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Stars and galaxies / Michael A. Seeds (Joseph R. Grundy Observatory, Franklin and Marshall College), Dana E. Backman (SETI Institute & NASA Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors, SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy).

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts, USA : Cengage Learning, ©2019Edition: Tenth editionDescription: 1 volume, xi, 427 pages (various pagings) : color illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781337399944 (pbk. : student edition)
  • 1337399949
  • 9781337400107 (looseleaf edition)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 523.8 Se32 2019 23
LOC classification:
  • QB801 .S44 2019
Contents:
Here and now -- A user's guide to the sky -- Moon phases and eclipses -- The origin of modern astronomy -- Gravity -- Light and telescopes -- Atoms and spectra -- The sun -- The family of stars -- The interstellar medium -- The formation and structure of stars -- Stellar evolution -- The deaths of stars -- Neutron stars and black holes -- The milky way galaxy -- Galaxies -- Active galaxies and supermassive black holes -- Modern cosmology -- Astrobiology: life on other worlds.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Barcode
Books Books College Library General Circulation Section GC GC 523.8 Se32 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available HNU002157

Includes star charts.

Includes index.

Here and now --
A user's guide to the sky --
Moon phases and eclipses --
The origin of modern astronomy --
Gravity --
Light and telescopes --
Atoms and spectra --
The sun --
The family of stars --
The interstellar medium --
The formation and structure of stars --
Stellar evolution --
The deaths of stars --
Neutron stars and black holes --
The milky way galaxy --
Galaxies --
Active galaxies and supermassive black holes --
Modern cosmology --
Astrobiology: life on other worlds.

College of Education Bachelor of Secondary Education major in Science

Text in English

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