AuthorFix, John D
TitleAstronomy : journey to the cosmic frontier / John D. Fix
Imprint Boston : WCB McGraw-Hill, c1999
Edition 2nd ed
Descript xix, 641, [64] p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 29 cm.+ 1 computer laser optical disc (4 3/4 in.)

CONTENT

Journey's start -- Patterns in the sky -- Ancient astronomy -- Renaissance astronomy -- Gravity and motion -- Light and telescopes -- Processes at work in the solar system -- Earth -- Moon -- Murcury and Venus -- Mars -- Jupiter and Saturn -- Outer planets -- Satellites -- Solar system debris -- Basic properties of stars -- Sun -- Formation of stars and planets -- Evolution of stars -- Binary star systems -- Milky Way -- Galaxies -- Cosmology


SUBJECT

  1. Astronomy

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