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An edition of Foundations of astronomy (1984)

Foundations of astronomy

11th ed., International ed.

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With this newly revised Eleventh Edition of FOUNDATIONS OF ASTRONOMY, INTERNATIONAL EDITION, the authors' goals are to help you use astronomy to understand science -- and use science to understand what we are. Fascinating, engaging, and visually vibrant, this text will help you answer two fundamental questions: What are we? And how do we know? This edition addresses the newest developments and latest discoveries in the exciting study of astronomy, including information to emphasize observations over the entire electromagnetic spectrum; new data on star formation and stellar structure; new insight on global warming and ozone depletion; updated information on the Kuiper belt and dwarf planets; and much more.

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Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning
Language
English
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654

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Textbooks, Astronomie, Science textbooks, Astronomy, Astronomy textbooks, COSMOLOGY, SOLAR SYSTEM, STARS, UNIVERSE

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Table of Contents

PART I. EXPLORING THE SKY. 1. Here and Now
- 2. The Sky
- 3. Cycles of the Moon
- 4. The Origin of Modern Astronomy
- 5. Gravity
- 6. Light and Telescopes
PART II. THE STARS. 7. Atoms and Starlight
- 8. The Sun
- 9. The Family of Stars
- 10. The Interstellar Medium
- 11. The Formation and Structure of Stars
- 12. Stellar Evolution
- 13. The Deaths of Stars
- 14. Neutron Stars and Black Holes
PART III. THE UNIVERSE. 15. The Milky Way Galaxy
- 16. Galaxies
- 17. Active Galaxies and Supermassive Black Holes
18. Modern Cosmology
PART IV. THE SOLAR SYSTEM. 19. The Origin of the Solar System
- 20. Earth: The Standard of Comparative Planetology
- 21. The Moon and Mercury: Comparing Airless Worlds
- 22. Comparative Planetology of Venus and Mars
- 23. Comparative Planetology of Jupiter and Saturn
- 24. Uranus, Neptune, and the Dwarf Planets
- 25. Meteorites, Asteroids, and Comets
PART V. LIFE. 26. Astrobiology: Life on Other Worlds.

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Includes glossary.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Australia, United States
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International student edition to Foundations of astronomy

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Dewey Decimal Class
520
Library of Congress
QB43.3 .S43 2011

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Pagination
xiv, 654 pages
Number of pages
654

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OL32100167M
Internet Archive
foundationsofast0000seed
ISBN 10
0538733535
ISBN 13
9780538733533
OCLC/WorldCat
506253963

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