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" 21st century astronomy / "
Laura Kay, Barnard College, Stacy Palen, Weber State University, George Blumenthal, University of California-Santa Cruz.
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874602
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Kay, Laura
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21st century astronomy /\ Laura Kay, Barnard College, Stacy Palen, Weber State University, George Blumenthal, University of California-Santa Cruz.
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Fifth edition.
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New York :: W.W. Norton & Company,, [2016]
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xxxii, 699 pages, 76 differently numbered pages ;; 28 cm
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0393603326
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: 0393938999
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: 9780393603323
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: 9780393938999
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Includes index.
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Previous edition: 21st century astronomy (New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2013).
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Part I: Introduction to astronomy. Thinking like an astronomer ; Patterns in the sky : motions of Earth and the moon ; Motion of astronomical bodies ; Gravity and orbits ; Light ; The tools of the astronomer -- Part II. The solar system. The birth and evolution of planetary systems ; The terrestrial planets and Earth's moon ; Atmospheres of the terrestrial planets ; Worlds of gas and liquid : the giant planets ; Planetary moons and rings ; Dwarf planets and small solar system bodies -- Part III: Stars and stellar evolution. Taking the measure of stars ; Our star : the sun ; The interstellar medium and star formation ; Evolution of low-mass stars ; Evolution of high-mass stars ; Relativity and black holes -- Part IV: Galaxies, the universe, and cosmology. Galaxies ; The Milky Way : a normal spiral galaxy ; The expanding universe ; Cosmology ; Large-scale structure in the universe ; Life -- Appendix 1. Mathematical tools -- Appendix 2. Physical constants and units -- Appendix 3. Periodic table of the elements -- Appendix 4. Properties of planets, dwarf planets, and moons -- Appendix 5. Space missions -- Appendix 6. Nearest and brightest stars -- Appendix 7. Observing the sky -- Appendix 8. Uniform circular motion and circular orbits -- Appendix 9. IAU 2006 resolutions : "Definition of a planet in the solar system" and "Pluto" -- Glossary.
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Astronomy, Textbooks.
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Astronomy.
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520
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QB45.2.A14 2016
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Blumenthal, George, (George Ray)
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Palen, Stacy
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Twenty-first century astronomy
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