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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Eric Chaisson; S McMillan |
| ISBN: | 0130873071 9780130873071 |
| OCLC Number: | 43859517 |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
| Description: | 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 28 cm. + 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.) |
| Details: | System requirements for accompanying computer disc: Windows/PC; Windows 95/98/NT 4.0x : Macintosh, PowerPC; System 7.6.1 or above. |
| Contents: | pt. 1. Astronomy and the universe -- Prologue : charting the heavens -- ch. 1. The Copernican revolution : the birth of modern science -- 2. Light and matter : the inner workings of the cosmos -- 3. Telescopes : the tools of astronomy -- pt. 2. Our planetary system -- 4. the solar system : interplanetary matter and the birth of the planets -- 5. Earth and its moon : our cosmic backyard -- 6. The terrestrial planets : a study in contrasts -- 7. The Jovian planets : giants of the solar system -- 8. Moons, rings, and Pluto : small worlds among giants -- pt. 3. Stars and stellar evolution -- 9. The sun : our parent star -- 10. Measuring the stars : giants, dwarfs, and the main sequence -- 11. The interstellar medium : birthplace of stars -- 12. Stellar evolution : the lives and deaths of stars -- 13. Neutron stars and black holes : strange states of matter -- pt. 4. Galaxies and cosmology -- 14. The Milky Way galaxy : a grand design -- 15. Normal galaxies : the large-scale structure of the universe -- 16. Active galaxies and quasars : limits of the observable universe -- 17. Cosmology : the big bang and the fate of the universe -- 18. Life in the universe : are we alone? |
| Responsibility: | Eric Chaisson, Steve McMillan. |
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