An Introduction to Basic Astronomy Concepts (with Space Photos): A Visual Tour of Our Solar System and Beyond (in Full Color) - Softcover

McMullen Ph.D., Chris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1478169389 ISBN 13: 9781478169383

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012

Synopsis

This book provides a highly visual introduction to a variety of basic astronomy concepts:

1. Overview of the Solar System
2. Understanding the Lunar Phases
3. Understanding Solar and Lunar Eclipses
4. Understanding the Seasons
5. Evidence that the Earth is Round
6. Models of Our Solar System
7. Laws of Motion in Astronomy
8. Beyond Our Solar System

This book features numerous NASA space photos. (NASA did not participate in the writing or publication of this eBook.) Many diagrams, like the heliocentric and geocentric models or explaining the phases of the moon, were constructed by combining together NASA space photos instead of simply drawing circles.

The content is suitable for a general interest audience, as well as those who may be learning astronomy and are looking for some supplemental instruction that is highly visual and focused on a variety of fundamental concepts.

Teachers who purchase one copy of this book or borrow one copy of this book from a library may reproduce selected pages for the purpose of teaching astronomy concepts to their own students.

About this title

About the Author

The author, Chris McMullen, is a physics and astronomy instructor at Northwestern State University of Louisiana. He earned his Ph.D. in physics at Oklahoma State University in phenomenological high-energy physics (particle physics). His doctoral dissertation was on the collider phenomenology of superstring-inspired large extra dimensions, a field in which he has coauthored several papers.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1478169389
• ISBN 13: 9781478169383
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 186