Universe

Informationen zum Autor Roger A. Freedman is a Lecturer in Physics at the University of California! Santa Barbara! USA. At UCSB! Dr. Freedman has taught in both the Department of Physics and the College of Creative Studies! a branch of the university intended for highly gifted and motivated undergraduates. He has published research in nuclear physics! elementary particle physics! and laser physics. In recent years! he has helped to develop computer-based tools for learning introductory physics and astronomy and helped pioneer the use of classroom response systems and the "flipped" classroom model at UCSB. He is co-author of three introductory textbooks: University Physics (Pearson)! Universe (Freeman)! and Investigating Astronomy (Freeman). Robert M. Geller teaches and conducts research in astrophysics at the University of California! Santa Barbara! USA. Using data from the Hubble Space Telescope! he is currently involved in a search for bursts of lights that are pr edicted to occur when a supermassive black hole consumes a star. Dr. Gellar als has a strong emphasis on education! and he received the Distinguished Teaching Award at UCSB in 2003.  William J. Kaufman III (deceased) was the author of the first four editions of Universe. During his career he held positions at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles! San Diego State University! UCLA! Caltech! and the University of Illinois. A prolific author! his many books include Black Holes and Warped Spacetime! Relativity and Cosmology! The Cosmic Frontiers of General Relativity! Exploration of the Solar System! Planets and Moons! Stars and Nebulas! Galaxies and Quasars! and Supercomputing and the Transformation of Science. Dr. Kaufmann died in 1994. Klappentext This comprehensive textbook for the two semester course focuses students on not only the foundational concepts of astronomy but on the process of scientific discovery itself-how we know what we know about the cosmos. Engagingly written and filled helpful pedagogical tools! the book also excels at dispelling widely held misconceptions and helping students avoid common pitfalls as they explore the heavens. Thoroughly updated! the new edition features the latest discoveries and new pedagogy! and is supported by an expanded media/supplements package centred on W. H. Freeman's extraordinary new online course space! LaunchPad. See 'Instructor Resources' and 'Student Resources' for further information. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART I: INTRODUCING ASTRONOMY  1. Astronomy and the Universe  Guest Essay: Why Astronomy? by Sandra M. Faber  2. Knowing the Heavens  Guest Essay: Why Astrology Is Not Science by James Randi  3. Eclipses and the Motion of the Moon  Guest Essay: Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy by Mark Hollabaugh  4. Gravitation and the Waltz of the Planets  5. The Nature of Light  6. Optics and Telescopes PART II: PLANETS AND MOONS 7. Comparative Planetology I: Our Solar System  8. Comparative Planetology II: The Origin of Our Solar System  Scientific American article: Dangling a COROT by Alexander Hellemans  9. The Living Earth  10. Our Barren Moon  11. Mercury! Venus! and Mars: Earthlike yet Unique  Scientific American article: Father of Spirit and Opportunity by 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 by Scott Sheppard  PART III: STARS AND STELLAR EVOLUTION 16. Our Star! the Sun  17. The Nature of the Stars  18 The Birth of Stars  19. Stellar Evolution: On and After the Main Sequence  20. Stellar Evolution: The Deaths of Stars  21. Neutron Sta...

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Roger Freedman, Roger A./ Geller Freedman, Robert Geller, William J. Kaufmann
• Edition: Freeman, W.H. and Co
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 29.07.2015
• EAN: 9781319042387
• ISBN: 978-1-319-04238-7
• Pages: 803
• Dimensions: 222 mm x 260 mm x 32 mm
• Thèmes: WH Freeman; WH Freeman bei Springer
• Catégorie: Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Physique, astronomie > Astronomie