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Author:

Freedman, Roger A. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95034366

Title:

Universe. The solar system / Roger A. Freedman, William J. Kaufmann.

Edition:

Second edition.

Publisher:

W.H. Freeman,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations, maps (chiefly color) ; 28 cm + 2 CD-ROMs (4 3/4 in.)

Subject:

Solar system.

Other Authors:

Kaufmann, William J. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79081885

Notes:

Includes index. Brief version of the seventh edition containing the full text of chapters 1-18 and 30.

Contents:

Guest essay : Searching for extraterrestrial life / 1. Astronomy and the universe -- Guest essay : Why astronomy? / Seth Shostak. 2. Knowing the heavens -- Guest essay : Why astrology is not science / James Randi -- 3. Eclipses and the motion of the moon -- Guest essay : Archaeoastronomy and ethnoastronomy / Mark Hollabaugh -- 4. Gravitation and the waltz of the planets -- 5. The nature of light -- 6. Optics and telescopes -- pt. 2. Planets and moons -- 7. Comparative planetology 1 : our solar system -- 8. Comparative planetology 2 : the origin of our solar system -- Guest essay : Alien planets / Geoff Marcy -- 9. The living Earth -- 10. Our barren moon -- 11. Sun-scorched Mercury -- 12. Cloud-covered Venus -- 13. Red planet Mars -- Guest essay : The exploration of Mars / Bruce Jakosky -- 14. Jupiter and Saturn : lords of the planets -- 16. The outer worlds -- 17. Vagabonds of the solar system -- 18. Our star, the Sun -- Guest essay : Searching for neutrinos beyond the textbooks / John Bahcall -- 30. The search for extraterrestrial life -- Guest essay : Searching for extraterrestrial life / Seth Shostak.
disc [2]. Deep space explorer. disc [2]. Starry night backyard -- Deep space explorer.

ISBN:

9780716786900
0716786907
9780716787389
0716787385
9780716786931
0716786931
9780716786023
0716786028

OCLC:

(OCoLC)56207933

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)