ASTRO (with Review Cards and Astronomy CourseMate with eBook Printed Access Card) (Available Titles CourseMate) - Softcover

Backman, Dana; Seeds, Michael A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0538738049 ISBN 13: 9780538738040

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2010

Synopsis

Created through a "student-tested, faculty-approved" review process, ASTRO is an engaging and accessible solution to accommodate the diverse lifestyles of today's learners. ASTRO employs the same engaging writing style and logical conceptual presentation that has become a hallmark of Mike Seeds and Dana Backman's introductory astronomy texts.

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About the Author

Dana Backman taught in the physics and astronomy department at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, from 1991 until 2003. He invented and taught a course titled "Life in the Universe" in F&M's interdisciplinary Foundations program. Dana now teaches introductory Solar System astronomy at Santa Clara University and introductory astronomy, astrobiology, and cosmology courses in Stanford University's Continuing Studies Program. His research interests focus on infrared observations of planet formation, models of debris disks around nearby stars, and evolution of the solar system's Kuiper belt. Dana is employed by the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, as director of education and public outreach for SOFIA (the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) at NASA's Ames Research Center. Dana is coauthor with Mike Seeds of Horizons: Exploring the Universe, 14th edition (2018); Universe: Solar Systems, Stars, and Galaxies, 7th edition (2012); Stars and Galaxies, 8th edition (2013); The Solar System, 8th edition (2013); and ASTRO, 2nd edition (2013), all published by Cengage.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0538738049
• ISBN 13: 9780538738040
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352