Research Catalog

Title

The cosmos : astronomy in the new millennium / Jay M. Pasachoff, Alex Filippenko.

Author

Pasachoff, Jay M.

Publication

Belmont, Calif. : Thomson-Brooks/Cole, c2007.

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Additional Authors

Filippenko, Alexei V.

Description

1 v. (various pagings) : ill. (some col.), col. maps; 28 cm.

Summary

Emphasises the central theme of origins in this text by singling out specifics in the headings of each chapter, and deals with a variety of relevant material in the text itself. An early discussion of the scientific method stresses an importance on the verification of observations, and sets the stage to focus on astronomy as a science.

Subject

Astronomy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. A7-A9) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

A grand tour of the heavens -- Light, matter, and energy: powering the universe -- Light and telescopes: extending our senses -- Observing the stars and planets: clockwork of the universe -- Gravitation and motion: the early history of astronomy -- The terrestrial planets: Earth, Moon, and their relatives -- The Jovian planets: windswept giants -- Pluto, comets, and space debris -- Our solar system and others -- Our star: the Sun -- Stars: distant suns -- How the stars shine: cosmic furnaces -- The death of stars: recycling -- Black holes: the end of space and time -- The Milky Way: our home in the universe -- A universe of galaxies -- Quasars and active galaxies -- Cosmology: the birth and life of the cosmos -- In the beginning -- Life in the universe.

ISBN

• 049501303X
• 9780495013037

LCCN

^^2005931601

OCLC

• 68226506
• SCSB-10420369

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library