Explorations
An Introduction to Astronomy
Book
Mixed media product
608 pages
978-0-07-233934-5 (ISBN)
Description
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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Edition
Revised ed of 2Revised ed
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Weight
1250 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-233934-5 (9780072339345)
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Content
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.