Astronomy : journey to the cosmic frontier / John D. Fix.
Publisher: Boston : WCB/McGraw-Hill, c1999Edition: 2nd editionDescription: xix, 641, 25, 13, 13, 3, 13 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0072898542
- 520 F58 1999
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Reference | College Library General Education | 520 F58 1999 c.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | c.1 | Available | 77574 | ||
Reference | Senior High School Library Reference | 520 F58 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | c.2 | Available | 00605SHS |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1 Journey's start -- 2 Patterns in the sky -- 3 Ancient astronomy -- 4 Renaissance astronomy -- 5 Gravity and motion -- 6 Light and telescopes -- 7 Processes at work in the solar system -- 8 The earth -- 9 The moon -- 10 Mercury and Venus -- 11 Mars -- 12 Jupiter and Saturn -- 13 The outer planets -- 14 Satelllites -- 15 Solar system debris -- 16 Basic properties of stars -- 17 The sun -- 18 The formation of stars and planets -- 19 The evolution of stars -- 20 White dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes -- 21 Binary star system -- 22 The milky way -- 23 Galaxies -- 24 Quasars and other active galaxies -- 25 Galaxy clusters and the structure of the universe -- 26 Cosmology -- 27 Life in the universe.
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