Discovering the Universe
8th Edition
Published on 14. May 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
544 pages
978-0-230-27876-9 (ISBN)
Description
Carried along by the book's vibrant main theme - the process of scientific discovery - readers will encounter spectacular sights, landmark experiments, and recent discoveries, while learning to avoid the pitfalls created by common misconceptions about astronomy.
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Edition
8th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 276 mm
Width: 233 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
1350 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-27876-9 (9780230278769)
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Persons
NEIL F. COMINS is Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Maine, Orono, USA. WILLIAM J. KAUFMANN III, late of San Diego State University, USA.
Content
PART I: UNDERSTANDING ASTRONOMY Discovering the Night Sky Gravitation and the Waltz of the Planets Light and Telescopes Visible Light and Other Electromagnetic Radiation PART II: UNDERSTANDING THE SOLAR SYSTEM Formation of The Solar System and Other Planetary Systems Earth and Moon The Other Terrestrial Planets The Outer Planets Vagabonds of the Solar System The Sun: Our Extraordinary, Ordinary Star PART III: UNDERSTANDING THE STARS The Challenge of Characterizing Stars The Lives of Stars from Birth Through Middle Ages The Deaths of Stars Black Holes PART IV: UNDERSTANDING THE UNIVERSE The Milky Way Galaxy Galaxies Quasars, Active Galaxies, and Gamma-Ray Bursters Cosmology The Search for Extraterrestrial Life Appendix I: Table of Data Appendix II: Math Foundation