Astronomy / by Stephen P. Maran, PhD, and Richard Tresch Fienberg, PhD.
A beginner's guide to astronomy features information about the solar system as well as star maps and a monthly guide to locating the planets in the sky.
Part 1. Getting started with astronomy : Seeing the light: the art and science of astronomy ; Join the crowd: skywatching activities and resources ; Terrific tools for observing the skies ; Just passing through: meteors, comets, and artificial satellites -- Part 2. Going once around the solar system : A matched pair: Earth and its moon ; Earth's near neighbors: Mercury, Venus, and Mars ; Rock on: the asteroid belt and near-Earth objects ; Great balls of gas: Jupiter and Saturn ; Far out!: Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and beyond -- Part 3. Starting with Old Sol: meeting stars and galaxies : The Sun: star of Earth ; Taking a trip to the stars ; Galaxies: the Milky Way and beyond ; Falling for black holes and quasars -- Part 4. Pondering the remarkable universe : Planets of other suns: is anybody out there? ; Delving into dark matter and antimatter ; The Big Bang and the evolution of the universe -- Part 5. The part of tens : Ten strange facts about astronomy and space ; Ten common errors about astronomy and space -- Part 6. Appendixes : Star maps ; Glossary.
Record details
- ISBN: 139416307X
- ISBN: 9781394163076
- Physical Description: x, 386 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm.
- Edition: 5th edition.
- Publisher: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2023]
- Copyright: ©2023
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- Includes index.
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