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Astronomy: A Beginner's Guide to the Universe 5th edition

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Eric Chaisson and Steve McMillan
Publisher: Addison Wesley

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Table of Contents

  • 1: The Copernican Revolution (24)
  • 2: Light and Matter: The Inner Workings of the Cosmos (23)
  • 3: Telescopes: The Tools of Astronomy (27)
  • 4: The Solar System: Interplanetary Matter and the Birth of the Planets (24)
  • 5: Earth and Its Moon: Our Cosmic Backyard (20)
  • 6: The Terrestrial Planets: A Study in Contrasts (29)
  • 7: The Jovian Planets: Giants of the Solar System (25)
  • 8: Moons, Rings, and Pluto: Small Worlds Among Giants (22)
  • 9: The Sun: Our Parent Star (24)
  • 10: Measuring the Stars: Giants, Dwarfs, and the Main Sequence (15)
  • 11: The Interstellar Medium: Star Formation in the Milky Way (25)
  • 12: Stellar Evolution: The Lives and Deaths of Stars (15)
  • 13: Neutron Stars and Black Holes: Strange States of Matter (14)
  • 14: The Milky Way Galaxy: A Grand Design (29)
  • 15: Normal and Active Galaxies: Building blocks of the Universe (19)
  • 16: Hubble's Law and Dark Matter: The Large-Scale Structure of the Cosmos (7)
  • 17: Cosmology: The Big Bang and the Fate of the Universe (15)
  • 18: Life in the Universe: Are We Alone? (14)

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RD
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Chapter 1: The Copernican Revolution
P 9 01 02 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
RD 11 01 03 04 05 06 07 09 10 11 13 15
ST 4 03 04 06 07
Chapter 2: Light and Matter: The Inner Workings of the Cosmos
P 9 01 02 03 04 05 06 08 09 10
RD 13 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13
ST 1 06
Chapter 3: Telescopes: The Tools of Astronomy
P 7 01 03 04 07 08 09 10
RD 14 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 14 15
ST 6 02 03 04 05 06 07
Chapter 4: The Solar System: Interplanetary Matter and the Birth of the Planets
P 7 01 02 03 06 07 08 09
RD 13 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13
ST 4 01 03 04 05
Chapter 5: Earth and Its Moon: Our Cosmic Backyard
P 5 01 02 06 08 10
RD 15 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
Chapter 6: The Terrestrial Planets: A Study in Contrasts
P 8 01 02 03 04 05 07 08 09
RD 14 01 02 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
ST 7 01 02 03 04 05 06 07
Chapter 7: The Jovian Planets: Giants of the Solar System
P 10 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
RD 15 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
Chapter 8: Moons, Rings, and Pluto: Small Worlds Among Giants
P 7 02 05 06 07 08 09 10
RD 15 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
Chapter 9: The Sun: Our Parent Star
P 9 01 02 03 04 05 07 08 09 10
RD 15 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
Chapter 10: Measuring the Stars: Giants, Dwarfs, and the Main Sequence
P 7 02 03 04 06 08 09 10
RD 8 01 03 04 07 09 12 13 15
Chapter 11: The Interstellar Medium: Star Formation in the Milky Way
P 10 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
RD 14 01 02 03 04 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
ST 1 07
Chapter 12: Stellar Evolution: The Lives and Deaths of Stars
P 7 01 02 03 04 06 09 10
RD 8 03 05 06 07 09 10 13 15
Chapter 13: Neutron Stars and Black Holes: Strange States of Matter
P 6 01 02 03 05 07 10
RD 8 03 04 05 06 07 10 12 13
Chapter 14: The Milky Way Galaxy: A Grand Design
P 9 01 02 03 05 06 07 08 09 10
RD 15 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
ST 5 02 03 04 05 07
Chapter 15: Normal and Active Galaxies: Building blocks of the Universe
P 5 01 02 03 07 09
RD 9 03 04 05 09 10 11 12 14 15
ST 5 01 02 03 04 07
Chapter 16: Hubble's Law and Dark Matter: The Large-Scale Structure of the Cosmos
P 2 01 08
RD 4 02 03 10 14
ST 1 08
Chapter 17: Cosmology: The Big Bang and the Fate of the Universe
P 7 01 03 04 05 06 07 09
RD 8 02 04 05 06 08 10 12 14
Chapter 18: Life in the Universe: Are We Alone?
P 6 02 05 07 08 09 10
RD 8 03 04 06 07 10 12 14 15
Total 371  

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