Universe: Stars and Galaxies
Sixth EditionRoger Freedman; Robert Geller; William Kaufmann
©2019ISBN:9781319115098
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Table of Contents
Stars and Galaxies: 1-8, 16-27
The Solar System: 1-16, 27
1 Astronomy and the Universe
2 Knowing the Heavens
3 Eclipses and the Motion of the Moon
4 Gravitation and the Waltz of the Planets
5 The Nature of Light
6 Optics and Telescopes
7 Comparative Planetology I: Our Solar System
8 Comparative Planetology II: The Origin of the Solar System
9 The Living Earth
10 Our Barren Moon
11 Mercury, Venus, and Mars: Earthlike yet Unique
12 Jupiter and Saturn: Lords of the Planets
13 Jupiter and Saturn’s Satellites of Fire and Ice
14 Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and the Kuiper Belt: Remote Worlds
15 Vagabonds of the Solar System
16 Our Star, the Sun
17 The Nature of the Stars
18 The Birth of Stars
19 Stellar Evolution: On and After the Main Sequence
20 Stellar Evolution: The Deaths of Stars
21 Black Holes
22 Our Galaxy
23 Galaxies
24 Quasars and Active Galaxies
25 Cosmology: The Origin and Evolution of the Universe
26 Exploring the Early Universe
27 The Search for Extraterrestrial Life