep. 291
The Big Bangp. 295
Refining the Big Bang: Theory and Observationp. 305
The Solar System
The Origin of the Solar Systemp. 313
The Great Chain of Originsp. 314
A Survey of the Solar Systemp. 320
The Story of Planet Buildingp. 326
The Earthlike Planetsp. 336
The Early History of Earthp. 337
The Moonp. 343
Mercuryp. 348
Venusp. 351
Marsp. 357
Worlds of the Outer Solar Systemp. 368
Jupiterp. 369
Saturnp. 379
Uranusp. 385
Neptunep. 390
Plutop. 393
Meteorites, Asteroids, and Cometsp. 398
Meteoritesp. 399
Asteroidsp. 403
Cometsp. 406
Life
Life on Other Worldsp. 417
The Nature of Lifep. 418
The Origin of Lifep. 423
Communication with Distant Civilizationsp. 432
Afterwordp. 438
Units and Astronomical Datap. 440
Observing the Skyp. 451
Glossaryp. 1
Answers to Even-Numbered Problemsp. 1
Indexp. 1
Creditsp. 1
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