The Cosmos by PASACHOFF

PASACHOFF . Unknown Year . English

The fifth edition of the cosmos: astronomy in the new millennium provides you with the fundamentals of Astronomical knowledge that have been built up over decades, with an expanded discussion of the incredible advances that are now taking place in this fast-paced field, such as new Horizons' Flyby of Pluto, exoplanets, 'dark matter', and the direct detection of gravitational waves by the laser interferometer gravitational-wave observatory (ligo). written in a clear and easily understandable style, this textbook has been thoroughly revised to include updated data and figures, new Images from recent space missions and telescopes, the latest discoveries on supernovae, and new observations of the region around the four-million-solar-mass black hole at the center of our milky way galaxy. A rich array of teaching and learning Resources is available at HTTP://Thecosmos5.Com. The website is regularly updated to include the latest discoveries and photographs in the field.

Categories: Astronomy & Space

About the Author

Michael A. Seeds has been Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, since 1970. In 1989, he received F&M College's Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching. Seeds's love for the history of astronomy led him to create upper-level courses on Archaeoastronomy and Changing Concepts of the Universe. His research interests focus on variable stars and the automation of astronomical telescopes. Mike is coauthor with Dana Backman of HORIZONS: EXPLORING THE UNIVERSE, Eleventh Edition (2009); ASTRONOMY: THE SOLAR SYSTEM AND BEYOND, Sixth Edition (2009); and PERSPECTIVES OF ASTRONOMY (2008), all published by Cengage. He was Senior Consultant in the creation of the twenty-six-episode telecourse accompanying the book HORIZONS: EXPLORING THE UNIVERSE.

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