The Essential Cosmic Perspective

Jeffrey Bennett, Megan Donahue, Nicholas Schneider, Mark Voit

488 pages, parution le 16/09/2004 (3^eme édition)

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Résumé

The Essential Cosmic Perspective , Third Edition is now more accessible than ever for students in a one-semester astronomy class. Built from the ground up on our new understanding of the universe, the Third Edition has been thoroughly revised and streamlined to make the book easier for students to navigate and learn from.

The Third Edition features a new straightforward learning program that uses chapter openers, headers, callouts in the text, and chapter summaries to make learning goals more explicit and to tie together important concepts. Key content has been consolidated and reorganized, with a new emphasis on a planet-by-planet teaching approach. The material is linked to everyday life to help students develop an appreciation for the scientific method and to see how physics and astronomy are foundations for understanding their world.

An expanded and easy-to-use media package makes professors' lives easier both in and out of the classroom.

Sommaire

I. DEVELOPING PERSPECTIVE
- Our Place in the Universe
- Discovering the Universe for Yourself
- The Science of Astronomy
II. KEY CONCEPTS FOR ASTRONOMY
- Making Sense of the Universe -Understanding Motion, Energy and Gravity
- Light - The Cosmic Messenger
III. LEARNING FROM OTHER WORLDS
- Our Solar System and Its Origin
- Earth and the Terrestrial Worlds
- Jovian Planet Systems
- Remnants of Rock and Ice: Asteroids, Comets, and Pluto
IV. STARS
- Our Star
- Other Stars
- Star Stuff
- The Bizarre Stellar Graveyard
V. GALAXIES AND BEYOND
- Our Galaxy
- A Universe of Galaxies
- Dark Matter and the Fate of the Universe
- The Beginning of Time
VI. LIFE ON EARTH AND BEYOND
- Life in the Universe: Prospects for Microbes, Civilizations, and Interstellar Travel

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Prentice Hall
Auteur(s)	Jeffrey Bennett, Megan Donahue, Nicholas Schneider, Mark Voit
Parution	16/09/2004
Édition	3^eme édition
Nb. de pages	488
Format	24,5 x 27,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	1419g
Intérieur	Quadri
EAN13	9780805389333