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Solution Manual for The Cosmos Astronomy in the New Millennium, 5th Edition, Jay M. Pasachoff, Alex Filippenko
Table of Contents
Preface
About the authors
1. A grand tour of the heavens
2. Light, matter, and energy: powering the Universe
3. Light and telescopes: extending our senses
4. Observing the stars and planets: clockwork of the Universe
5. Gravitation and motion: the early history of astronomy
6. The terrestrial planets: Earth, Moon, and their relatives
7. The Jovian planets: windswept giants
8. Pluto, comets, and space debris
9. Our Solar System and others
10. Our star: the Sun
11. Stars: distant suns
12. How the stars shine: cosmic furnaces
13. The death of stars: recycling
14. Black holes: the end of space and time
15. The Milky Way: our home in the Universe
16. A universe of galaxies
17. Quasars and active galaxies
18. Cosmology: the birth and life of the cosmos
19. In the beginning
20. Life in the Universe
Epilogue
Appendices
Selected readings
Glossary
Index.
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