Concepts of the cosmos : an introduction to astronomy / Barry R. Parker.
Publication details: San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1984.Description: xi, 516 p., 16, [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cmISBN:- 0155128507
- 520 19
- QB45 .P284 1984
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Table of Contents
Chapters:
1. Overview of the Universe
2. Chaotic Beginning
3. The View from Earth
4. Light and the Electromagnetic Spectrum
5. Telescopes
6. Radiation Laws and Spectra
7. The Solar System
8. The Sun
9. The Moon
10. The Earth; Our Standard of Comparison
11. The Inner Planets
12. The Outer Planets
13. Minor Components of the Solar System
14. The Stars
15.Nuclear Energy
16. The Birth and Evolution of Stars
17. Later Stages of Evolution
18. White Dwarfs, Supernovae, Neutron Stars and Pulsars
19. Special and General Relativity
20. Black Holes
21. The Milky Way Galaxy
22. Other Galaxies
23. Quasars
24. The Expanding Universe
25. The Beginning and the End
26. The Rival Cosmologies
27. Are We Alone?
28. Epilogue
29. Essays
Index 509
Includes bibliographies and index.
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