Astronomy
Astronomy is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of one- or two-semester introductory astronomy courses. The book begins with relevant scientific fundamentals and progresses through an exploration of the solar system, stars, galaxies and cosmology. The Astronomy textbook builds stud...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[2016]
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009676336506719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1 Science and the Universe: A Brief Tour
- 2 Observing the Sky: The Birth of Astronomy
- 3 Orbits and Gravity
- 4 Earth, Moon, and Sky
- 5 Radiation and Spectra
- 6 Astronomical Instruments
- 7 Other Worlds: An Introduction to the Solar System
- 8 Earth as a Planet
- 9 Cratered Worlds
- 10 Earthlike Planets: Venus and Mars
- 11 The Giant Planets
- 12 Rings, Moons, and Pluto
- 13 Comets and Asteroids: Debris of the Solar System
- 14 Cosmic Samples and the Origin of the Solar System
- 15 The Sun: A Garden-Variety Star
- 16 The Sun: A Nuclear Powerhouse
- 17 Analyzing Starlight
- 18 The Stars: A Celestial Census
- 19 Celestial Distances
- 20 Between the Stars: Gas and Dust in Space
- 21 The Birth of Stars and the Discovery of Planets outside the Solar System
- 22 Stars from Adolescence to Old Age
- 23 The Death of Stars
- 24 Black Holes and Curved Spacetime
- 25 The Milky Way Galaxy
- 26 Galaxies
- 27 Active Galaxies, Quasars, and Supermassive Black Holes
- 28 The Evolution and Distribution of Galaxies
- 29 The Big Bang
- 30 Life in the Universe
