Astronomy : journey to the cosmic frontier / John D. Fix.

By:

Fix, John D

Publisher: Boston : McGraw-Hill Higher Education, c2004Edition: 3rd edDescription: 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)Content type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0072833025

Subject(s):

Astronomy

DDC classification:

520 F58 2004

Contents:

Part 1 The journey begins -- Chapter 1 Journey's start -- Chapter 2 Patterns in the sky -- Chapter 3 Ancient astronomy -- Chapter 4 Renaissance astronomy -- Chapter 5 Gravity and motion -- Chapter 6 Light and telescopes -- Part 2 Journey through the solar system -- Chapter 7 Overview of the solar system -- Chapter 8 The Earth -- Chapter 9 The moon -- Chapter 10 Mercury and Venus -- Chapter 11 Mars -- Chapter 12 Jupiter and Saturn -- Chapter 13 The outer planets -- Chapter 14 Satellites -- Chapter 15 Solar system debris -- Part 3 Journey to the stars -- Chapter 16 Basic properties of stars -- Chapter 17 The Sun -- Chapter 18 The formation of stars and planets -- Chapter 19 The evolution of stars -- Chapter 20 White dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes -- Chapter 21 Binary star systems -- Part 4 Journey to the cosmic frontier -- Chapter 22 The Milky Way -- Chapter 23 Galaxies -- Chapter 24 Quasars and other active galaxies -- Chapter 25 Galaxy clusters and the structure of the universe -- Chapter 26 Cosmology -- Part 5 Journey in search of life -- Chapter 27 Life in the universe.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Reference	College Library General Education	520 F58 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		86259

Includes bibliographical references and index.

English

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