Astronomy : a beginner's guide to the universe / Eric Chaisson and Steve McMillan.
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TextPublisher: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c1998Edition: Second editionDescription: xix, 522 pages : illustration [some color]Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 013085848X [paperback]Subject(s): AstronomyDDC classification: | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes glossary and index.
Contents: 1 The copernican revolution -- 2 Light and matter -- 3 Telescopes -- 4 The solar system -- 5 Earth and its moon -- 6 The terrestrial planets -- 7 The jovian planets -- 8 Moons, rings, and pluto -- 9 The sun -- 10 Measuring the stars -- 11 The interstellar medium -- 12 Stellar evolution -- 13 Neutron stars and black holes -- 14 The milky way -- 15 Normal galaxies -- 16 Active galaxies and quasars -- 17 Cosmology -- 18 Life in the universe.
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