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Building on a long tradition of effective pedagogy and comprehensive presentation, The Cosmic Perspective: The Solar System, Fifth Edition includes an enhanced art program. This student-friendly text is now even more accessible through robust visual pedagogy via new Cosmic Context two-page illustrations, which walk students through key processes and summarize the major points of each Part, and via updated zoom-in figures which provide students with a sense of orientation, scale, and relation between images. In addition to an enhanced art program, the text also features new See It For Yourself boxes with practical hands-on activities for in-class use or self-study, and a new subset of Process of Science end-of-chapter questions that challenge students to think through how we know what we know about astronomy. Renowned for its up-to-date, expert coverage and strong pedagogical support for student learning, the Fifth Edition retains and builds on all the features and supplements from previous editions that have helped to make it the #1 most adopted astronomy textbook.     The Cosmic Perspective: The Solar System, Fifth Edition, includes the most sophisticated yet easy-to-use astronomy tutorial and assessment system ever built: MasteringAstronomyTM It provides both instructor-assigned homework and a self-study area containing our popular astronomy media that includes Interactive TutorialsTM, Interactive Figures and PhotosTM , quizzes, and more. The Cosmic Lecture Launcher v5.0 CD-ROM includes high resolution JPEGs of all images from the book for improved in-class projection, Interactive Figures and Photos based on figures in the text, PowerPoint® Lecture Outlines, and Clicker Quizzes based on the book and book-specific interactive media, plus a variety of additional instructor resources. This unparalleled media package is designed to help professors and students seamlessly incorporate media into their lectures and at-home study.

Table of Contents:
PART I DEVELOPING PERSPECTIVE   1 Our Place in the Universe   1.1 Our Modern View of the Universe   1.2 The Scale of the Universe   1.3 Spaceship Earth   1.4 The Human Adventure of Astronomy   2 Discovering the Universe for Yourself   2.1 Patterns in the Night Sky   2.2 The Reason for Seasons   2.3 The Moon, Our Constant Companion   2.4 The Ancient Mystery of the Planets   3 The Science of Astronomy   3.1 The Ancient Roots of Science   3.2 Ancient Greek Science   3.3 The Copernican Revolution   3.4 The Nature of Science   3.5 Astrology   S1 Celestial Timekeeping and Navigation   S1.1 Astronomical Time Periods   S1.2 Celestial Coordinates and Motion in the Sky   S1.3 Principles of Celestial Navigation   PART II KEY CONCEPTS FOR ASTRONOMY   4 Making Sense of the Universe: Understanding Motion, Energy, and Gravity   4.1 Describing Motion: Examples from Daily Life   4.2 Newton’s Laws of Motion   4.3 Conservation Laws in Astronomy   4.4 The Universal Law of Gravitation   4.5 Orbits, Tides, and the Acceleration of Gravity   5 Light and Matter: Reading Messages from the Cosmos   5.1 Light in Everyday Life   5.2 Properties of Light   5.3 Properties of Matter   5.4 Learning from Light   5.5 The Doppler Shift   6 Telescopes: Portals of Discovery   6.1 Eyes and Cameras: Everyday Light Sensors   6.2 Telescopes: Giant Eyes   6.3 Telescopes and the Atmosphere   6.4 Telescopes and Technology   PART III LEARNING FROM OTHER WORLDS   7 Our Planetary System   7.1 Studying the Solar System   7.2 Patterns in the Solar System   7.3 Spacecraft Exploration of the Solar System   8 Formation of the Solar System   8.1 The Search for Origins   8.2 The Birth of the Solar System   8.3 The Formation of Planets   8.4 The Aftermath of Planet Formation   8.5 The Age of the Solar System   9 Planetary Geology: Earth and the Other Terrestrial Worlds   9.1 Connecting Planetary Interiors and Surfaces   9.2 Shaping Planetary Surfaces   9.3 Geology of the Moon and Mercury   9.4 Geology of Mars   9.5 Geology of Venus   9.6 The Unique Geology of Earth   10 Planetary Atmospheres: Earth and the Other Terrestrial Worlds   10.1 Atmospheric Basics   10.2 Weather and Climate   10.3 Atmospheres of the Moon and Mercury   10.4 The Atmospheric History of Mars   10.5 The Atmospheric History of Venus   10.6 Earth’s Unique Atmosphere   11 Jovian Planet Systems   11.1 A Different Kind of Planet   11.2 A Wealth of Worlds: Satellites of Ice and Rock   11.3 Jovian Planet Rings   12 Asteroids, Comets, and Dwarf Planets: Their Nature, Orbits, and Impacts   12.1 Asteroids and Meteorites   12.2 Comets   12.3 Pluto: Lone Dog No More   12.4 Cosmic Collisions: Small Bodies Versus the Planets   13 Other Planetary Systems: The New Science of Distant Worlds   13.1 Detecting  Extrasolar Planets   13.2 The Nature of Extrasolar Planets   13.3 The Formation of Other Solar Systems   13.4 Finding More New Worlds   PART V Stellar Alchemy   14 Our Star   14.1 A Closer Look at the Sun   14.2 The Cosmic Crucible   14.3 The Sun-Earth Connection   PART VII LIFE ON EARTH AND BEYOND   24 Life in the Universe   24.1 Life on Earth   24.2 Life in the Solar System   24.3 Life Around other Stars   24.4 The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence   24.5 Interstellar Travel and Its Implications to Civilization


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780321503176
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers Inc
  • Height: 276 mm
  • No of Pages: 340
  • Weight: 1261 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0321503171
  • Publisher Date: 18 Feb 2008
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: The Solar System
  • Width: 216 mm


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