Astro2 - Softcover

Seeds, Michael A.; Backman, Dana

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1133950132 ISBN 13: 9781133950134

Publisher: Brooks/Cole Pub Co, 2013

Synopsis

Created through a "student-tested, faculty-approved" review process, ASTRO 2e is an engaging and accessible solution to accommodate the diverse lifestyles of today's learners. ASTRO 2e employs the same engaging writing style that has become a hallmark of Mike Seeds and Dana Backman's introductory astronomy texts.

About this title

About the Author:

Mike Seeds was a professor of physics and astronomy at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, from 1970 until his retirement in 2001. In 1989 he received F&M College's Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching. Mike's love for the history of astronomy led him to create upper-level courses on archaeoastronomy and on the Copernican Revolution ("Changing Concepts of the Universe"). His research interests focused on variable stars and automation of astronomical telescopes. Mike is coauthor with Dana Backman of Horizons: Exploring the Universe, 12th edition (2012); 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. He was senior consultant for creation of the 20-episode telecourse accompanying his book Horizons: Exploring the Universe.

Review:

1. Scale of the Cosmos. 2. User's Guide to the Sky. 3. Origin of Modern Astronomy. 4. EM Radiation & Telescopes. 5. Sun Light & Sun Atoms. 6. Origin of the Solar System & Exoplanets. 7. The Terrestrial Planets. 8. The Jovian Planets. 9. The Family of Stars. 10. Structure & Formation of Stars. 11. Deaths of Stars. 12. The Milky Way Galaxy. 13. A Universe of Galaxies. 14. Modern Cosmology. 15. Life on Other Worlds.

About this edition

• Publisher: Brooks/Cole Pub Co
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1133950132
• ISBN 13: 9781133950134
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 374