Astronomy
A Wm.C.Brown Publishers' Reader - 20 Articles from "Astronomy Magazine"
Published on 1. January 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-0-697-24299-0 (ISBN)
Description
This compilation of 20 articles is drawn from "Astronomy Magazine", produced by Kalmbach Publishing. It contains colour photographs and in-depth coverage of topics such as Hubble, Magellan and observing techniques. The articles correlate with an instructor's manual, which contains innovative ideas for incorporarting this text into the classroom. Unlike newspaper articles, this collection of readings is accompanied by a set of classroom and at-home activities and questions that aim to stimulate classroom discussion.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Dubuque, IA
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Illustrations
colour photographs
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Weight
3450 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-697-24299-0 (9780697242990)
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Content
Part 1 Telescopes: how to buy your first telescope. Part 2 Observing techniques: dialling for deep-sky objects; hop into deep-sky observing. Part 3 Space exploration: Magellan scores at Venus. Part 4 Solar system: an observer's guide to sunspots; what makes Venus go?; the cosmic origins of life; mysteries of the moon; did Mars once have Martians?; all in the family; the violent volcanoes of Io; Neptune's weather forecast - cloudy, windy and cold. Part 5 Stellar astronomy: seeing a star's surface; giving birth to supernovae. Part 6 Galaxies: what puts the spiral in spiral galaxies? Part 7 Cosmology: a new map of the universe; shedding light on dark matter; the age paradox; beyond the big bang.