Astronomy: Journey to the Cosmic Frontier
by Fix, JohnEdition: 6th
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2010-03-08
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill Education
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Summary
Astronomy: Journey to the Cosmic Frontier, 6th edition, provides enough content and background in astronomy so the student will be able to follow current developments in astronomy years after they complete the course. The historical development of astronomy is emphasized to show that astronomy, like other sciences, advances through the efforts of many scientists, and to show how present ideas have been developed.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | |
| Preface | |
| Guided Tour | |
| The Journey Begins | |
| Journey's Start | |
| Patterns in the Sky | |
| Ancient Astronomy | |
| Renaissance Astronomy | |
| Gravity and Motion | |
| Light and Telescopes | |
| Journey Through the Solar System | |
| Overview of the Solar System | |
| The Earth | |
| The Moon | |
| Mercury and Venus | |
| Mars | |
| Jupiter and Saturn | |
| The Outer Planets | |
| Satellites | |
| Solar System Debris | |
| Journey to the Stars | |
| Basic Properties of Stars | |
| The Sun | |
| The Formation of Stars and Planets | |
| The Evolution of Stars | |
| White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars, and Black Holes | |
| Binary Star Systems | |
| Journey to the Cosmic Frontier | |
| The Milky Way | |
| Galaxies | |
| Quasars and Other Active Galaxies | |
| Galaxy Clusters and the Structure of the Universe | |
| Cosmology | |
| Journey in Search of Life | |
| Life in the Universe | |
| Appendixes | |
| Glossary | |
| References | |
| Credits | |
| Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
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