Astronomy

Astronomy
By:Eric Chaisson,Stephen McMillan
Published on 2006-02-15 by Prentice Hall

This introduction to astronomy features an exceptionally clear writing style, an emphasis on critical thinking and visualization, and a leading-edge technology program-including an accompanying full-featured electronic multimedia version of the book and companion Web site. A dynamic art program includes numerous radio, infrared, ultraviolet, X-ray, and gamma-ray images and transparent full-color overlays. The book presents scientific literacy in the context of astronomy, with the aim of teaching studentsto think critically and analytically about the physical world and the development of science. The text requires a minimum level of simple algebra and trigonometry. It presents an explanation of key physical principles and techniques like Kepler and Newton's laws, spectroscopy and distance measurement (the cosmic distance ladder is used throughout).

This Book was ranked at 4 by Google Books for keyword a field guide to the stars and planets.

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Book which was published by Prentice Hall since 2006-02-15 have ISBNs, ISBN 13 Code is 9780131871656 and ISBN 10 Code is 013187165X

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