The Cosmic Voyage
Through Time and Space
Published on 1. January 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
528 pages
978-0-534-17376-0 (ISBN)
Description
Written as an astronomy course for students who are not specializing in scientific subjects, this text makes the connections between facts and theory, between discoveries and implications, and between astronomy and other related fields.
Written as an astronomy course for students who are not specializing in scientific subjects, this text makes the connections between facts and theory, between discoveries and implications, and between astronomy and other related fields.
Written as an astronomy course for students who are not specializing in scientific subjects, this text makes the connections between facts and theory, between discoveries and implications, and between astronomy and other related fields.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Belmont, CA
United States
Publishing group
Cengage Learning, Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
maps, glossary, index
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 210 mm
Weight
940 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-534-17376-0 (9780534173760)
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Content
Part A: The early discoveries. Prehistoric astronomy: orgins of science and superstition. Historic advances: worlds in the sky. Discovering the layout of the solar system. Part B: Two methods for exploring space: understanding gravity and understanding light. Light and the spectrum: messages from space. Part C: Exploring the earth-moon systems. Earth as a planet. The moon. Part D: The solar system. Introducing the planets. Mercury. Venus. Mars. Jupiter and its moons. The outermost planets and their moons. Comets, meteors, asteroids, and meteorites. The origin of the solar system. Part E: Stars and their evolution. The sun: the nature of the nearest star. Measuring the basic properties of stars. The systematics of nearby stars: the H-R Diagram. Stellar Evolution I: Birth and middle age. Stellar evolution II: death and transfiguration. Part F: Environment and grouping of stars. Interstellar atoms, dust, and nebulae. Companions to stars: binaries, multiples, and possible planetary systems. Star clusters and associations. Part G: Galaxies. The Milky Way galaxy. The local galaxies. The expanding universe of distant galaxies. Part H: Frontiers. Cosmology: The universe's structure. Cosmogony: A twentieth-century version of creation. Life in the universe.