Discovering the universe

Discovering the universe

by Comins, Neil F.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Discovering the universe / Neil F. Comins, University of Maine, Williams J. Kaufmann, III., San Diego State University.

Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2014
  • Edition:Tenth edition

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Notes

Includes index.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 volume (various pagings) : : illustrations (chiefly color) ; : 28 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781464140860, 1464140863
  • oclc:ocn879519560
  • LC Classification:QB43.3
  • Dewey Decimal:520

Table of Contents

Discovering the night sky -- Gravitation and the motion of the planets -- Light and telescopes -- Atomic physics and spectra -- Formation of the solar system and other planetary systems -- Earth and the moon -- The other terrestrial planets -- The outer planets -- Vagabonds of the solar system -- The sun: our extraordinary ordinary star -- Characterizing stars -- The lives of stars from birth through middle age -- The deaths of stars -- Black holes: matters of gravity -- The Milky Way Galaxy -- Galaxies -- Quasars and other active galaxies -- Cosmology -- Astrobiology.

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Subjects

astronomi ASTRONOMY Astronomy -- Textbooks cosmology Cosmology -- Textbooks Kosmologi Textbooks

Writers

Comins, Neil F. Kaufmann, William J.

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