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21St Century Astronomy Jeff Hester

21St Century Astronomy By Jeff Hester

21St Century Astronomy by Jeff Hester


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21St Century Astronomy: Stars and Galaxies by Jeff Hester

With 21st Century Astronomy, students see the universe through the eyes of a scientist. 21st Century Astronomy?s distinctive writing style, superior art, and supporting media package all work together to teach students how science works, help students visualize basic concepts and physical processes, and keep students focused on the ?big picture.? For the Third Edition, the entire text has been reread from a student?s perspective and rewritten to eliminate jargon and ensure that the book?s hallmark tone resounds throughout every chapter. New Visual Analogy icons help students connect the textual analogies used to describe physical processes with the figures that illustrate them, and new AstroTour animations and simulations developed at the University of Nebraska provide students with opportunities for interactive learning.

Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction to Astronomy Chapter 1: Why Learn Astronomy? Chapter 2: Patterns in the Sky-Motions of Earth Chapter 3: Gravity and Orbits-A Celestial Ballet Chapter 4: Light Chapter 5: The Tools of the Astronomer Part II: The Solar System Chapter 6: The Birth and Evolution of Planetary Systems Chapter 7: The Terrestrial Planets and Earth's Moon Chapter 8: Atmospheres of the Terrestrial Planets Chapter 9: Worlds of Gas and Liquid-The Giant Planets Chapter 10: Gravity Is More Than Kepler's Laws Chapter 11: Planetary Adornments-Moons and Rings Chapter 12: Dwarf Planets and Small Solar System Bodies Part III: Stars and Stellar Evolution Chapter 13: Taking the Measure Of Stars Chapter 14: A Run-of-the-Mill G Type Star-Our Sun Chapter 15: Star Formation and the Interstellar Medium Chapter 16: Stars in the Slow Lane: Low-Mass Stellar Evolution Chapter 17: Live Fast, Die Young: High Mass Stellar Evolution Part IV: Galaxies, the Universe, and Cosmology Chapter 18: Our Expanding Universe Chapter 19: Galaxies Chapter 20: The Milky Way-A Normal Spiral Galaxy Chapter 21: Modern Cosmology Chapter 22: Structure in the Universe Chapter 23: Life

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CIN0393932850G
9780393932850
0393932850
21St Century Astronomy: Stars and Galaxies by Jeff Hester
Used - Good
Paperback
WW Norton & Co
20100111
445
N/A
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