Universe/ Freedman, Roger A.
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TextPublication details: New York: W.H. Freeman and Co, 2008Edition: 8th edDescription: 1 v. (various pagings)ISBN: 9780716785842 (pbk.)DDC classification: 523.1 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Books
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Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 523.1 FRE/U (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P31990 |
Introducing astronomy: Astronomy and the universe; Knowing the heavens; Eclipses and the motion of the moon; Gravitation and the waltz of the planets; Nature of light; Optics and telescopes --
Planets and moons: Comparative planetology I, our solar system; Comparative planetology II, the origin of our solar system; Living Earth; Our barren Moon; Mercury, Venus, and Mars, Earthlike yet unique; Jupiter and Saturn, lords of the planets; Jupiter and Saturn's satellites of fire and ice; Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and the Kuiper Belt, remote worlds; Vagabonds of the solar system --
Stars and stellar evolution: Our star, the sun; Nature of stars; Birth of stars; Stellar evolution, on and after the main sequence; Stellar evolution, the death of stars; Neutron stars; Black holes --
Galaxies and cosmology: Our galaxy; Galaxies; Quasars and active galaxies; Cosmology, the origin and evolution of the universe; Exploring the early universe; Search for extraterrestrial life --
Appendices: Planets, orbital data; Planets, physical data; Satellites of the planets; Nearest stars; Visually brightest stars; Some important astronomical quantities; Some important physical constants; Some useful mathematics --
Glossary.
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