Stars and Galaxies
eBook - PDF

Stars and Galaxies

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Stars and Galaxies

About this book

Fascinating, engaging and extremely visual, STARS AND GALAXIES, 10th Edition, is renowned for its current coverage, reader-friendly presentation and detailed--yet clear--explanations. The authors' goals are to help you use Astronomy to understand science, and use science to answer two fundamental questions: What are we? And how do we know? Available with WebAssign, the powerful digital solution that enriches the teaching and learning experience. It includes Virtual Astronomy Labs 3.0--a set of 20 interactive activities that combine analysis of real astronomical data with robust simulations--providing a true online laboratory experience for your Introductory Astronomy course.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Brief Contents
  3. Contents
  4. A Note to Students
  5. About the Authors
  6. Chapter 1: Here and Now
  7. Chapter 2: A User's Guide to the Sky
  8. Chapter 3: Moon Phases and Eclipses
  9. Chapter 4: Origins of Modern Astronomy
  10. Chapter 5: Gravity
  11. Chapter 6: Light and Telescopes
  12. Chapter 7: Atoms and Spectra
  13. Chapter 8: The Sun
  14. Chapter 9: The Family of Stars
  15. Chapter 10: The Interstellar Medium
  16. Chapter 11: The Formation and Structure of Stars
  17. Chapter 12: Stellar Evolution
  18. Chapter 13: The Deaths of Stars
  19. Chapter 14: Neutron Stars and Black Holes
  20. Chapter 15: The Milky Way Galaxy
  21. Chapter 16: Galaxies
  22. Chapter 17: Active Galaxies and Supermassive Black Holes
  23. Chapter 18: Modern Cosmology
  24. Chapter 19: Astrobiology: Life on Other Worlds
  25. Afterword
  26. Appendix A: Units and Astronomical Data
  27. Appendix B: Observing the Sky
  28. Answers to Even-Numbered Problems
  29. Glossary
  30. Index