Discovering The Universe

Neil F. Comins, William J. Kaufmann III

496 pages, parution le 30/05/2005 (7^eme édition)

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Discovering the Universe is the best-selling brief text for descriptive one-term astronomy courses (especially those with no mathematics prerequisites). Carried along by the book's vibrant main theme--the process of scientific discovery--readers will encounter spectacular sights, landmark experiments, and recent discoveries, while learning to avoid the pitfalls created by common misconceptions about astronomy. Now enhanced with a powerful technology and image projection package, this is the most exciting and effective edition yet. The accompanying CD-ROM features a special student version of the award-winning virtual planetarium software, Starry Night Enthusiast and the new innovative Deep Space Explorer.

L'auteur - Neil F. Comins

Professor Neil F. Comins is on the faculty of the University of Maine. Born in 1951 in New York City, he grew up in New York and New England. He earned a bachelor's degree in engineering physics at Cornell University, a amster's degree in physics at the University of Maryland, and a PhD in astrophysics from University College, Cardiff, Wales, under the guidance of Bernard F. Schutz. dr. Comins's work for his doctorate, on general relativity, was cited in Subramanyan Chandrasekhar's Nobel laureate speech.

He has done theoretical and experimental research in general relativity, observational astronomy, computer simulations of gaalxy evolution, and science education. The fourth edition of Discovering the Universe was the first textbook that Dr. Comins wrote for W.H. Freeman and Company, having taken over following the death of Bill Kaufmann in 1994. This has been followed by 9 others. he is also the author of three trade books, What If the Moon Didn't Exist ?, Heavenly Errors, and The hazards of Space Travel: A Tourist's Guide.

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Sommaire

Understanding Astronomy
- Discovering the Night Sky
- Gravitation and the Waltz Of The Planets
- Light and Telescopes
- Visible Light And Other Electromagnetic Radiation
Understanding the Solar System
- Formation of The Solar System and Other Planetary Systems
- Earth and Moon
- The Other Terrestrial Planets
- The Outer Planets
- Vagabonds of the Solar System
- The Sun: Our Extraordinary, Ordinary Star
Understanding the Stars
- The Challenge of Characterizing Stars
- The Lives of Stars From Birth Through Middle Age
- The Deaths of Stars
- Black Holes
Understanding The Universe
- The Milky Way Galaxy
- Galaxies
- Quasars, Active Galaxies, And Gamma-Ray Bursters
- Cosmology
- The Search For Extraterrestrial Life

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	W.H. Freeman and Company
Auteur(s)	Neil F. Comins, William J. Kaufmann III
Parution	30/05/2005
Édition	7^eme édition
Nb. de pages	496
Format	23 x 27,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	1283g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780716769606
ISBN13	978-0-7167-6960-6