The Cosmic Perspective Media Update with Mastering Astronomy™ and Voyager SkyGazer Planetarium Software

Jeffrey O. Bennett, Megan O. Donahue, Nicholas Schneider, Mark Voit (Autoren)

Media-Kombination

736 Seiten

2007 | 4th edition
Pearson Education (US)
978-0-8053-6647-1 (ISBN)

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Building on a long tradition of strong pedagogy and streamlined presentation, The Cosmic Perspective, Fourth Edition Media Update now includes an enhanced media package that features the most advanced astronomy tutorial, assessment, and self-study system ever built. The Fourth Edition Media Update includes MasteringAstronomy™, Voyager SkyGazer planetarium software, an updated Astronomy Media Workbook, and an e-book CD-ROM with embedded animations — a convenient additional study resource for students on the go -– all designed to help professors and students seamlessly incorporate media into their lectures and at-home study.

MasteringAstronomy’s sophisticated analysis of student performance data (including difficulty, time spent, and most common errors) has allowed every item to be systematically refined for quality, educational effectiveness, efficiency of teaching and learning, and assessment accuracy. The Cosmic Lecture Launcher CD-ROM allows professors to integrate animations and interactive tools into classroom lectures, while the Voyager SkyGazer CD-ROM, also included with the text,provides students with the most popular planetarium software to help them learn more about their place in the universe.

The Fourth Edition Media Update is a student-friendly text that focuses on central ideas and unifying themes to provide a cosmic context. Renowned for its up-to-date, expert coverage and strong pedagogical support for student learning, the Fourth Edition Media Update retains and builds on all the features and supplements that have helped to make it the #1 most adopted astronomy textbook.

I. Developing Perspective

1. Our Place in the Universe

2. Discovering the Universe for Yourself

3. The Science of Astronomy

S1. Celestial Timekeeping and Navigation

II. Key Concepts for Astronomy

4. Making Sense of the Universe: Understanding Motion, Energy, and Gravity

5. Light and Matter: Reading Messages from the Cosmos

6. Telescopes: Portals of Discovery

III. Learning from Other Worlds

7. Our Planetary System

8. Formation of the Solar System

9. Planetary Geology: Earth and the Other Terrestrial Worlds

10. Planetary Atmospheres: Earth and the Other Terrestrial Worlds

11. Jovian Planet Systems

12. Remnants of Rock and Ice: Asteroids, Comets, and the Kuiper Belt

13. Other Planetary Systems: The New Science of Distant Worlds

IV. A Deeper Look at Nature

S2. Space and Time

S3. Spacetime and Gravity

S4. Building Blocks of the Universe

V. Stellar Alchemy

14. Our Star

15. Surveying the Stars

16. Star Birth

17. Star Stuff

18. The Bizarre Stellar Graveyard

VI. Galaxies and Beyond

19. Our Galaxy

20. Galaxies and the Foundation of Modern Cosmology

21. Galaxy Evolution

22. Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Fate of the Universe

23. The Beginning of Time

VII. Life on Earth and Beyond

24. Life in the Universe

Erscheint lt. Verlag	20.2.2007
Verlagsort	Upper Saddle River
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	2628 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
ISBN-10	0-8053-6647-4 / 0805366474
ISBN-13	978-0-8053-6647-1 / 9780805366471
Zustand	Neuware