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Explorations: An Introduction to Astronomy

✍ Scribed by Thomas T. Arny, Stephen E. Schneider


Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Year
2016
Tongue
English
Leaves
585
Edition
8th
Category
Library

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✦ Synopsis


Восьмое издание «Исследования: введение в астрономию» стремится поделиться со студентами чувством удивления о Вселенной и динамической, постоянно изменяющейся науки астрономии. Написанная для студентов разного уровня подготовки, эта книга преподает с точностью и в доступной письменной форме актуальную информацию, сопровождаемую захватывающими фото и иллюстрациями. Новое издание также включает в себя наиболее полный пакет технической поддержки, предлагаемых с любым текстом по астрономии.

✦ Table of Contents


Preview The Cosmic Landscape
Chapter 1 The Cycles of the Sky
Chapter 2 The Rise of Astronomy
Essay 1 Backyard Astronomy
Chapter 3 Gravity and Motion
Chapter 4 Light and Atoms
Essay 2 Special and General Relativity
Chapter 5 Telescopes
Chapter 6 The Earth
Essay 3 Keeping Time
Chapter 7 The Moon
Chapter 8 Survey of Solar Systems
Chapter 9 The Terrestrial Planets
Chapter 10 The Outer Planets
Chapter 11 Small Bodies Orbiting the Sun
Chapter 12 The Sun, Our Star
Chapter 13 Measuring the Properties of Stars
Chapter 14 Stellar Evolution
Chapter 15 Stellar Remnants: White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars, and Black Holes
Chapter 16 The Milky Way Galaxy
Chapter 17 Galaxies
Chapter 18 Cosmology
Essay 4 Life in the Universe
Answers to Test Yourself
Appendix
- Scientific Notation
- Metric Prefixes
- Solving Distance, Velocity, Time (d, V, t) Problems
- Some Useful Formulas
Glossary
Credits
Index


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