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Foundations of Astronomy 12th edition

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Michael A. Seeds and Dana Backman
Publisher: Brooks/Cole

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Table of Contents

  • Chapter 1: Here and Now
    • 1.1: Where Are You?
    • 1.2: When Is Now?
    • 1.3: Why Study Astronomy?
    • Learning to Look
    • Ranking Task Exercise (2)
    • Review Question (8)
    • Review Exercise (14)
    • Problem (10)
    • General Problem (4)
    • Active Figure

  • Chapter 2: A User's Guide to the Sky
    • 2.1: The Stars
    • 2.2: The Sky And Celestial Motion
    • 2.3: The Cycles of the Sun
    • 2.4: Astronomical Influences on Earth's Climate
    • Learning to Look (1)
    • Ranking Task Exercise (2)
    • Review Question (12)
    • Review Exercise (24)
    • Problem (9)
    • General Problem (6)
    • Active Figure (6)

  • Chapter 3: Cycles of the Moon
    • 3.1: The Changeable Moon
    • 3.2: Lunar Eclipses
    • 3.3: Solar Eclipses
    • 3.4: Predicting Eclipses
    • Learning to Look
    • Ranking Task Exercise (2)
    • Review Question (10)
    • Review Exercise (21)
    • Problem (11)
    • General Problem (4)
    • Active Figure (3)

  • Chapter 4: The Origin of Modern Astronomy
    • 4.1: The Roots of Astronomy
    • 4.2: The Copernican Revolution
    • 4.3: Planetary Motion
    • 4.4: Galileo Galilei
    • 4.5: Modern Astronomy
    • Learning to Look
    • Ranking Task Exercise (2)
    • Review Question (11)
    • Review Exercise (23)
    • Problem (7)
    • General Problem (5)
    • Active Figure (3)

  • Chapter 5: Gravity
    • 5.1: Galileo and Newton
    • 5.2: Orbital Motion and Tides
    • 5.3: Einstein and Relativity
    • Learning to Look
    • Ranking Task Exercise (2)
    • Review Question (14)
    • Review Exercise (21)
    • Problem (11)
    • General Problem (5)
    • Active Figure (4)

  • Chapter 6: Light and Telescopes
    • 6.1: Radiation: Information From Space
    • 6.2: Telescopes
    • 6.3: Observatories on Earth: Optical and Radio
    • 6.4: Airborne and Space Observatories
    • 6.5: Astronomical Instruments and Techniques
    • 6.6: Nonelectromagnetic Astronomy
    • Learning to Look
    • Ranking Task Exercise (2)
    • Review Question (13)
    • Review Exercise (24)
    • Problem (10)
    • General Problem (5)
    • Active Figure (2)

  • Chapter 7: Atoms and Spectra
    • 7.1: Atoms
    • 7.2: Interactions of Light and Matter
    • 7.3: Understanding Spectra
    • Learning to Look
    • Ranking Task Exercise (2)
    • Review Question (12)
    • Review Exercise (24)
    • Problem (8)
    • General Problem (4)
    • Active Figure (3)

  • Chapter 8: The Sun
    • 8.1: The Solar Atmosphere
    • 8.2: Solar Activity
    • 8.3: Nuclear Fusion in the Sun
    • Learning to Look
    • Ranking Task Exercise (2)
    • Review Question (16)
    • Review Exercise (24)
    • Problem (10)
    • General Problem (3)
    • Active Figure (2)

  • Chapter 9: The Family of Stars
    • 9.1: Star Distances
    • 9.2: Apparent Brightness, Intrinsic Brightness, and Luminosity
    • 9.3: Stellar Spectra
    • 9.4: Star Sizes
    • 9.5: Star MassesÐBinary Stars
    • 9.6: A Census of the Stars
    • Learning to Look
    • Ranking Task Exercise (3)
    • Review Question (18)
    • Review Exercise (25)
    • Problem (12)
    • General Problem (5)
    • Active Figure (2)

  • Chapter 10: The Interstellar Medium
    • 10.1: Studying the Interstellar Medium
    • 10.2: Components of the Interstellar Medium
    • 10.3: The Gas-Stars-Gas Cycle
    • Learning to Look
    • Ranking Task Exercise (2)
    • Review Question (11)
    • Review Exercise (19)
    • Problem (9)
    • General Problem (3)
    • Active Figure (2)

  • Chapter 11: The Formation and Structure of Stars
    • 11.1: Making Stars From the Interstellar Medium
    • 11.2: The Orion Nebula: Evidence of Star Formation
    • 11.3: Young Stellar Objects and Protostellar Disks
    • 11.4: Stellar Structure
    • 11.5: The Source of Stellar Energy
    • Learning to Look
    • Ranking Task Exercise (2)
    • Review Question (10)
    • Review Exercise (22)
    • Problem (11)
    • General Problem (4)
    • Active Figure (5)

  • Chapter 12: Stellar Evolution
    • 12.1: Main-Sequence Stars
    • 12.2: Post-Main-Sequence Evolution
    • 12.3: Star Clusters: Evidence of Evolution
    • 12.4: Variable Stars: Evidence of Evolution
    • Learning to Look
    • Ranking Task Exercise (2)
    • Review Question (14)
    • Review Exercise (22)
    • Problem (10)
    • General Problem (4)
    • Active Figure (3)

  • Chapter 13: The Deaths of Stars
    • 13.1: Lower-Main-Sequence Stars
    • 13.2: The Evolution of Binary Stars
    • 13.3: The Deaths of Massive Stars
    • Learning to Look
    • Ranking Task Exercise (3)
    • Review Question (14)
    • Review Exercise (23)
    • Problem (9)
    • General Problem (3)
    • Active Figure (3)

  • Chapter 14: Neutron Stars and Black Holes
    • 14.1: Neutron Stars
    • 14.2: Black Holes
    • 14.3: Compact Objects With Disks and Jets
    • Learning to Look
    • Ranking Task Exercise (1)
    • Review Question (16)
    • Review Exercise (24)
    • Problem (9)
    • General Problem (3)
    • Active Figure (3)

  • Chapter 15: The Milky Way Galaxy
    • 15.1: Discovery of the Galaxy
    • 15.2: Structure of the Galaxy
    • 15.3: Spiral Arms and Star Formation
    • 15.4: The Nucleus of the Galaxy
    • 15.5: Origin and History of the Milky Way Galaxy
    • Learning to Look
    • Ranking Task Exercise (2)
    • Review Question (11)
    • Review Exercise (24)
    • Problem (12)
    • General Problem (4)
    • Active Figure (2)

  • Chapter 16: Galaxies
    • 16.1: The Family of Galaxies
    • 16.2: Measuring the Properties of Galaxies
    • 16.3: The Evolution of Galaxies
    • Learning to Look
    • Ranking Task Exercise (2)
    • Review Question (12)
    • Review Exercise (24)
    • Problem (10)
    • General Problem (3)
    • Active Figure (3)

  • Chapter 17: Active Galaxies and Supermassive Black Holes
    • 17.1: Active Galactic Nuclei
    • 17.2: Supermassive Black Holes
    • Learning to Look
    • Ranking Task Exercise (2)
    • Review Question (9)
    • Review Exercise (23)
    • Problem (10)
    • General Problem (2)
    • Active Figure (2)

  • Chapter 18: Modern Cosmology
    • 18.1: Introduction to the Universe
    • 18.2: The Big Bang Theory
    • 18.3: Space and Time; Matter and Energy
    • 18.4: Twenty-First-Century Cosmology
    • Learning to Look
    • Ranking Task Exercise (2)
    • Review Question (12)
    • Review Exercise (25)
    • Problem (7)
    • General Problem (3)
    • Active Figure (4)

  • Chapter 19: The Origin of the Solar System
    • 19.1: The Great Chain of Origins
    • 19.2: A Survey of the Solar System
    • 19.3: The Story of Planet Building
    • 19.4: Planets Orbiting Other Stars
    • Learning to Look
    • Ranking Task Exercise (3)
    • Review Question (18)
    • Review Exercise (25)
    • Problem (9)
    • General Problem (4)
    • Active Figure (4)

  • Chapter 20: Earth: The Standard of Comparative Planetology
    • 20.1: A Travel Guide to the Terrestrial Planets
    • 20.2: Earth as a Planet
    • 20.3: The Solid Earth
    • 20.4: Earth's Atmosphere
    • Learning to Look
    • Ranking Task Exercise (2)
    • Review Question (13)
    • Review Exercise (21)
    • Problem (6)
    • General Problem (4)
    • Active Figure (3)

  • Chapter 21: The Moon and Mercury: Comparing Airless Worlds
    • 21.1: The Moon
    • 21.2: Mercury
    • Learning to Look
    • Ranking Task Exercise (2)
    • Review Question (11)
    • Review Exercise (21)
    • Problem (10)
    • General Problem (2)
    • Active Figure (2)

  • Chapter 22: Venus and Mars
    • 22.1: Venus
    • 22.2: Mars
    • 22.3: The Moons of Mars
    • Learning to Look
    • Ranking Task Exercise (2)
    • Review Question (10)
    • Review Exercise (22)
    • Problem (8)
    • General Problem (2)
    • Active Figure

  • Chapter 23: Jupiter and Saturn
    • 23.1: A Travel Guide to the Outer Solar System
    • 23.2: Jupiter
    • 23.3: Jupiter's Moons and Rings
    • 23.4: Saturn
    • 23.5: Saturn's Moons and Rings
    • Learning to Look
    • Ranking Task Exercise (2)
    • Review Question (12)
    • Review Exercise (23)
    • Problem (8)
    • General Problem (5)
    • Active Figure (4)

  • Chapter 24: Uranus, Neptune, and the Kuiper Belt
    • 24.1: Uranus
    • 24.2: Neptune
    • 24.3: The Kuiper Belt
    • Learning to Look
    • Ranking Task Exercise (2)
    • Review Question (12)
    • Review Exercise (19)
    • Problem (10)
    • General Problem (3)
    • Active Figure (3)

  • Chapter 25: Meteorites, Asteroids, and Comets
    • 25.1: Meteoroids, Meteors, and Meteorites
    • 25.2: Asteroids
    • 25.3: Comets
    • 25.4: Asteroid and Comet Impacts
    • Learning to Look
    • Ranking Task Exercise (2)
    • Review Question (4)
    • Review Exercise (24)
    • Problem (9)
    • General Problem (4)
    • Active Figure (4)

  • Chapter 26: Astrobiology: Life on Other Worlds
    • 26.1: The Nature of Life
    • 26.2: Life in the Universe
    • 26.3: Intelligent Life in the Universe
    • Learning to Look
    • Ranking Task Exercise (2)
    • Review Question (13)
    • Review Exercise (25)
    • Problem (8)
    • General Problem (3)
    • Active Figure (4)

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Chapter 26: Astrobiology: Life on Other Worlds
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