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Fascinating, engaging and extremely visual, Seeds/Backman/Wegryn's "Foundations of Astronomy," is renowned for its current coverage, reader-friendly presentation and detailed yet clear explanations. The authors' goals are to help you use astronomy to understand science, and use science to answer two fundamental questions: "What are we?" and "How do we know?" The text is available with WebAssign, the powerful digital solution that enriches the teaching and learning experience. It includes Stellarium Activities for every chapter through WebAssign, plus Virtual Astronomy Labs 3.0 -- a set of 20 interactive activities that combine analysis of real astronomical data with robust simulations -- providing a true online laboratory experience for your Introductory Astronomy course.
Contents
Part 1. The Sky
1. Here and Now
2. A Guide to the Sky
3. Moon Phases and Eclipses
4. The Origin of Modern Astronomy
5. Gravity
6. Light and Telescopes
7. Atoms and Spectra
Part 2. The Stars
8. The Sun
9. Origins of Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe
Part 3. The Solar System
10. The Solar System: A Family Portrait and History
11. Earth: The Active Planet
12. The Moon and Mercury: Comparing Airless Worlds
13. Venus and Mars
14. Jupiter and Saturn
15. Uranus, Neptune, and Beyond
16. Asteroids, Comets, and Meteorites
Part 4. Life
17. Extrasolar Planets
18. Astrobiology: Life on Other Worlds
