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Horizons : exploring the universe / Michael A. Seeds, Dana E. Backman.

By: Seeds, Michael A.
Contributor(s): Backman, Dana E.
Publisher: Belmont, CA : Thomson Brooks/Cole, c2010Edition: 11th ed.Description: xv, 484 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.ISBN: 9780495559733 (pbk.); 0495559733 (pbk.).Subject(s): AstronomyDDC classification: 520
Contents:
Part 1: The sky. - Ch. 1: Here and now. - Ch. 2: The sky. - Ch. 3: Cycles of the sky. - Ch. 4: The origin of modern astronomy. - Ch. 5: Light and telescopes. -- Part 2: The stars. - Ch. 6: Atoms and starlight . - Ch. 7: The sun. - Ch. 8: The family of stars. - Ch. 9: The formation and structure of stars. - Ch. 10: The deaths of stars. - Ch. 11: Neutron stars and black holes. -- Part 3: The universe of galaxies. - Ch. 12: The milky way galaxy. - Ch. 13: Galaxies. - Ch. 14: Active galaxies and supermassive black holes. - Ch. 15: Modern cosmology. -- Part 4: The solar system. - Ch. 16: The origin of the solar system. - Ch. 17: The terrestrial planets. - Ch. 18: The Jovian planets, Pluto and the Kuiper Belt. - Ch. 19: Meteorites, asteroids, and comets. -- Part 5: Life. - Ch. 20: Life on other worlds.
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Floor 4, Shelf Transit , Side 1, TierNo 4, BayNo 4

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Includes index.

Part 1: The sky. - Ch. 1: Here and now. - Ch. 2: The sky. - Ch. 3: Cycles of the sky. - Ch. 4: The origin of modern astronomy. - Ch. 5: Light and telescopes. -- Part 2: The stars. - Ch. 6: Atoms and starlight . - Ch. 7: The sun. - Ch. 8: The family of stars. - Ch. 9: The formation and structure of stars. - Ch. 10: The deaths of stars. - Ch. 11: Neutron stars and black holes. -- Part 3: The universe of galaxies. - Ch. 12: The milky way galaxy. - Ch. 13: Galaxies. - Ch. 14: Active galaxies and supermassive black holes. - Ch. 15: Modern cosmology. -- Part 4: The solar system. - Ch. 16: The origin of the solar system. - Ch. 17: The terrestrial planets. - Ch. 18: The Jovian planets, Pluto and the Kuiper Belt. - Ch. 19: Meteorites, asteroids, and comets. -- Part 5: Life. - Ch. 20: Life on other worlds.

Astronomy & allied sciences