Discovering the Universe

Eleventh Edition

Publication Date: February 13, 2019

Paperback ISBN: 9781319248604

Pages: 736

Opening the door for curiosity and discovery in introductory astronomy.

Combining a student-centered approach with the reliability of a familiar and proven text, Discovering The Universe invites students to follow their curiosity and ask questions about astronomy, through features including What If? questions that explore alternative solar systems and...

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1: Discovering the Night Sky

2: Gravitation and the Motion of the Planets

3: Light and Telescopes

4: Atomic Physics and Spectra

5: Exoplanets and the Formation of Planetary Systems

6: Formation of the Solar System

7: Earth and the Moon

8: The Other Terrestrial Planets

9: The Outer Planets

10: Vagabonds of the Solar System

11: The Sun: Our Extraordinary Ordinary Star

12: Characterizing Stars

13: The Lives of Stars from Birth Through Middle Age

14: The Deaths of Stars

15: Black Holes: Matters of Gravity

16: The Milky Way Galaxy

17: Galaxies

18: Quasars and Other

19: Cosmology

20: Astrobiology

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