Astronomy :
Chaisson, Eric.
Astronomy : a beginner's guide to the universe / Eric Chaisson, Steve McMillan. - 4th ed. - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2004. - xxxiii, 487, 6, 11, 4, 7p.: (in various pagings) : col. ill. ; 28 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foundations -- Prologue : charting the heavens -- Copernican revolution : the birth of modern science -- Light and matter : the inner workings of the cosmos -- Telescopes : the tools of astronomy -- Our planetary system -- solar system : interplanetary matter and the birth of the planets -- Earth and its moon : our cosmic backyard -- terrestrial planets : study in contrasts -- Jovian planets : giants of the solar system -- Moons, rings, and Pluto : small worlds among giants -- stars -- sun : our parent star -- Measuring the stars : giants, dwarfs, and the main sequence -- interstellar medium : star formation in the Milky Way -- Stellar evolution : the lives and deaths of stars -- Neutron stars and black holes : strange states of matter -- Galaxies and the universe -- g 14. The Milky Way galaxy : a grand design -- Normal and active galaxies : building blocks of the universe -- Hubble's law and dark matter : the large-scale structure of the cosmos -- Cosmology : the big bang and the fate of the universe -- Life in the universe : are we alone? pt. 1. 1. The 2. 3. pt. 2. 4. The 5. 6. The 7. The 8. pt. 3. The 9. The 10. 11. The 12. 13. pt. 4. 15. 16. 17. 18.
System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM (Windows): PC; Pentium processor with 150 MHz or better processor; 16MB RAM (64MB recommended); Windows 98, NT, ME, 2000 or XP; 4x CD-ROM drive (12x or higher recommended); color monitor 1024 x 768 set to millions of colors; Internet Explorer 5 or Netscape 7; Apple Quick, Time 6.0.
System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM (Macintosh): PowerPC; 16MB RAM (64MB recommended); System 8.6 or above; 4x CD-ROM drive (12x or higher recommended); color monitor 1024 x 768 set to millions of colors; Netscape 7; Quick Time 6.0.
0131007270
2003009207
Astronomy.
Physics
QB43.2 / .C43 2004
520CHA
Astronomy : a beginner's guide to the universe / Eric Chaisson, Steve McMillan. - 4th ed. - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2004. - xxxiii, 487, 6, 11, 4, 7p.: (in various pagings) : col. ill. ; 28 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foundations -- Prologue : charting the heavens -- Copernican revolution : the birth of modern science -- Light and matter : the inner workings of the cosmos -- Telescopes : the tools of astronomy -- Our planetary system -- solar system : interplanetary matter and the birth of the planets -- Earth and its moon : our cosmic backyard -- terrestrial planets : study in contrasts -- Jovian planets : giants of the solar system -- Moons, rings, and Pluto : small worlds among giants -- stars -- sun : our parent star -- Measuring the stars : giants, dwarfs, and the main sequence -- interstellar medium : star formation in the Milky Way -- Stellar evolution : the lives and deaths of stars -- Neutron stars and black holes : strange states of matter -- Galaxies and the universe -- g 14. The Milky Way galaxy : a grand design -- Normal and active galaxies : building blocks of the universe -- Hubble's law and dark matter : the large-scale structure of the cosmos -- Cosmology : the big bang and the fate of the universe -- Life in the universe : are we alone? pt. 1. 1. The 2. 3. pt. 2. 4. The 5. 6. The 7. The 8. pt. 3. The 9. The 10. 11. The 12. 13. pt. 4. 15. 16. 17. 18.
System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM (Windows): PC; Pentium processor with 150 MHz or better processor; 16MB RAM (64MB recommended); Windows 98, NT, ME, 2000 or XP; 4x CD-ROM drive (12x or higher recommended); color monitor 1024 x 768 set to millions of colors; Internet Explorer 5 or Netscape 7; Apple Quick, Time 6.0.
System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM (Macintosh): PowerPC; 16MB RAM (64MB recommended); System 8.6 or above; 4x CD-ROM drive (12x or higher recommended); color monitor 1024 x 768 set to millions of colors; Netscape 7; Quick Time 6.0.
0131007270
2003009207
Astronomy.
Physics
QB43.2 / .C43 2004
520CHA