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This text for a one-term course in introductory astronomy or the solar system shows how the sciences of astronomy and geology work together. Students benefit from adundant learning aids - exceptional chapter pedagogy includes objectives, vocabulary lists, summaries, review questions, and additional readings, plus a glossary at the end of the text. Comparative approach to the planets, with chapters on their common properties, teaches students to recognize similarities among the planets. Separate chapter devoted to each planet stresses the degree of familiarity modern science has with individual planets.
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A textbook for a first college-level course on the universe from its beginnings to Voyager 2 and the search for other planetary systems. Chapters explore each planet, the sun, the moon, and comets, asteroids, and meteorites. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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