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Discovering the Essential Universe 3RD Edition

by Neil F Comins

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Based on the most recent edition of Discovering the Universe (©2006), this best-selling text is the most concise, least expensive option for introductory astronomy courses.
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Table of Contents

1. Discovering the Night Sky

2. Gravitation and the Waltz of the Planets

3. Light and Telescopes

4. Earth and Moon

5. The Other Planets and Moons

6. Vagabonds of the Solar System

7. The Sun

8. The Nature of Stars

9. The Lives of Stars from Birth through Middle Age

10. The Deaths of Stars

11. The Galaxies

12. Cosmology

Appendix

Glossary

Review Questions/Answers

Index

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780716745952
Author:
Comins, Neil F
Publisher:
W.H. Freeman & Company
Author:
Comins, Neil F.
Author:
Neil, Comins
Subject:
Astronomy
Subject:
Astronomy - General
Copyright:
2006
Edition Description:
Third Edition
Publication Date:
January 2006
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
College/higher education:
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
356
Dimensions:
11.00 x 9.38 in
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