The Cosmic Perspective

✍ Scribed by Bennett, Jeffrey O;Donahue, Megan;Schneider, Nick;Voit, Mark

• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 797
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In addition to an enhanced art programme, this edition also features new 'See It For Yourself' boxes with practical hands-on activities for in-class use or self-study, and a new subset of 'Process of Science' end-of-chapter questions that challenge students to think through how we know what we know about astronomy.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 4
1. A Modern View of the Universe......Page 6
2. Discovering the Universe for Yourself......Page 30
3. The Science of Astronomy......Page 62
Supplementary Chapter: Celestial Timekeeping and Navigation......Page 94
4. Making Sense of the Universe: Understanding Motion, Energy, and Gravity......Page 122
5. Light and Matter: Reading Messages from the Cosmos......Page 150
6. Telescopes: Portals of Discovery......Page 178
7. Our Planetary System......Page 204
8. Formation of the Solar System......Page 230
9. Planetary Geology: Earth and the Other Terrestrial Worlds......Page 252
10. Planetary Atmospheres: Earth and the Other Terrestrial Worlds......Page 290
11. Jovian Planet Systems......Page 330
12. Asteroids, Comets, and Dwarf Planets: Their Nature, Orbits, and Impacts......Page 364
13. Other Planetary Systems: The New Science of Distant Worlds......Page 392
Supplementary Chapter: Space and Time......Page 426
Supplementary Chapter: Spacetime and Gravity......Page 450
Supplementary Chapter: Building Blocks of the Universe......Page 474
14. Our Star......Page 496
15. Surveying the Stars......Page 520
16. Star Birth......Page 546
17. Star Stuff......Page 568
18. The Bizarre Stellar Graveyard......Page 594
19. Our Galaxy......Page 618
20. Galaxies and the Foundation of Modern Cosmology......Page 644
21. Galaxy Evolution......Page 668
22. The Birth of the Universe......Page 692
23. Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Fate of the Universe......Page 716
Appendix: The Periodic Table of the Elements......Page 746
Appendix: The 88 Constellations......Page 748
Appendix: Star Charts......Page 750
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C......Page 757
E......Page 759
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