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Description  Understanding Our Universe (1st+2nd Ed) by Stacy Palen and Laura Kay W. W. Norton & Company | November 2011/September 2014 | ISBN-10: 0393936317/0393912108 | True PDF | 560 pages | 26.9/29.3 mb http://www.amazon.com/Unders...nd-Stacy-Palen/dp/0393936317 Students learn astronomy by doing astronomy. Influenced by astronomy education research, the Second Edition continues to lead the way by providing pedagogy and a learning package that facilitates learning by doing better than any other intro astronomy book. About the Authors Stacy Palen is an award-winning professor in the physics department and the director of the Ott Planetarium at Weber State University. Laura Kay is an Ann Whitney Olin professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Barnard College, where she has taught since 1991. Brad Smith is a retired professor of planetary science. He has served as an associate professor of astronomy at New Mexico State University, a professor of planetary sciences and astronomy at the University of Arizona, and as a research astronomer at the University of Hawaii.hy George Blumenthal is chancellor at the University of California–Santa Cruz, where he has been a professor of astronomy and astrophysics since 1972. CONTENTS (2nd Ed) Preface xv AstroTours xxix Nebraska Simulations xxix Visual Analogies xxx Astronomy in Action Videos xxx About the Authors xxxi Part I Introduction to Astronomy CHAPTER 1 Thinking Like an Astronomer 2 CHAPTER 2 Patterns in the Sky—Motions of Earth and the Moon 20 CHAPTER 3 Laws of Motion 46 CHAPTER 4 Light and Telescopes 72 Part II The Solar System CHAPTER 5 The Formation of Stars and Planets 96 Chapter 6 Terrestrial Worlds in the Inner Solar System 126 CHAPTER 7 Atmospheres of Venus, Earth, and Mars 156 CHAPTER 8 The Giant Planets 182 Part III Stars and Stellar Evolution CHAPTER 10 Measuring the Stars 244 CHAPTER 11 Our Star: The Sun 274 CHAPTER 12 Evolution of Low-Mass Stars 302 CHAPTER 13 Evolution of High-Mass Stars 328 Part IV Galaxies, the Universe, and Cosmology CHAPTER 14 Measuring Galaxies 358 CHAPTER 15 Our Galaxy: The Milky Way 388 CHAPTER 16 The Evolution of the Universe 410 CHAPTER 17 Formation of Structure 440 CHAPTER 18 Life in the Universe 460 Appendix 1 Periodic Table of the Elements A-1 Appendix 2 Properties of Planets, Dwarf Planets, and Moons A-2 Appendix 3 Nearest and Brightest Stars A-5 Appendix 4 Star Maps A-8 Glossary G-1 Selected Answers SA-1 Credits C-1 Index I-1 Related Torrents
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