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2 User's Guide to the Sky: Patterns and Cycles |
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2-2 The Sky and Its Motions |
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3 The Origin of Modern Astronomy |
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3-1 Astronomy Before Copernicus |
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3-3 Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler, and Planetary Motion |
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3-5 Isaac Newton, Gravity, and Orbits |
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4-1 Radiation: Information from Space |
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4-3 Observatories on Earth---Optical and Radio |
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4-4 Astronomical Instruments and Techniques |
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4-5 Airborne and Space Observatories |
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5 Sun Light and Sun Atoms |
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5-1 The Sun: Basic Characteristics |
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5-2 The Origin of Sunlight |
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5-4 Light, Matter, and Motion |
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6 The Terrestrial Planets |
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6-1 A Travel Guide to the Terrestrial Planets |
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6-2 Earth: The Active Planet |
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7-1 A Travel Guide to the Outer Solar System |
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7-6 Pluto: Planet No More |
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8 Origin of the Solar System and Extrasolar Planets |
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8-1 Solar System Overview |
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8-2 Space Debris: Asteroids, Comets, and Meteorites |
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8-3 The Origin of the Solar System |
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8-4 The Story of Planet Building |
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8-5 Planets Around Other Stars |
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9-2 Apparent Brightness, Intrinsic Brightness, and Luminosity |
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9-5 Star Masses---Binary Stars |
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10 Structure and Formation of Stars |
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10-2 Nuclear Fusion in the Sun and Stars |
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11-2 Deaths of Low-Mass Stars |
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11-3 The Evolution of Binary Systems |
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11-4 The Deaths of Massive Stars |
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Part 4 THE UNIVERSE OF GALAXIES |
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12-1 Discovery of the Galaxy |
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12-2 Spiral Arms and Star Formation |
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12-3 Origin and History of the Galaxy |
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12-4 The Nucleus of the Galaxy |
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13 Galaxies: Normal and Active |
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13-1 The Family of Galaxies |
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13-2 Measuring the Properties of Galaxies |
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13-3 The Evolution of Galaxies |
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13-4 Active Galaxies and Quasars |
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14-1 Introduction to the Universe |
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14-3 Space and Time, Matter and Energy |
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14-4 Twenty-First-Century Cosmology |
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15-2 Life in the Universe |
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15-3 Intelligent Life in the Universe |
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| Appendix A Units and Astronomical Data |
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| Appendix B Observing the Sky |
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| Appendix C Celestial Profiles |
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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. 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 archaeoastronomy 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 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. He was senior consultant for creation of the 20-episode telecourse accompanying his book Horizons: Exploring the Universe. 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 archaeoastronomy 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 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. He was senior consultant for creation of the 20-episode telecourse accompanying his book Horizons: Exploring the Universe.
