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Discovering the cosmos /
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| Format: | Printed Book |
| Language: | English |
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Mill Valley, Calif. :
University Science Books,
c2013.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Comments to the reader
- The naked eye sky
- Early Greek astronomy
- Quantitative Greek astronomy
- The new astronomy
- The Newtonian synthesis
- Tools of the astronomer--physical concepts
- Tools of the astronomer--hardware
- Reading stellar spectra
- The Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
- The structure of stars
- The interstellar medium--birthplace of the stars
- Stellar evolution--the early phases
- The late phases of stellar evolution--degenerate corpses
- Black holes
- The discovery of galaxies
- The universe of galaxies
- Violence in galaxies
- The first cosmological clues
- Models of the universe
- The mysterious universe
- Life elsewhere--are we alone?.