Foundations of Astronomy / Edition 11

by Michael A. Seeds, Dana Backman

Overview

Fascinating, engaging and extremely visual, FOUNDATIONS OF ASTRONOMY, 14th Edition, is renowned for its current coverage, reader-friendly presentation and detailed—yet clear—explanations. The authors' goals are to help you use Astronomy to understand science, and use science to answer two fundamental questions: What are we? And how do we know? Available with WebAssign, the powerful digital solution that enriches the teaching and learning experience. Complete with practice opportunities, a wealth of supplemental resources and immediate feedback, you ll be set up to succeed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781439050354
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	01/01/2010
Series:	Available 2011 Titles Enhanced Web Assign Series
Edition description:	Eleventh Edition
Pages:	654
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 10.90(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Mike Seeds was a professor of physics and astronomy at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, from 1970 until his retirement in 2001. In 1989 he received F&M College s Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching. Mike s love for the history of astronomy led him to create upper-level courses on archeoastronomy and on the Copernican Revolution ( Changing Concepts of the Universe ). His research interests focused on variable stars and automation of astronomical telescopes. Mike is coauthor with Dana Backman of Horizons: Exploring the Universe, 12th edition (2012); Universe: Solar System, 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. He was senior consultant for creation of the 20-episodetelecourse accompanying his book Horizons: Exploring the Universe.


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 interdisciplinaryFoundations 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 sAmes 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.

Table of Contents

Part 1: THE SKY. 1. Here and Now. 2. A User's Guide to the Sky. 3. Moon Phases and Eclipses. 4. Origins of Modern Astronomy. 5. Gravity. 6. Light and Telescopes. Part 2: THE STARS. 7. Atoms and Spectra. 8. The Sun. 9. The Family of Stars. 10. The Interstellar Medium. 11. Formation and Structure of Stars. 12. Stellar Evolution. 13. Deaths of Stars. 14. Neutron Stars and Black Holes. Part 3: GALAXIES AND THE UNIVERSE. 15. The Milky Way Galaxy. 16. Galaxies: Normal and Active. 17. Modern Cosmology. Part 4: THE SOLAR SYSTEM. 18. Origin of the Solar System and Extrasolar Planets. 19. Earth: The Active Planet. 20. The Moon and Mercury. 21. Venus and Mars. 22. Jupiter and Saturn. 23. Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and the Kuiper Belt. 24. Meteorites, Asteroids and Comets. Part 5: LIFE. 25. Astrobiology. Afterword. Appendix A: Scientific Units and Astronomical Data. Appendix B: Star Charts. Glossary.