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Solar System

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ISBN-10: 049501575X

ISBN-13: 9780495015758

Edition: 5th 2007 (Revised)

Authors: Michael A. Seeds

List price: $102.95
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With this newly revised 5th edition of THE SOLAR SYSTEM, 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 answer 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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Book details

List price: $102.95
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Brooks/Cole
Publication date: 3/10/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 9.25" wide x 10.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.684
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…    

Exploring The Sky
The Scale of the Cosmos
The Sky
The Cycles of the Moon
The Origin of Modern Astronomy
Newton, Einstein, and Gravity
Astronomical Tools
The Stars
Atoms and Starlight
The Sun--Our Star
The Solar System
The Origin of the Solar System
Planet Earth
The Moon and Mercury: Airless Worlds
Venus and Mars
Jupiter and Saturn
Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto
Meteorites, Asteroids, and Comets
Life
Life on Other Worlds
Afterword
Units and Astronomical Data
Observing the Sky
Glossary
Answers to Even-Numbered Problems
Index