Stars and galaxies
"Fascinating, engaging, and extremely visual, STARS AND GALAXIES emphasizes the scientific method throughout as it guides students to answer two fundamental questions: What are we? And how do we know? Updated with the newest developments and latest discoveries in the exciting study of astronomy, authors Michael Seeds and Dana Backman discuss the interplay between evidence and hypothesis, while providing not only fact but also a conceptual framework for understanding the logic of science." from …
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- Full title :Stars and galaxies.
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"Fascinating, engaging, and extremely visual, STARS AND GALAXIES emphasizes the scientific method throughout as it guides students to answer two fundamental questions: What are we? And how do we know? Updated with the newest developments and latest discoveries in the exciting study of astronomy, authors Michael Seeds and Dana Backman discuss the interplay between evidence and hypothesis, while providing not only fact but also a conceptual framework for understanding the logic of science." from publisher's website.
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- Publication Date:2015.
- Edition:9th edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Brooks/Cole
- Place of Publication:Australia
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2015.
Notes
Includes index.
The Physical Object
- Description:442 pages : : illustrations ; : 28 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781305120785, 1305120787
- oclc:ocn898154511
- Dewey Decimal:523.8
Table of Contents
Exploring the Sky -- Here and Now -- A User's Guide to the Sky -- Moon Phases and Eclipses -- Origins of Modern Astronomy -- Gravity -- Light and Telescopes -- The Stars -- Atoms and Spectra -- The Sun -- The Family of Stars -- The Interstellar Medium -- The Formation and Structure of Stars -- Stellar Evolution -- The Deaths of Stars -- Neutron Stars and Black Holes -- The Universe -- The Milky Way Galaxy -- Galaxies -- Active Galaxies and Supermassive Black Holes -- Modern Cosmology -- Life -- Astrobiology: Life on Other Worlds.
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