The Cosmic Perspective: United States Edition - Softcover

Bennett, Jeffrey O.; Donahue, Megan O.; Schneider, Nicholas; Voit, Mark

 
9780321633668: The Cosmic Perspective: United States Edition
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0321633660 ISBN 13: 9780321633668
Verlag: Pearson, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

Building on a long tradition of effective pedagogy and comprehensive coverage, The Cosmic Perspective, Sixth Edition provides the most engaging and up-to-date introduction to astronomy for non-science majors. The text provides a wealth of features to help enhance student skill building, including new Visual Skills Check end-of-chapter questions that provide an opportunity for students to test their visual interpretation skills, new Cosmic Context Figures that help students synthesize key concepts and processes, and a new comprehensive visual overview of scale to help students explore the scale of time and space. The Sixth Edition has also been fully updated to include the latest astronomical observations, research, and theoretical developments. The text is supported by the most robust package of instructor.

 

Two volumes of this text are also available:

  • The Cosmic Perspective: The Solar System, Sixth Edition (includes Chapters 1-13, 24)
  • The Cosmic Perspective: Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology, Sixth Edition (includes Chapters 1-6,  S2-S4, 14-24)

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Building on a long tradition of effective pedagogy and comprehensive coverage, The Cosmic Perspective, Sixth Edition provides the most engaging and up-to-date introduction to astronomy for non-science majors. The text provides a wealth of features to help enhance student skill building, including new Visual Skills Check end-of-chapter questions that provide an opportunity for students to test their visual interpretation skills, new Cosmic Context Figures that help students synthesize key concepts and processes, and a new comprehensive visual overview of scale to help students explore the scale of time and space. The Sixth Edition has also been fully updated to include the latest astronomical observations, research, and theoretical developments. The text is supported by the most robust package of instructor. Two volumes of this text are also available: The Cosmic Perspective: The Solar System, Sixth Edition (includes Chapters 1-13, 24) The Cosmic Perspective: Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology, Sixth Edition (includes Chapters 1-6, S2-S4, 14-24)

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Verlag
Pearson
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0321633660
ISBN 13 
9780321633668
Einband
Tapa blanda
Auflage
6
Anzahl der Seiten
832
Kontakt zum Hersteller
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Verantwortliche Person
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