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Solar System

ISBN-10: 0534421024

ISBN-13: 9780534421021

Edition: 4th 2005

Authors: Michael A. Seeds

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Mike Seeds' goal in THE SOLAR SYSTEM, Fourth Edition (adapted from the newly revised FOUNDATIONS OF ASTRONOMY, Eight Edition) is to help students use astronomy to understand science and use science to understand what we are. Fascinating and engaging, this text illustrates the scientific method and guides students to these fundamental questions: "What are we?" and "How do we know?" In discussing the interplay between evidence and hypothesis, Seeds provides not just facts, but a conceptual framework for understanding the logic of science. The book vividly conveys his love of astronomy, and illustrates how students can comprehend their place in the universe by grasping a small set of physical…    
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List price: $114.95
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Brooks/Cole
Publication date: 4/22/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 460
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 2.134
Language: English

Dianne Hales is one of the country's most widely published authors of books & articles on health subjects. Her husband, Robert E. Hales, M.D., is a nationally renowned psychiatrist. He is professor & chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, Davis, & the author of more than 125 scientific publications. Together, they are also the co-authors of the definitive, award-winning reference work "Caring for the Mind: The Comprehensive Guide to Mental Health."Michael A. Seeds has been Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Franklin and Marshall (F&M) College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, since 1970. In 1989, he received F&M College's Lindback Award for Distinguished…    

Exploring the Sky
The Scale of the Cosmos
The Sky
The Stars
The Sky and Its Motion
The Cycles of the Sun
The Motion of the Planets
Astronomical Influences on Earth's Climate
The Cycles of the Moon
The Changeable Moon
The Tides
Lunar Eclipses
Solar Eclipses
Predicting Eclipses
The Origin of Modern Astronomy
The Roots of Astronomy
The Copernican Revolution
The Puzzle of Planetary Motion
Modern Astronomy
Newton, Einstein, and Gravity
Galileo and Newton
Orbital Motion
Einstein and Relativity
Light and Telescopes
Radiation: Information from Space
Optical Telescopes
Special Instruments
Radio Telescopes
Space Astronomy
The Stars
Starlight and Atoms
Starlight
Atoms
The Interaction of Light and Matter
Stellar Spectra
The Sun--Our Star
The Solar Atmosphere
Solar Activity
Nuclear Fusion in the Sun
Perspective: Origins
The Birth and Death of Stars
The Universe of Galaxies
The Origin of the Universe
The Story of Matter
The Solar System
The Origin of the Solar System
The Great Chain of Origins
A Survey of the Solar System
The Story of Planet Building
Planet Earth
The Early History of Earth
The Solid Earth
The Atmosphere
The Moon and Mercury: Airless Worlds
The Moon
Mercury
Venus and Mars
Venus
Mars
The Moons of Mars
Jupiter and Saturn
Jupiter
Jupiter's Family of Moons
Saturn
Saturn's Moons
Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
Meteorites, Asteroids, and Comets
Meteorites
Asteroids
Comets
Impacts on Earth
Life
Life on Other Worlds
The Nature of Life
The Origin of Life
Communication with Distant Civilizations
Afterword
Units and Astronomical Data
Observing the Sky
Glossary
Answers to Even-Numbered Problems
Credits
Index