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Full Description
Dealing with astronomy, this work introduces key concepts in the context of the Earth and solar system. The concepts are developed as discussion moves towards the stars and galaxies. The book also considers spectroscopy and light, active galaxies, and cosmology.
Contents
Charting the heavens - the foundation of astronomy; the Copernican revolution - the birth of modern science; radiation - information from the cosmos; spectroscopy - the inner workings of atoms; telescopes - the tools of astronomy; the solar system - an introduction to comparative planetology; the Earth - our home in space; the Moon and Mercury - scorched and battered worlds; Venus - Earth's sister planet; Mars - a near miss for life?; Jupiter - the giant of the sloar system; Saturn - spectacular rings and mysterious moons; Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto - the outer worlds of the solar system; solar system debris - keys to our origin; the formation of the solar system - the birth of our world; the Sun - our parent star; measuring the stars - giants, dwarfs and the main sequence; the interstellar medium - gas and dust between the stars; star formation - a traumatic birth; stellar evolution - from middle age to death; stellar explosions - novae, supernovae and the formation of the heavy elements; neutron stars and black holes - strange states of matter; the Milky Way galaxy - a grand design; normal galaxies - the large-scale structure of the universe; active galaxies and quasars - limits of the observable universe; cosmology - the big bang and the fate of the universe; the early universe - toward the beginning of time; life in the universe - are we alone?
