Test bank for Kaufmann and Comins's discovering the universe /
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| Lenguaje: | English |
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New York, N .Y. :
W. H. Freeman and Co.,
1996.
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| Edición: | 4th ed. -- |
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foundations I. Modern astronomy. 1. Discovering the nigh sky. 2. Gravitation and the Waltz of the planets. 3. Light and telescopes. 4. The origin and nature of light. Foundations II. The solar system. 5. Earth and its moon. 6. The other inner planets. 7. The outher planets. 8. Vagabonds of the solar system. 9. Our star, the sun. Foundations III. The stars. 10. The nature of stars. 11. The lives of stars. 12. The deaths of stars. 13. Black holes. Foundations IV. The universe. 14. The milky way galaxy. 15. Galaxies. 16. Quasars and active galaxies. 17. Cosmology. 18. The search for extraterrestrial life.