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FOUNDATIONS OF ASTRONOMY, 11e, INTERNATIONAL EDITION brings science to INTERNATIONAL EDITION, best-selling authors Mike Seeds and Dana Backman strive to help students use astronomy to understand science--and use science to understand what we are. Fascinating, engaging, and extremely visual, this text emphasizes the scientific method throughout as it guides students to answer two fundamental questions: What are we? And how do we know? In discussing the interplay between evidence and hypothesis, the authors provide not only fact but also a conceptual framework for understanding the logic of science. The Eleventh 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 more. Whether you choose to assign homework in an online environment, give your students access to an affordable and interactive online text, or do is the ideal solution for your course needs, giving your students Web-based access to a digital version of the text. In addition, the new online Enhanced WebAssign (R) homework management system enables you to easily assign and manage homework online.
Contents
PART I1. 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.Afterword.Appendix A: Units and Astronomical Data.Appendix B: Observing the Sky.Glossary.Answers to Even-Numbered Problems.Index.
