Astronomy - Kaler, James B. (Reading, Mass. Addison-Wesley, 1997)
Table of Contents: Tables. Preface. Student Preface. -- Part I. Classical Astronomy: 1. From Earth to Universe -- 2. The Earth and the Sky -- 3. The Earth and the Sun -- 4. The Face of the Sky -- 5. The Earth and the Moon -- 6. The Planets -- Part II. Physical Astronomy: 7. Newton, Einstein, and Gravity -- 8. Atoms and Light -- 9. The Tools of Astronomy -- Part III. Planetary Astronomy: 10. The Earth -- 11. The Moon -- 12. Hot Worlds -- 13. Intriguing Mars -- 14. Magnificent Jupiter -- 15. Beautiful Saturn -- 16. Outer Worlds -- 17. Planetary Creation and Its Debris -- Part IV. Stellar Astronomy: 18. The Sun -- 19. The Stars -- 20. Stellar Groupings: Doubles, Multiples, and Clusters -- 21. Unstable Stars -- Part V. Birth and Death in the Galaxy: 22. The Interstellar Medium -- 23. Star Formation -- 24. The Life and Death of Stars -- 25. Catastrophic Evolution -- 26. The Galaxy -- Part VI. Galaxies and the Universe: 27. Galaxies -- 28. The Expansion and Construction of the Universe -- 29. Active Galaxies and Quasars -- 30. The Universe. -- Appendix 1. Star Maps. Appendix 2. The Messier Catalogue. Bibliography. Glossary. Acknowledgments. Index.
Includes index.
Keywords: Astronomy