Astronomy - The Solar System and Beyond (6 Ed)(gnv64) torrent

"Astronomy: The Solar System and Beyond, 6 Edition"
By Michael A. Seeds, Dana Backman
Brooks/Cole | 2009 | ISBN: 0495562033 | 512 pages | PDF | 61.8 mb

With this newly revised 6th edition of ASTRONOMY: THE SOLAR SYSTEM AND BEYOND, Mike Seeds and Dana Backman's goal is to help students use astronomy to understand science and use science to understand what we are. Fascinating and engaging, this text illustrates the scientific method and guides students to these fundamental questions: "What are we?" and "How do we know?" In discussing the interplay between evidence and hypothesis, The authors provide not just facts, but a conceptual framework for understanding the logic of science. The book vividly conveys their love of astronomy, and illustrates how students can comprehend their place in the universe by grasping a small set of physical laws. Crafting a story about astronomy, The authors show students how to ask questions to gradually puzzle out the beautiful secrets of the physical world. With the use of mathematics set off in boxes, the book's presentation is flexible and allows instructors to teach to differing student levels. This is the only Seeds/Backman text to be written using a traditional planets-first approach. The revision addresses new developments in astrophysics and cosmology, plus the latest discoveries, from Mars' buried water to proto-galaxies at the limits of the observable universe.

CONTENTS
Part 1: The Sky
CHAPTER 1 HERE AND NOW 1
CHAPTER 2 THE SKY 10
CHAPTER 3 CYCLES OF THE SKY 21
CHAPTER 4 THE ORIGIN OF MODERN ASTRONOMY 42
CHAPTER 5 LIGHT AND TELESCOPES 69
CHAPTER 6 ATOMS AND STARLIGHT 94

Part 2: The Solar System
CHAPTER 7 THE SOLAR SYSTEM: AN OVERVIEW 108
CHAPTER 8 THE TERRESTRIAL PLANETS 131
CHAPTER 9 THE JOVIAN PLANETS, PLUTO, AND THE KUIPER BELT 166
CHAPTER 10 METEORITES, ASTEROIDS, AND COMETS 195

Part 3: The Stars
CHAPTER 11 THE SUN 214
CHAPTER 12 THE FAMILY OF STARS 236
CHAPTER 13 THE FORMATION AND STRUCTURE OF STARS 266
CHAPTER 14 THE DEATHS OF STARS 292
CHAPTER 15 NEUTRON STARS AND BLACK HOLES 318

Part 4: The Universe of Galaxies
CHAPTER 16 THE MILKY WAY GALAXY 341
CHAPTER 17 GALAXIES 367
CHAPTER 18 ACTIVE GALAXIES AND SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES 390
CHAPTER 19 MODERN COSMOLOGY 403

Part 5: Life
CHAPTER 20 LIFE ON OTHER WORLDS 428