Foundations of Astronomy

Foundations of Astronomy
ISBN-10
1133110231
ISBN-13
9781133110231
Series
Foundations of Astronomy
Category
Astronomy
Pages
672
Language
English
Published
2013
Publisher
Cengage Learning
Authors
Michael A. Seeds, Dana E. Backman

Description

With this newly revised FOUNDATIONS OF ASTRONOMY, 12E, International Edition the authors' goals are to help you use astronomy to understand science--and use science to understand what we are. Fascinating, engaging, and visually vibrant, this text will help you answer two fundamental questions: What are we? And how do we know?

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