Astronomy : journey to the cosmic frontier / John D. Fix.
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TextPublisher: Boston : WCB McGraw-Hill, c1999Edition: 2nd editionDescription: xix, 641 pages : color illustrationsContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0072898542 [paperback]Subject(s): Astronomy| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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College Library | 520 F58 1999 (Browse shelf) | Available | 3UCBL000004161 |
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Includes appendix, references, glossary and index.
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 -- Chapter 7 Processes at work in 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 -- Chapter 16 Basic properties of stars -- Chapter 17 The sun -- Chapter 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 -- 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 -- Chapter 27 Life in the universe.
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Lauron, Rodello General Education General Education : Astronomy
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