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Foundations of Astronomy

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ISBN-10: 0534421202

ISBN-13: 9780534421205

Edition: 8th 2005

Authors: Michael A. Seeds

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With this newly revised 8th edition of FOUNDATIONS OF ASTRONOMY, Mike Seeds' goal is to help students use astronomy to understand science and use science to understand what we are. Fascinating and engaging, this text illustrates the scientific method and guides students to these fundamental questions: "What are we?" and "How do we know?" In discussing the interplay between evidence and hypothesis, Seeds provides not just facts, but a conceptual framework for understanding the logic of science. The book vividly conveys his love of astronomy, and illustrates how students can comprehend their place in the universe by grasping a small set of physical laws. Crafting a story about astronomy, Mike…    
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List price: $147.95
Edition: 8th
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Brooks/Cole
Publication date: 3/23/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 688
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 3.498
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 Scale of the Cosmosp. 1
The Skyp. 17
The Earth and Skyp. 18
Lunar Phases, Tides, and Eclipsesp. 41
The Origin of Modern Astronomyp. 65
Newton, Einstein, and Gravityp. 91
Light and Telescopesp. 113
The Starsp. 139
Starlight and Atomsp. 140
The Sun - Our Starp. 163
Measuring Starsp. 185
Binary Starsp. 207
The Formation of Starsp. 225
Stellar Evolutionp. 253
The Deaths of Starsp. 277
Neutron Stars and Black Holesp. 299
The Universep. 323
The Milky Wayp. 324
Galaxiesp. 349
Peculiar Galaxiesp. 373
Cosmologyp. 397
The Solar Systemp. 421
The Origin of the Solar Systemp. 422
Planet Earthp. 443
The Moon and Mercury: Airless Worldsp. 459
Venus and Marsp. 485
Jupiter and Saturnp. 513
Uranus, Neptune, and Plutop. 545
Meteorites, Asteroids, and Cometsp. 573
Lifep. 605
Life on Other Worldsp. 606
Afterwordp. 627
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