Astronomy A Beginner's Guide to the Universe

Name: Astronomy A Beginner's Guide to the Universe
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ISBN: 9780137339167

ISBN-10: 013733916X

ISBN-13: 9780137339167

Edition: 2nd 1998

Authors: Eric J. Chaisson

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With an emphasis on critical thinking and visualization, this work includes a technology programme. The multimedia version of the text includes animations, video excerpts and website links. A companion website offers an on-line astronomy archive.

Book details

List price: $69.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 12/9/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 556
Size: 8.46" wide x 10.83" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 2.728
Language: English



Prologue: Charting the Heavens



The Copernican Revolution: The Birth of Modern Science



Light and Matter: The Inner Workings of the Cosmos



Telescopes: The Tools of Astronomy



The Solar System: Interplanetary Matter and the Birth of the Planets



Earth and Its Moon: Our Cosmic Backyard



The Terrestrial Planets: A Study in Contrasts



The Jovian Planets: Giants of the Solar System



Moons, Rings, and Pluto: Small Worlds Among Giants



The Sun: Our Parent Star



Measuring the Stars: Giants, Dwarfs, and the Main Sequence



The Interstellar Medium: Birthplace of Stars



Stellar Evolution: The Lives and Deaths of Stars



Neutron Stars and Black Holes: Strange States of Matter



The Milky Way Galaxy: A Grand Design



Normal Galaxies: The Large-Scale Structure of the Universe



Active Galaxies and Quasars: Limits of the Observable Universe



Cosmology: The Big Bang and the Fate of the Universe



Life in the Universe: Are We Alone?