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Astronomy: The Universe at a Glance takes students on a spectacular journey across the vast cosmos. The Universe at a Glance introduces the structure and nature of the universe while emphasizing both the latest scientific findings and the process of scientific discovery. This new book by trusted authors Eric Chaisson and Steve McMillan reimagines their classic texts in a modularly organized, visual approach to learning. Here, the essential ideas, concepts, and discoveries of contemporary astronomy are presented in 15 chapters, each chapter composed of richly illustrated, two-page spreads designed to visually engage and instruct students.

Language: : English
ISBN-10: 0321799763
ISBN-13: 978-0321799760
ISBN-13: 9780321799760
Author: Eric Chaisson and Steve McMillan

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Table of Content:

Chapter 1. The Night Sky
1.1 The Big Picture
1.2 The “Obvious” View
1.3 Earth’s Orbital Motion
1.4 The Motion of the Moon
1.5 Eclipses
1.6 The Scientific Method

Chapter 2. Light and Telescopes
2.1 Radiation
2.2 The Electromagnetic Spectrum
2.3 The Radiation Laws
2.4 Spectroscopy
2.5 Atoms and Molecules
2.6 Optical Telescopes
2.7 Radio Telescopes
2.8 Space-Based Astronomy

Chapter 3. The Solar System
3.1 Planetary Motion
3.2 Heliocentric Solar System
3.3 The Birth of Modern Astronomy
3.4 The Laws of Planetary Motion
3.5 Newton’s Laws
3.6 Measuring Our Planetary System
3.7 Solar System Overview

Chapter 4. Earth And Its Moon
4.1 Bulk Properties of Earth and the Moon
4.2 The Moon and Tides
4.3 Inside Earth and the Moon
4.4 Earth’s Atmosphere
4.5 Surface Activity on Earth
4.6 The Surface of the Moon
4.7 Magnetospheres

Chapter 5. The Eight Planets
5.1 Surfaces of the Terrestrial Planets
5.2 Water on the Terrestrial Worlds
5.3 Terrestrial Atmospheres
5.4 Jovian Atmospheres
5.5 Water in the Outer Solar System
5.6 Planetary Interiors
5.7 Jovian Magnetic Fields

Chapter 6. Small Bodies In The Solar System
6.1 The Galilean Moons of Jupiter
6.2 Io: A Moon of Volcanoes
6.3 Moons of the Outer Jovian Planets
6.4 The Medium-Size Jovian Moons
6.5 Saturn’s Rings
6.6 Formation of Planetary Rings
6.7 Interplanetary Debris
6.8 Beyond Neptune

Chapter 7. Formation of Planetary Systems
7.1 Formation of Planetary Systems
7.2 Planetesimals and Protoplanets
7.3 Formation of the Jovian Planets
7.4 Searching for Extrasolar Planets
7.5 Exoplanet Properties
7.6 Is Our Solar System Unusual?

Chapter 8. The Sun
8.1 Properties of the Sun
8.2 The Solar Interior
8.3 Energy Transport in the Sun
8.4 The Solar Atmosphere
8.5 Sunspots
8.6 The Active Sun
8.7 Solar Energy
8.8 Solar Neutrinos

Chapter 9. Measuring The Stars
9.1 The Solar Neighborhood
9.2 Stellar Luminosities
9.3 Stellar Temperatures
9.4 Stellar Sizes
9.5 The Hertzsprung—Russell Diagram
9.6 Extending the Cosmic Distance Scale
9.7 Stellar Masses

Chapter 10. Star Formation and Evolution
10.1 Interstellar Matter
10.2 Theory of Star Formation
10.3 Observations of Star Formation
10.4 Evolution of a Sun-like Star
10.5 Red Giants, White Dwarfs
10.6 Stars More Massive than the Sun
10.7 Star Clusters

Chapter 11. Stellar Explosions
11.1 Novae
11.2 Supernovae
11.3 Supernova Remnants
11.4 Formation of the Heaviest Elements
11.5 Neutron Stars and Pulsars
11.6 Gamma-Ray Bursts
11.7 The Cycle of Stellar Evolution

Chapter 12. Black Holes
12.1 Gravitational Collapse
12.2 Einstein’s Theory of Relativity
12.3 A New View of Gravity
12.4 Curved Spacetime
12.5 Space Travel Near Black Holes 212
12.6 Observational Evidence for Black Holes

Chapter 13. The Milky Way Galaxy
13.1 Our Parent Galaxy
13.2 The Size and Shape of the Milky Way
13.3 Surveying the Milky Way
13.4 Formation of the Milky Way
13.5 Galactic Spiral Arms
13.6 The Mass of the Galaxy
13.7 The Galactic Center

Chapter 14. Galaxies
14.1 Observations of Normal Galaxies
14.2 Maps of Galaxies in Space
14.3 Galaxy Collisions
14.4 Hubble’s Law
14.5 Active Galaxies
14.6 Supermassive Black Holes
14.7 Dark Matter
14.8 Galaxy Origin and Evolution

Chapter 15. Cosmology and The Universe
15.1 The Universe on the Largest Scales
15.2 The Expanding Universe
15.3 The Fate of the Cosmos
15.4 Cosmic Microwave Background
15.5 The Early Universe
15.6 Cosmic Inflation
15.7 Formation of Large-Scale Structure

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