In quest of the stars and galaxies
By: Theo Koupelis
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Sudbury, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 613
ISBN-13: 9780763766306
Other titles: Stars and galaxies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The quest ahead; title: From an Earth-centered to a sun-centered system; title: Gravity and the rise of modern astronomy; title: Light and the electromagnetic spectrum; title: Telescopes : windows to the universe; title: The sun; title: Measuring the properties of stars; title: Interstellar matter and star formation; title: The lives and deaths of low-mass stars; title: The deaths of massive stars; title: The Milky Way galaxy; title: A diversity of galaxies; title: Cosmology: the nature of the universe; title: The quest for extraterrestrial intelligence.