The universe
By: edited by Andrew Solway.
Contributors: Solway, Andrew.
Series: Curriculum connections
Publisher: Brown Bear Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Redding, Conn
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781933834764
Subjects: Cosmology -- Textbooks; Astronomy -- Textbooks
Genres: Textbooks
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Scale of the universe; title: History of the big bang; title: The inflationary universe; title: The infant universe; title: Beginnings of structure; title: Formation of galaxies; title: Kinds of galaxies; title: Structure of galaxies; title: The Milky Way; title: Clusters and voids; title: Active galaxies; title: Energy machine; title: Interacting galaxies; title: Stars and galaxies; title: The sun; title: Colors and spectra; title: Giants and dwarfs; title: Binary and multiple stars; title: Birth of a star; title: On the main sequence; title: Post-main sequence; title: Stellar nucleosynthesis; title: Supernovae; title: Neutron stars and pulsars; title: Black holes; title: Open, flat, or closed; title: The accelerating universe; title: Accretion of the planets; title: Large and small planets; title: Planets and their orbits; title: Earth and moon; title: Inner planets; title: Life on Mars?; title: Distant companions; title: Moons of the outer planets; title: Bits and pieces; title: Beyond the fringe; title: Forming cores; title: How atmospheres evolved.