Perspectives on Astronomy: Mars-Scape or Earth-Scape? - Softcover

Seeds, Michael A; Backman, Dana E

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0495113522 ISBN 13: 9780495113522

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc, 2007

Synopsis

Authors Mike Seeds and Dana Backman personalize the history of the universe by placing you at the center of the latest chapter in a grand and amazing story. You will learn how we are the latest link in the "great chain of origins." And, by emphasizing the role of the scientific process, Seeds and Backman will help you also understand how analyzing scientific evidence not only answers the question "How do we know?," but provide deeper insights into our place in the universe as well. Each new copy of the text comes with access to CengageNOW, an online personalized learning system designed to save you time in studying and to help you prepare for exams through a series of diagnostic tests and personalized study plans.

About this title

Review:

1. The Scale of the Cosmos?From Solar System to Galaxy to Universe. 2. User's Guide to the Sky?Patterns and Cycles. 3. Circles Around Earth Become Orbits around the Sun. 4. Astronomical Telescopes and Instruments: Extending Humanity's Vision. 5. Sun Light and Sun Atoms. 6. The Family of Stars. 7. The Structure and Formation of Stars. 8. The Death of Stars. 9. The Milky Way Galaxy. 10. Galaxies. 11. Cosmology in the 21st Century. 12. The Origin of the Solar System. 13. Comparative Planetology of the Terrestrial Planets. 14. Comparative Planetology of the Outer Planets. 15. Life on Other Worlds.

About the Author:

Dana Backman taught in the physics and astronomy department at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, from 1991 until 2003. He invented and taught a course titled “Life in the Universe” in F&M’s interdisciplinary Foundations program. Dana now teaches introductory Solar System astronomy at Santa Clara University and introductory astronomy, astrobiology, and cosmology courses in Stanford University’s Continuing Studies Program. His research interests focus on infrared observations of planet formation, models of debris disks around nearby stars, and evolution of the solar system’s Kuiper belt. Dana is employed by the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, as director of education and public outreach for SOFIA (the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) at NASA’s Ames Research Center. Dana is coauthor with Mike Seeds of Horizons: Exploring the Universe, 14th edition (2018); Universe: Solar Systems, Stars, and Galaxies, 7th edition (2012); Stars and Galaxies, 8th edition (2013); The Solar System, 8th edition (2013); and ASTRO, 2nd edition (2013), all published by Cengage.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0495113522
• ISBN 13: 9780495113522
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384