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Introductory astronomy & astrophysics /

0030062284

9780030062285

Introductory astronomy & astrophysics /

[Book]

Michael Zeilik, Stephen A. Gregory.

4th ed.

Belmont Drive, CA :

Fort Worth :

Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning,

Saunders College Pub.,

©1998.

©1998.

1 volume (various pagings) :

illustrations ;

26 cm.

Saunders golden sunburst series

Includes index.

Includes index.

Preface -- Part P. Prelude -- P1. Orbits in the solar system -- P2. Orbits outside of the solar system -- P3. Special relativity -- P4. Particles and forces -- P5. Stars -- P6. Radiation processes -- P7. Cosmology -- Part I. The solar system -- 1. Celestial mechanics and the solar system -- 2. The solar system in perspective -- 3. The dynamics of the earth -- 4. The earth-moon system -- 5. The terrestrial planets: Mercury, Venus, and Mars -- 6. The Jovian planets and Pluto -- 7. Small bodies and the origin of the solar system -- Part II. The stars -- 8. Electromagnetic radiation and matter -- 9. Telescopes and detectors -- 10. The sun: A model star -- 11. Stars: Distances and magnitudes -- 12. Stars: Binary systems -- 13. Stars: The Hertzsprung-Russell diagram -- Part III. The Milky Way Galaxy -- 14. Our galaxy: A preview -- 15. The interstellar medium and star birth -- 16. The evolution of stars -- 17. Star deaths -- 18. Variable and violent stars -- 19. Galactic rotation: Stellar motions -- 20. The evolution of our galaxy -- Part IV. The universe -- 21. Galaxies beyond the Milky Way -- 22. Hubble's law and the distance scale -- 23. Large-scale structure in the universe -- 24. Active galaxies and quasars -- 25. Cosmology: The big bang and beyond -- 26. The new cosmology -- Comet update -- Appendices: -- 1. The Messier catalog -- 2. Constellations -- 3. Solar system data -- 4. Stellar data -- 5. Atomic elements -- 6. Conversion of units -- 7. Constants and units -- 8. The Greek alphabet -- 9. Mathematical operations -- 10. The celestial sphere -- Glossary -- Index.

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This advanced undergraduate text provides broad coverage of astronomy and astrophyscis with a strong emphasis on physics. It has an algebra and trigonometry prerequisite, but calculus is preferred.

£24.95

Introductory astronomy & astrophysics.

Introductory astronomy and astrophysics

Astronomy.

Astrophysics.

Astronomie.

Astrophysique.

39.00 astronomy: general.

Astrofisica.

Astrofysica.

Astronomia.

Astronomie

Astronomie.

Astronomy.

Astrophysics.

Astrophysik

Astrophysik.

Sterrenkunde.

520

Zeilik, Michael.

Gregory, Stephen A.

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