Explorations

An Introduction to Astronomy Update

Thomas Arny (Autor)

Media-Kombination

608 Seiten

1999 | 2nd edition
McGraw-Hill Inc.,US
978-0-07-228249-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Providing an introduction to astronomy for students with a non-science background, this text and interactive CD-ROM has analogies comparing astronomical events and phenomenon with everyday examples. The second edition features animations and it links to the Arny web site for up-dated information.

Inhalt

History of astronomy; gravity and motion; light and atoms; the Earth; telescopes; the Moon; survey of the solar system; the terrestrial planets; the outer planets; meteors, asteroids, and comets; the Sun, our star; measuring the properties of stars; stellar evolution; stellar remnants - white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes; the Milky Way galaxy; galaxies; cosmology.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.8.1999
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• ISBN-10: 0-07-228249-5 / 0072282495
• ISBN-13: 978-0-07-228249-8 / 9780072282498
• Zustand: Neuware