Universe : solar systems, stars, and galaxies / by Michael Seeds, Dana Backman.
Boston, MA : Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, ©2014Edition: 8th editionDescription: xv, 512 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cmISBN:- 9781133954163
- 23 520/Se324
- HS
Includes index.
Part 1. The sky. Here and now -- A user's guide to the sky -- Cycles of the Sun and Moon -- The origin of modern astronomy -- Light and telescopes -- Atoms and spectra -- Part 2. The solar system. The Sun -- Origin of the solar system and extrasolar planets -- Earth and Moon : bases for comparative planetology -- Mercury, Venus, and Mars -- The outer solar system -- Meteorites, asteroids, and comets -- The family of stars -- Part 3. The stars. The formation and structure of stars -- The deaths of stars -- Neutron stars and black holes -- Part 4. The universe of galaxies. The Milky Way galaxy -- Galaxies : normal and active -- Modern cosmology -- Part 5. Life. Astrobiology : life on other worlds.
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