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21st Century Astronomy Stacy Palen (Weber State University)

21st Century Astronomy By Stacy Palen (Weber State University)

21st Century Astronomy by Stacy Palen (Weber State University)

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Fostering scientific literacy, engaging every student.

21st Century Astronomy Summary

21st Century Astronomy by Stacy Palen (Weber State University)

Comprehensive and authoritative, 21st Century Astronomy fosters scientific literacy by offering carefully crafted activities that help students apply the process of science to astronomy, the news and the world. The 21st Century learning package provides the most up-to-date astronomy research, engaging students as they prepare for lecture, perform in-class activities and complete meaningful homework assignmentsboth in person and online. Lead author Stacy Palen draws on her experience teaching at an open enrollment university to build intentionality and transparency into every aspect of the learning package, giving activities a clear purpose and making them easy to execute without special equipment. Nortons service supports every instructor, every step of the way.

About Stacy Palen (Weber State University)

Stacy Palen is an award-winning professor in the physics department at Weber State University. She received her BS in physics from Rutgers University and her PhD in physics from the University of Iowa. As a lecturer and postdoc at the University of Washington, she taught Introductory Astronomy more than 20 times over 4 years. Since joining Weber State, she has been very active in science outreach activities ranging from star parties to running the state Science Olympiad. Stacy does research in formal and informal astronomy education and the death of Sun-like stars. She spends much of her time thinking, teaching, and writing about the applications of science in everyday life. She then puts that science to use on her small farm in Ogden, Utah. George Blumenthalis the director of the Center for Studies in Higher Education at the University of California, Berkeley. From 2006 to 2019 he was chancellor at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Hejoined the UC Santa Cruz faculty as a professor of astronomy and astrophysics in 1972. Chancellor Blumenthal received his BS degree from the University of WisconsinMilwaukee and his PhD in physics from the University of California, San Diego.As a theoretical astrophysicist, Blumenthal's researchencompasses several broad areas, including the nature of the dark matter that constitutes most of the mass in the universe, the origin of galaxies and other large structures in the universe, the earliest moments in the universe, astrophysical radiation processes, and the structure of active galactic nuclei such as quasars.

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NGR9780393877021
9780393877021
0393877027
21st Century Astronomy by Stacy Palen (Weber State University)
Stacy Palen (Weber State University)
New
Hardback
WW Norton & Co
2022-07-01
816
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