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Astronomy The Solar System and Beyond

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ISBN-10: 053456304X

ISBN-13: 9780534563042

Edition: 1st 1999

Authors: Michael A. Seeds

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This text invites students to learn the essentials of astronomy within the larger context of understanding how science works. It allows students to focus on central ideas upon which the relevant facts hang. It is accessible and, because math is set off in boxes, allows instructors to teach students of differing math abilities. It covers the history of astronomy, elementary physics concepts, the Solar System, the origins of the Universe, and stars and galaxies.
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List price: $102.95
Edition: 1st
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 8/24/1998
Binding: Paperback
Weight: 0.990
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 Astronomer's Sky
Introduction: The Scale of the Cosmosp. 1
The View from Earthp. 10
The Origin of Modern Astronomyp. 38
Astronomical Toolsp. 64
Atoms and Starlightp. 88
The Solar System
The Origin of the Solar Systemp. 102
Earth and Its Moonp. 126
Mercury, Venus, and Marsp. 147
Worlds of the Outer Solar Systemp. 175
Meteorites, Asteroids, and Cometsp. 206
The Stars
The Sun--Our Starp. 225
The Family of Starsp. 247
The Formation and Structure of Starsp. 276
The Deaths of Starsp. 302
Neutron Stars and Black Holesp. 326
The Universe
The Milky Way Galaxyp. 347
Galaxiesp. 372
Galaxies with Active Nucleip. 394
Cosmologyp. 413
Life in the Universe
Life on Other Worldsp. 439
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