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Astronomy Today by Steve McMillan and Eric Chaisson (2010, Hardcover, New Edition)

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This edition focuses on the process of scientific discovery and scientific method, making 'how we know what we know' a more integral part of the text with attention to clearly and concisely presenting scientific terms to the non-science student.

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Publisher
Pearson Education
ISBN-10
0321691431
ISBN-13
9780321691439
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1207540

Product Key Features

Author
Steve Mcmillan, Eric Chaisson
Publication Name
Astronomy Today
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Features
New Edition
Subject
Astronomy
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Science
Number of Pages
880 Pages

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Item Length
9.3 in
Item Height
1.5 in
Item Width
10.4 in
Item Weight
65 Oz

Additional Product Features

Edition Number
7
Lc Classification Number
Qb43.3.C48 2010
Edition Description
New Edition
Table of Content
I. ASTRONOMY AND THE UNIVERSE 1. Charting the Heavens: The Foundations of Astronomy 2. The Copernican Revolution: The Birth of Modern Science 3. Radiation: Information from the Cosmos 4. Spectroscopy: The Inner Workings of Atoms 5. Telescopes: The Tools of Astronomy II. OUR PLANETARY SYSTEM 6. The Solar System: An Introduction to Comparative Planetology 7. Earth: Our Home in Space 8. The Moon and Mercury: Scorched and Battered Worlds 9. Venus: Earth's Sister Planet 10. Mars: A Near Miss for Life? 11. Jupiter: Giant of the Solar System 12. Saturn: Spectacular Rings and Mysterious Moons 13. Uranus and Neptune: The Outer Worlds of the Solar System 14. Solar System Debris: Keys to Our Origin 15. The Formation of Planetary Systems: The Solar System and Beyond III. STARS AND STELLAR EVOLUTION 16. The Sun: Our Parent Star 17. The Stars: Giants, Dwarfs, and the Main Sequence 18. The Interstellar Medium: Gas and Dust among the Stars 19. Star Formation: A Traumatic Birth 20. Stellar Evolution: The Life and Death of a Star 21. Stellar Explosions: Novae, Supernovae, and the Formation of the Elements 22. Neutron Stars and Black Holes: Strange States of Matter IV. GALAXIES AND COSMOLOGY 23. The Milky Way Galaxy: A Spiral in Space 24. Galaxies: Building Blocks of the Universe 25. Galaxies and Dark Matter: The Large-Scale Structure of the Cosmos 26. Cosmology: The Big Bang and the Fate of the Universe 27. The Early Universe: Toward the Beginning of Time 28. Life in the Universe: Are We Alone?
Copyright Date
2011
Target Audience
College Audience
Dewey Decimal
520
Dewey Edition
23

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