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"An extremely well-written text. All of astronomy is presented here, in a comprehensive and up-to-date text." -- Kenneth Janes, Boston University
"The text is an excellent synthesis of an enormous topic." -- Meteoritics & Planetary Society
This is a very solid astronomy text for undergraduate students." -- Charles J. Lada, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
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Based on the very popular liberal arts course Bob Bless has taught at University of Wisconsin for over twenty years, this book provides a rich, historical approach to introductory astronomy. It is ideal for use in an introductory astronomy course for nonmajors. An Instructor's Manual, test questions and transparencies are also available for adopting professors.
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"An extremely well-written text. All of astronomy is presented here, in a comprehensive and up-to-date text." -- Kenneth Janes, Boston University
"The text is an excellent synthesis of an enormous topic." -- Meteoritics & Planetary Society
This is a very solid astronomy text for undergraduate students." -- Charles J. Lada, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Product Description
Based on the very popular liberal arts course Bob Bless has taught at University of Wisconsin for over twenty years, this book provides a rich, historical approach to introductory astronomy. It is ideal for use in an introductory astronomy course for nonmajors. An Instructor's Manual, test questions and transparencies are also available for adopting professors.
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This book has two objectives: first, to describe the leading ideas and concepts of modern astronomy; second, to indicate how astronomy in particular and science in general have developed, and the methods, goals, and limitations shared by both. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cosmological clues, stellar graveyard, angular altitude, recombination spectrum, intrinsic brightness, sidereal period, equatorial velocity, synodic period, trigonometric parallax, condensation sequence, supernova outburst, radio radiation, evolving star, expansion age, helium flash, radio object, central galaxy, early bombardment, perfect cosmological principle, solar masses, eastward motion, light variability, uniform circular motion, radio region, visible galaxy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Milky Way, Big Bang, New York, Scientific American, Cambridge University Press, Hubble Space Telescope, Large Magellanic Cloud, Middle Ages, Spectral Type Figure, Exclusion Principle, Great Red Spot, Hubble Gallery, World War, Tycho Brahe, Magellanic Clouds, Mount Wilson, The Beginnings Through Newton, Big Dipper, Great Wall, Soviet Union, Comet Shoemaker-Levy, Dover Publications, Garden City, Lord Rosse, New Mexico New!
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This book has two objectives: first, to describe the leading ideas and concepts of modern astronomy; second, to indicate how astronomy in particular and science in general have developed, and the methods, goals, and limitations shared by both. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cosmological clues, stellar graveyard, angular altitude, recombination spectrum, intrinsic brightness, sidereal period, equatorial velocity, synodic period, trigonometric parallax, condensation sequence, supernova outburst, radio radiation, evolving star, expansion age, helium flash, radio object, central galaxy, early bombardment, perfect cosmological principle, solar masses, eastward motion, light variability, uniform circular motion, radio region, visible galaxy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Milky Way, Big Bang, New York, Scientific American, Cambridge University Press, Hubble Space Telescope, Large Magellanic Cloud, Middle Ages, Spectral Type Figure, Exclusion Principle, Great Red Spot, Hubble Gallery, World War, Tycho Brahe, Magellanic Clouds, Mount Wilson, The Beginnings Through Newton, Big Dipper, Great Wall, Soviet Union, Comet Shoemaker-Levy, Dover Publications, Garden City, Lord Rosse, New Mexico New!
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- The Solar System (Discovery Channel School Science) by Lorraine Hopping Egan on page 602, page 684, and page 713
- Divine Comedy (Oxford World's Classics) by Dante Alighieri on page 101, and page 102
- The Search for Life in the Universe (Third Edition) by Donald Goldsmith on page 323, and page 713
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