Universe Revealed

Chris Impey, William K. Hartmann (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

496 Seiten

2000
Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-534-24893-2 (ISBN)

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This text explores the general process of discovery and understanding in science using astronomy as a model. It covers all of the basic concepts and ideas in astronomy, while presenting an overview of science. It is designed for an understanding of the concepts and processes of both astronomy and science in general, rather than memorizing lists of facts about the universe.

How science works; the first discoveries about earth and sky; the discovery of the solar system and the Copernican Revolution; matter and the flow of energy in planets and stars; the earth-moon system; the terrestrial planets; the outer solar system - gas giant planets and their moons; interplanetary bodies - comets, asteroids, and their cousins; how planetary systems forms; detecting radiation from space; our sun - the nearest star; properties of stars; the birth and death of stars; groups of stars; the Milky Way galaxy; properties of galaxies; the expanding universe; cosmology and the Big Bang; life in the universe.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.1.2000
Verlagsort	Belmont, CA
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie
ISBN-10	0-534-24893-4 / 0534248934
ISBN-13	978-0-534-24893-2 / 9780534248932
Zustand	Neuware