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UNINA9910154769103321 |
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Chaisson Eric |
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Astronomy today / / Eric Chaisson, Steve McMillan |
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Boston : , : Pearson, , [2015] |
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©2015 |
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[Global edition.] |
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1 online resource (827 pages) : illustrations |
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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Preface -- Part One: Astronomy and the Universe -- 1 Charting the Heavens The Foundations of Astronomy -- 1.1 Our Place in Space -- 1.2 Scientific Theory and the Scientific Method -- 1.3 The "Obvious" View -- 1.4 Earth's Orbital Motion -- More Precisely 1-1 Angular Measure -- 1.5 The Motion of the Moon -- 1.6 The Measurement of Distance -- More Precisely 1-2 Measuring Distances with Geometry -- Chapter Review -- 2 The Copernican Revolution The Birth of Modern Science -- 2.1 Ancient Astronomy -- 2.2 The Geocentric Universe -- 2.3 The Heliocentric Model of the Solar System -- Discovery 2-1 Foundations of the Copernican Revolution -- 2.4 The Birth of Modern Astronomy -- 2.5 The Laws of Planetary Motion -- More Precisely 2-1 Some Properties of Planetary Orbits -- 2.6 The Dimensions of the Solar System -- 2.7 Newton's Laws -- 2.8 Newtonian Mechanics -- More Precisely 2-2 Weighing the Sun -- Chapter Review -- 3 Radiation Information from the Cosmos -- 3.1 Information from the Skies -- 3.2 Waves in What? -- 3.3 Electromagnetic Spectrum -- Discovery 3-1 The Wave Nature of Radiation -- 3.4 Thermal Radiation -- More Precisely 3-1 The Kelvin Temperature Scale -- More Precisely 3-2 More About the Radiation Laws -- 3.5 The Doppler Effect -- More Precisely 3-3 Measuring Velocities with the Doppler Effect -- Chapter Review -- 4 Spectroscopy The Inner Workings of Atoms -- 4.1 Spectral Lines -- 4.2 Atoms and Radiation -- More Precisely 4-1 The Hydrogen Atom -- 4.3 The Formation of Spectral Lines -- Discovery 4-1 The Photoelectric |
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Effect -- 4.4 Molecules -- 4.5 Spectral-Line Analysis -- Chapter Review -- 5 Telescopes The Tools of Astronomy -- 5.1 Optical Telescopes -- 5.2 Telescope Size -- 5.3 Images and Detectors -- 5.4 High-Resolution Astronomy -- 5.5 Radio Astronomy -- 5.6 Interferometry. |
5.7 Space-Based Astronomy -- Discovery 5-1 The ALMA Array -- 5.8 Full-Spectrum Coverage -- Chapter Review -- Part Two: Our Planetary System -- 6 The Solar System Comparative Planetology and Formation Models -- 6.1 An Inventory of the Solar System -- 6.2 Measuring the Planets -- 6.3 The Overall Layout of the Solar System -- 6.4 Terrestrial and Jovian Planets -- Discovery 6-1 Gravitational "Slingshots" -- 6.5 Interplanetary Matter -- 6.6 How Did the Solar System Form? -- Discovery 6-2 Spacecraft Exploration of the Solar System -- More Precisely 6-1 Angular Momentum -- 6.7 Jovian Planets and Planetary Debris -- Chapter Review -- 7 Earth Our Home in Space -- 7.1 Overall Structure of Planet Earth -- 7.2 Earth's Atmosphere -- More Precisely 7-1 Why Is the Sky Blue? -- Discovery 7-1 The Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming -- 7.3 Earth's Interior -- More Precisely 7-2 Radioactive Dating -- 7.4 Surface Activity -- 7.5 Earth's Magnetosphere -- 7.6 The Tides -- Chapter Review -- 8 The Moon and Mercury Scorched and Battered Worlds -- 8.1 Orbital Properties -- 8.2 Physical Properties -- 8.3 Surface Features on the Moon and Mercury -- 8.4 Rotation Rates -- More Precisely 8-1 Why Air Sticks Around -- Discovery 8-1 Lunar Exploration -- 8.5 Lunar Cratering and Surface Composition -- 8.6 The Surface of Mercury -- 8.7 Interiors -- 8.8 The Origin of the Moon -- 8.9 Evolutionary History of the Moon and Mercury -- Chapter Review -- 9 Venus Earth's Sister Planet -- 9.1 Orbital Properties -- 9.2 Physical Properties -- 9.3 Long-Distance Observations of Venus -- 9.4 The Surface of Venus -- 9.5 The Atmosphere of Venus -- 9.6 Venus's Magnetic Field and Internal Structure -- Chapter Review -- 10 Mars A Near Miss for Life? -- 10.1 Orbital Properties -- 10.2 Physical Properties -- 10.3 Long-Distance Observations of Mars -- 10.4 The Martian Surface -- 10.5 Water on Mars. |
Discovery 10-1 Life on Mars? -- 10.6 The Martian Atmosphere -- 10.7 Martian Internal Structure -- 10.8 The Moons of Mars -- Chapter Review -- 11 Jupiter Giant of the Solar System -- 11.1 Orbital and Physical Properties -- 11.2 Jupiter Atmosphere -- Discovery 11-1 A Cometary Impact -- 11.3 Internal Structure -- Discovery 11-2 Almost a Star? -- 11.4 Jupiter's Magnetosphere -- 11.5 The Moons of Jupiter -- 11.6 Jupiter's Ring -- Chapter Review -- 12 Saturn Spectacular Rings and Mysterious Moons -- 12.1 Orbital and Physical Properties -- 12.2 Saturn's Atmosphere -- 12.3 Saturn's Interior and Magnetosphere -- 12.4 Saturn's Spectacular Ring System -- 12.5 The Moons of Saturn -- Discovery 12-1 Dancing Among Saturn's Moons -- Chapter Review -- 13 Uranus and Neptune The Outer Worlds of the Solar System -- 13.1 The Discoveries of Uranus and Neptune -- 13.2 Orbital and Physical Properties -- 13.3 The Atmospheres of Uranus and Neptune -- 13.4 Magnetospheres and Internal Structure -- 13.5 The Moon Systems of Uranus and Neptune -- 13.6 The Rings of the Outermost Jovian Planets -- Chapter Review -- 14 Solar System Debris Keys to Our Origin -- 14.1 Asteroids -- 14.2 Comets -- Discovery 14-1 What Killed the Dinosaurs? -- 14.3 Beyond Neptune -- 14.4 Meteroids -- Chapter Review -- 15 EXOPLANETS Planetary Systems Beyond Our Own -- 15.1 Modeling Planet Formation -- 15.2 Solar System Regularities and Irregularities -- 15.3 Searching for Extrasolar Planets -- 15.4 Exoplanet Properties -- Discovery 15-1 The Closest Exoplanet -- 15.5 Is Our Solar System Unusual? -- Chapter Review -- Part Three: Stars and Stellar Evolution -- 16 The Sun Our Parent Star -- 16.1 Physical |
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Properties of the Sun -- 16.2 The Solar Interior -- Discovery 16-1 Eavesdropping on the Sun -- 16.3 The Sun's Atmosphere -- 16.4 Solar Magnetism -- 16.5 The Active Sun. |
Discovery 16-2 Solar-Terrestrial Relations -- 16.6 The Heart of the Sun -- More Precisely 16-1 Fundamental Forces -- 16.7 Observations of Solar Neutrinos -- More Precisely 16-2 Energy Generation in the Proton-Proton Chain -- Chapter Review -- 17 The Stars Giants, Dwarfs, and the Main Sequence -- 17.1 The Solar Neighborhood -- 17.2 Luminosity and Apparent Brightness -- 17.3 Stellar Temperatures -- More Precisely 17-1 More on the Magnitude Scale -- 17.4 Stellar Sizes -- More Precisely 17-2 Estimating Stellar Radii -- 17.5 The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram -- 17.6 Extending the Cosmic Distance Scale -- 17.7 Stellar Masses -- More Precisely 17-3 Measuring Stellar Masses in Binary Stars -- 17.8 Mass and Other Stellar Properties -- Chapter Review -- 18 The Interstellar Medium Gas and Dust Among The Stars -- 18.1 Interstellar Matter -- 18.2 Emission Nebulae -- 18.3 Dark Dust Clouds -- 18.4 18-Centimeter Radiation -- 18.5 Interstellar Molecules -- Chapter Review -- 19 Star Formation A Traumatic Birth -- 19.1 Star-Forming Regions -- More Precisely 19-1 Competition in Star Formation -- 19.2 The Formation of Stars Like the Sun -- 19.3 Stars of Other Masses -- 19.4 Observations of Cloud Fragments and Protostars -- Discovery 19-1 Observations of Brown Dwarfs -- 19.5 Shock Waves and Star Formation -- 19.6 Star Clusters -- Discovery 19-2 Eta Carinae -- Chapter Review -- 20 Stellar Evolution The Life and Death of a Star -- 20.1 Leaving the Main Sequence -- 20.2 Evolution of a Sun-Like Star -- 20.3 The Death of a Low-Mass Star -- Discovery 20-1 Learning Astronomy from History -- 20.4 Evolution of Stars More Massive than the Sun -- Discovery 20-2 Mass Loss from Giant Stars -- 20.5 Observing Stellar Evolution in Star Clusters -- 20.6 Stellar Evolution in Binary Systems -- Chapter Review -- 21 Stellar Explosions Novae, Supernovae, and the Formation of the Elements. |
21.1 Life after Death for White Dwarfs -- 21.2 The End of a High-Mass Star -- 21.3 Supernovae -- 21.4 The Formation of the Elements -- Discovery 21-1 Supernova 1987A -- 21.5 The Cycle of Stellar Evolution -- Chapter Review -- 22 Neutron Stars and Black Holes Strange States of Matter -- 22.1 Neutron Stars -- 22.2 Pulsars -- 22.3 Neutron-Star Binaries -- 22.4 Gamma-Ray Bursts -- 22.5 Black Holes -- 22.6 Einstein's Theories of Relativity -- Discovery 22-1 Special Relativity -- 22.7 Space Travel Near Black Holes -- 22.8 Observational Evidence for Black Holes -- More Precisely 22-1 Tests of General Relativity -- Discovery 22-2 Gravity Waves: A New Window on the Universe -- Chapter Review -- Part Four: Galaxies and Cosmology -- 23 The Milky Way Galaxy A Spiral in Space -- 23.1 Our Parent Galaxy -- 23.2 Measuring the Milky Way -- Discovery 23-1 Early "Computers" -- 23.3 Galactic Structure -- 23.4 The Formation of the Milky Way -- 23.5 Galactic Spiral Arms -- Discovery 23-2 Density Waves -- 23.6 The Mass of the Milky Way Galaxy -- 23.7 The Galactic Center -- Chapter Review -- 24 Galaxies Building Blocks of the Universe -- 24.1 Hubble's Galaxy Classification -- 24.2 The Distribution of Galaxies in Space -- 24.3 Hubble's Law -- More Precisely 24-1 Relativistic Redshifts and Look-Back Time -- 24.4 Active Galactic Nuclei -- 24.5 The Central Engine of an Active Galaxy -- Chapter Review -- 25 Galaxies and Dark Matter The Large-Scale Structure of the Cosmos -- 25.1 Dark Matter in the Universe -- 25.2 Galaxy Collisions -- 25.3 Galaxy Formation and Evolution -- Discovery 25-1 The Sloan Digital Sky Survey -- 25.4 Black Holes in Galaxies -- 25.5 The Universe on Large Scales -- Chapter Review -- 26 Cosmology The Big Bang and the Fate of the Universe -- 26.1 The Universe on the Largest Scales -- 26.2 The Expanding |
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Universe -- 26.3 The Fate of the Cosmos. |
26.4 The Geometry of Space. |
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With Astronomy Today, Eighth Edition, trusted authors Eric Chaisson and Steve McMillan communicate their excitement about astronomy, delivering current and thorough science with insightful pedagogy. The text emphasizes critical thinking and visualization, and it focuses on the process of scientific discovery, teaching students "how we know what we know." Alternate Versions Astronomy Today, Volume 1: The Solar System, Eighth Edition-Focuses primarily on planetary coverage for a 1-term course. Includes Chapters 1-16, 28. Astronomy Today, Volume 2: Stars and Galaxies, Eighth Edition-Focuses primarily on stars and stellar evolution for a 1-term course. Includes Chapters 1-5 and 16-28. |
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UNIORUON00066551 |
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Wortkunst und Dokumentartexte in afrikanischen Sprachen / hrsg. von Wilhelm J. G. Mohlig |
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