Research Catalog

Title

Introductory astronomy & astrophysics / Michael Zeilik, Stephen A. Gregory.

Author

Zeilik, Michael.

Publication

• Belmont Drive, CA : Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, ©1998.
• Fort Worth : Saunders College Pub., ©1998.

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Details

Additional Authors

Gregory, Stephen A.

Description

1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations; 26 cm.

Summary

This advanced undergraduate text provides broad coverage of astronomy and astrophyscis with a strong emphasis on physics. It has an algebra and trigonometry prerequisite, but calculus is preferred.

Series Statement

Saunders golden sunburst series

Uniform Title

Saunders golden sunburst series

Alternative Title

Introductory astronomy and astrophysics

Subject

• Astronomy
• Astrophysics
• Astronomy
• astronomy
• astrophysics
• 39.00 astronomy: general
• Astrophysik
• Astronomie
• Sterrenkunde
• Astrofysica
• Astronomia
• Astrofisica

Genre/Form

Educational tools (form)

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes index.

Contents

Preface -- Part P. Prelude -- P1. Orbits in the solar system -- P2. Orbits outside of the solar system -- P3. Special relativity -- P4. Particles and forces -- P5. Stars -- P6. Radiation processes -- P7. Cosmology -- Part I. The solar system -- 1. Celestial mechanics and the solar system -- 2. The solar system in perspective -- 3. The dynamics of the earth -- 4. The earth-moon system -- 5. The terrestrial planets: Mercury, Venus, and Mars -- 6. The Jovian planets and Pluto -- 7. Small bodies and the origin of the solar system -- Part II. The stars -- 8. Electromagnetic radiation and matter -- 9. Telescopes and detectors -- 10. The sun: A model star -- 11. Stars: Distances and magnitudes -- 12. Stars: Binary systems -- 13. Stars: The Hertzsprung-Russell diagram -- Part III. The Milky Way Galaxy -- 14. Our galaxy: A preview -- 15. The interstellar medium and star birth -- 16. The evolution of stars -- 17. Star deaths -- 18. Variable and violent stars -- 19. Galactic rotation: Stellar motions -- 20. The evolution of our galaxy -- Part IV. The universe -- 21. Galaxies beyond the Milky Way -- 22. Hubble's law and the distance scale -- 23. Large-scale structure in the universe -- 24. Active galaxies and quasars -- 25. Cosmology: The big bang and beyond -- 26. The new cosmology -- Comet update -- Appendices: -- 1. The Messier catalog -- 2. Constellations -- 3. Solar system data -- 4. Stellar data -- 5. Atomic elements -- 6. Conversion of units -- 7. Constants and units -- 8. The Greek alphabet -- 9. Mathematical operations -- 10. The celestial sphere -- Glossary -- Index.

ISBN

• 0030062284
• 9780030062285

LCCN

97069268

OCLC

• ocm38157539
• 38157539
• SCSB-470979

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library