Seeds, Michael A.

The solar system / Michael A. Seeds. - 4th ed. - Belmont, CA : Thomson Brooks/Cole, c2005. - xix, 181, 406-657 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 28 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)


Table of Contents

Chapters:
1. The Scale of the Cosmos
2. The Sky
3. The Cycles of the Moon
4. The Origin of the Modern Astronomy
5. Newton, Einstein and Gravity
6. Light and Telescopes
Part 2 The Stars
7. Atoms and Starlight
8. The Sun- Our Star
Part 4 The Solar System
19. The Origin of the Solar System
20. Plant Earth
21. The Moon and Mercury: Airless World
22. Venus and Mars
23. Jupiter and Saturn
24. Uranus, Neptune and Pluto
25. Mateorites, Asterroids and Comets
Part 5 Life
26. Life on Other Worlds
Index 652

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