Foundations of Astronomy 13th Edition c2016 Seeds & Backman txtbk

Foundations of Astronomy, 13th Edition (c2016), textbook by Michael A. Seeds & Dana E. Backman.

TEXTBOOK INFO: http://www.cengage.com/searc...Isbn13&Ntt=9781305079151
(ISBN-13: 9781305079151)

OVERVIEW: «Fascinating, engaging, and extremely visual, FOUNDATIONS OF ASTRONOMY, Thirteenth Edition, emphasizes the scientific method throughout as it guides students to answer two fundamental questions: What are we? And how do we know? In addition to exploring the newest developments and latest discoveries in the exciting field of astronomy, authors Michael Seeds and Dana Backman discuss the interplay between evidence and hypothesis, providing both factual information and a conceptual framework for understanding the logic of science.»

BRIEF CONTENTS:

Part 1 - EXPLORING THE SKY
1. Here and Now
2. A User’s Guide to the Sky
3. Moon Phases and Eclipses
4. Origins of Modern Astronomy
5. Gravity
6. Light and Telescopes
Part 2 - THE STARS
7. Atoms and Spectra
8. The Sun
9. The Family of Stars
10. The Interstellar Medium
11. Formation and Structure of Stars
12. Stellar Evolution
13. The Deaths of Stars
14. Neutron Stars and Black Holes
Part 3 - GALAXIES AND THE UNIVERSE
15. The Milky Way Galaxy.
16. Galaxies
17. Active Galaxies and Supermassive Black Holes
18. Modern Cosmology
Part 4 - THE SOLAR SYSTEM
19. Origin of the Solar System and Extrasolar Planets
20. Earth: The Active Planet
21. The Moon and Mercury: Comparing Airless Worlds
22. Venus and Mars
23. Jupiter and Saturn
24. Uranus, Neptune, and the Kuiper Belt
25. Meteorites, Asteroids, and Comets
Part 5 - LIFE
26. Astrobiology: Life on Other Worlds
Afterword
Appendix A: Scientific Units and Astronomical Data
Appendix B: Observing the Sky
Glossary
Index

FILE INFO: paginated, bookmarked, quasi-true PDF.


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