(eBook PDF) 21st Century Astronomy: The Solar System (Vol. 1) 5th Edition – Digital Ebook – Instant Delivery Download
Product details:
- ISBN-10 : 0393603342
- ISBN-13 : 978-0393603347
- Author: Laura Kay, Stacy Palen, George Blumenthal
Influenced by astronomy education research, 21st Century Astronomy offers a complete pedagogical and media package that facilitates learning by doing, while the new one-column design makes the Fifth Edition the most accessible introductory text available today.
Table of contents:
PART I. INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY
1. Thinking Like an Astronomer
2. Patterns in the Sky—Motions of Earth and the Moon
3. Motion of Astronomical Bodies
4. Gravity
5. Light
6. The Tools of the Astronomer
PART II. THE SOLAR SYSTEM
7. The Formation of Planetary Systems
8. The Terrestrial Planets and Earth’s Moon
9. Atmospheres of the Terrestrial Planets
10. Worlds of Gas and Liquid—The Giant Planets
11. Planetary Moons and Rings
12. Dwarf Planets and Small Solar System Bodies
PART III. STARS AND STELLAR EVOLUTION
13. Taking the Measure of Stars
14. Our Star: The Sun
PART IV. GALAXIES, THE UNIVERSE, AND COSMOLOGY
24. Life
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