Fascinating and engaging, THE SOLAR SYSTEM, 7e, illustrates the scientific method and guides students to answer these fundamental questions: What are we? How do we know? INDICE: Part I: EXPLORING THE SKY. 1. Here and Now 2. The Sky. 3. Cycles of the Moon. 4. The Origin of Modern Astronomy. 5. Gravity. 6. Light and Telescopes. Part II: THE STARS. 7. Atoms and Starlight. 8. The Sun. Perspective: Origins Part IV: THE SOLAR SYSTEM. 19. The Origin of the Solar System. 20. Earth:The Standard of Comparative Planetology. 21. The Moon and Mercury: Comparing Airless Worlds. 22. Comparative Planetology of Venus and Mars. 23. ComparativePlanetology of Jupiter and Saturn. 24. Uranus, Neptune, and the Dwarf Planets. 25. Meteorites, Asteroids, and Comets. Part V: LIFE. 26. Astrobiology: Life on Other Worlds. Afterword. Appendix A: Units and Astronomical Data. Appendix B: Observing the Sky. Glossary. Answers to Even-Numbered Problems. Index.
- ISBN: 978-1-4390-5036-1
- Editorial: Brooks/Cole
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 464
- Fecha Publicación: 31/01/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés