Discovering the universe / Neil F. Comins, William J. Kaufmann III.
Publication details: New York : W.H Freeman and company, c1999. Edition: 5th editionDescription: xxv, 480 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cmISBN:- 9780716736370
- 0716736373
- 22 520 COM
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Contents:
Build your foundation I: Discovering astronomy
1. Discovering the night sky
2. Gravitation and Waltz of the planets
3. Light and telescopes
4. The origin and nature of light
Build your foundation II: The solar system
5. Earth and moon
6. The other terrestrial planets
7. The outer planets
8. Vagabonds of the solar system
9. Our star, the sun
Build your foundation III: The stars
10. The nature of stars
11. The life cycles of stars
12. The death of stars
13. Black holes
Build your foundation IV: The universe
14. The milky way galaxy
15. Galaxies
16. Quasars and active galaxies
17. Cosmology
18. The search foe extraterrestrial life
Includes index
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