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Universe: The Solar System, Fourth Edition, contains chapters from the following sections of Freedman, Kaufmann, and Geller's Universe, Ninth Edition: Introducing AstronomyPlanets and Moons Plus the following chapters: Our Star: The SunThe Search for Extraterrestrial Life

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Author:   Roger A. Freedman ,  William J. Kaufmann ,  Robert Geller
Publisher:   Macmillan Learning
Imprint:   W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd
Edition:   4th Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 23.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 27.70cm
Weight:   1.089kg
ISBN:  

9781429240161

ISBN 10:   1429240164
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   06 January 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Universe: The Solar System, Fourth Edition, contains selected chapters from Freedman, Kaufmann, and Geller's Universe, Ninth Edition. This is reflected in the chapter numbering. I. INTRODUCING ASTRONOMY 1 Astronomy and the Universe Guest Essay: Why Astronomy?, Sandra M. Faber 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 II. PLANETS AND MOONS 7 Comparative Planetology I: Our Solar System 8 Comparative Planetology II: The Origin of Our Solar System Scientific American: Dangling a COROT, Alexander Hellemans 9 The Living Earth 10 Our Barren Moon 11 Mercury, Venus, and Mars: Earthlike yet Unique Scientific American: Father of Spirit and Opportunity, David Appell 12 Jupiter and Saturn: Lords of the Planets 13 Jupiter and Saturn's Satellites of Fire and Ice 14 Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and the Kuiper Belt: Remote Worlds 15 Vagabonds of the Solar System Guest Essay: Pluto and the Kuiper Belt, Scott Sheppard III. STARS AND STELLAR EVOLUTION 16 Our Star, the Sun The Search for Extraterrestrial Life

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ROGER FREEDMAN University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. ROBERT GELLER University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. WILLIAM J. KAUFMANN late of San Diego State University, USA.

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