Stars and Galaxies

ISBN-10
0534380492
ISBN-13
9780534380496
Series
Stars and Galaxies
Category
Galaxies
Language
English
Published
2001
Publisher
Brooks Cole
Author
Michael A. Seeds

Description

For nonscience students taking just one semester of astronomy, this textbook is the ticket. Seeds (astronomy, Franklin and Marshall College) recycles the introductory chapters used in The Solar System, 3d ed (covering planetary motion, the history of astronomy, light and telescopes, etc.), but adds chapters on stellar distances and evolution, the intersteller medium, variable stars (his speciality), galaxies with active nuclei, and cosmology. As in his other textbooks, there are many colorful diagrams, a student version of The Sky on CD-ROM, 2-page art spreads, and a concluding chapter titled "Life on Other Worlds." Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

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