AuthorArny, Thomas
TitleExplorations : an introduction to astronomy / Thomas T. Arny
Imprint Boston : McGraw Hill, c2004
Edition 3rd ed, updated
Descript xix, 586 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm + 1 computer laser optical disc (4 3/4 in.)

CONTENT

History of astronomy -- Gravity and motion -- Light and atoms -- Telescopes -- The Earth -- The Moon -- Survey of the solar system -- The Terrestrial planets -- The Outer planets -- Meteors, asteroids, and comets -- The Sun, our star -- Measuring the properties of stars -- Stellar evolution -- Stellar remnants: White dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes -- The Milky way galaxy -- Galaxies -- Cosmology


SUBJECT

  1. Astronomy

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