Astronomy : a beginner's guide to the universe / Eric Chaisson, Steve McMillan.
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TextPublication details: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2004Edition: 4th edDescription: xxxiii, 487, 6, 11, 4, 7p.: (in various pagings) : col. ill. ; 28 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)ISBN: 0131007270Subject(s): Astronomy | PhysicsDDC classification: 520CHA LOC classification: QB43.2 | .C43 2004Online resources: Table of contents | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Foundations -- Prologue : charting the heavens -- 1. The Copernican revolution : the birth of modern science -- 2. Light and matter : the inner workings of the cosmos -- 3. Telescopes : the tools of astronomy -- pt. 2. Our planetary system -- 4. The solar system : interplanetary matter and the birth of the planets -- 5. Earth and its moon : our cosmic backyard -- 6. The terrestrial planets : study in contrasts -- 7. The Jovian planets : giants of the solar system -- 8. Moons, rings, and Pluto : small worlds among giants -- pt. 3. The stars -- 9. The sun : our parent star -- 10. Measuring the stars : giants, dwarfs, and the main sequence -- 11. The interstellar medium : star formation in the Milky Way -- 12. Stellar evolution : the lives and deaths of stars -- 13. Neutron stars and black holes : strange states of matter -- pt. 4. Galaxies and the universe -- g 14. The Milky Way galaxy : a grand design -- 15. Normal and active galaxies : building blocks of the universe -- 16. Hubble's law and dark matter : the large-scale structure of the cosmos -- 17. Cosmology : the big bang and the fate of the universe -- 18. Life in the universe : are we alone?
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