The Cosmic Perspective: The Solar System

The Cosmic Perspective: The Solar System
ISBN-10
0321642678
ISBN-13
9780321642677
Series
The Cosmic Perspective
Category
Science
Language
English
Published
2009-12-21
Publisher
Addison-Wesley
Authors
Jeffrey O. Bennett, Mark Voit, Megan O. Donahue

Description

Building on a long tradition of effective pedagogy and comprehensive coverage, The Cosmic Perspective: The Solar System, Sixth Edition provides the most engaging and up-to-date introduction to astronomy for non-science majors. The text provides a wealth of features to help enhance student skill building, including new Visual Skills Check end-of-chapter questions that provide an opportunity for students to test their visual interpretation skills, new Cosmic Context Figures that help students synthesize key concepts and processes, and a new comprehensive visual overview of scale to help students explore the scale of time and space. The Sixth Edition has also been fully updated to include the latest astronomical observations, research, and theoretical developments. The text is supported by the most robust package of instructor ancillaries, and MasteringAstronomy (tm) , the market-leading online tutorial and homework system, has been updated to include a wealth of new content to help students learn and review more efficiently outside of class. This Volume includes Chapters Chapters 1-13, 14, and 24 of the main text.

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