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Author:

Palen, Stacy, author.

Title:

21st century astronomy : stars and galaxies / Stacy Palen, Weber State University, George Blumenthal, University of California-Santa Cruz.

Edition:

Seventh edition.

Publisher:

W W Norton & Company,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

1 volume (various pagings) : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Subject:

Astronomy--Textbooks.
Astronomy.
Solar system.
Textbooks.
Textbooks.

Other Authors:

Blumenthal, George (George Ray), author.
Kay, Laura. 21st century astonomy.

Notes:

Previous editions by Laura Kay, Stacy Palen and George Blumenthal. Includes index.

Contents:

Chapter 24. Life. Chapter 1. Thinking like an astronomer -- Chapter 2. Patterns in the sky : motions of Earth and the Moon -- Chapter 3. Motion of astronomical bodies -- Chapter 4. Gravity -- Chapter 5. Light -- Chapter 6. The tools of the astronomer -- Part II. The solar system: Chapter 7. The formation of planetary systems -- Chapter 8. The terrestrial planets and Earth's Moon -- Chapter 9. Atmospheres of the terrestrial planets -- Chapter 10. Worlds of gas and liquid : the giant planets -- Chapter 11. Planetary moons and rings -- Chapter 12. Dwarf planets and small solar system bodies -- Part III. Stars and stellar evolution: Chapter 13. Taking the measure of stars -- Chapter 14. Our star : the Sun -- Chapter 15. The interstellar medium and star formation -- Chapter 16. Evolution of low-mass stars -- Chapter 17. Evolution of high-mass stars -- Chapter 18. Relativity and black holes Part IV. Galaxies, the universe, and cosmology: Chapter 19. Galaxies -- Chapter 20. The Milky Way : A normal spiral galaxy -- Chapter 21. The expanding universe -- Chapter 22. Cosmology -- Chapter 23. Large-scale structure in the universe -- Chapter 24. Life.

ISBN:

0393877124
9780393877120

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1356410620

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)