Written in a clear, concise style for the non-science major, this edition uses analogies and everyday examples to present the most current information about astronomy in a way that students can easily understand. It comes packaged with a free interactive CD-ROM and has a new, expanded web site. Topics include: gravity and motion; light and atoms; the Earth; telescopes and instruments; the Moon; survey of the Solar System; the terrestrial planets; the outer planets; and meteors, asteroids, and comets.
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Revised ed of 2Revised ed
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
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Maße
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ISBN-13
978-0-07-233934-5 (9780072339345)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
History of astronomy; gravity and motion; light and atoms; the Earth; telescopes and instruments; the Moon; survey of the Solar System; the terrestrial planets; the outer planets; meteors, asteroids, and comets; the Sun, our star; measuring the properties of stars; stellar evolution; stellar remnants: white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes; the Milky Way galaxy; galaxies; cosmology.
