Discovering the essential universe /
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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New York, N .Y. :
W. H. Freeman and Co.,
c2001.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Discovering the night sky. 2. Light and telescopes. 3. Gravitation and the Waltz of the planets. 4. Earth and moons. 5. The other planets and moons. 6. Vagabonds of the solar system. 7. The sun. 8. The nature of stars. 9. The life cycles of stars. 10. The death of stars. 11. The galaxies. 12. Quasars and active galaxies. 13. Cosmology. 14. The search for extraterrestrial life. Appendix tables of data. Chapter review questions. Glossary. Illustration credits. Index.