Providing an introduction to astronomy for students with a non-science background, this text and interactive CD-ROM has analogies comparing astronomical events and phenomenon with everyday examples. The second edition features animations and it links to the Arny web site for up-dated information.
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History of astronomy; gravity and motion; light and atoms; the Earth; telescopes; the Moon; survey of the solar system; the terrestrial planets; the outer planets; meteors, asteroids, and comets; the Sun, our star; measuring the properties of stars; stellar evolution; stellar remnants - white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes; the Milky Way galaxy; galaxies; cosmology.
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ISBN
9780072282498
Publisert
1999-01-01
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe; McGraw-Hill Inc.,US
Aldersnivå
UU, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Kombinasjonsprodukt
Antall sider
608

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