基础宇宙观察The Essential Cosmic Perspective： Media Update with Astronomyplace website， Skygazer Planetarium Sof
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出 版 社： Oversea Publishing House
出版时间：字数：版次：页数： 488印刷时间：开本： 大16开印次：纸张： 胶版纸I S B N ： 9780805389562包装： 平装内容简介
The Essential Cosmic Perspective, Third Edition Media Update is now more accessible than ever for students in a one-semester astronomy class. The Third Edition Media Update includes all the hallmark and new features from the Third Edition as well as an enhanced media package, including an e-book, a new version of Voyager:SkyGazer planetarium software, additional interactive tutorials and interactive figures on The Astronomy Place website, and is automatically bundled with The Astronomy Media Workbook -- a collection of nearly 75 activities using The Astronomy Place tutorials and Voyager: SkyGazer, an enhanced and expanded version of the highly-acclaimed Cosmic Lecture Launcher in-class CD-ROM. Like the Third Edition, the Third Edition Media Update features a new an effective learning program that uses chapter openers, headers, callouts in the text, and highly-visual chapter summaries to make learning goals more explicit and to tie together important concepts. Key content has been consolidated and streamlined specifically for this one-semester course. The material is linked to everyday life to help students develop an appreciation for the scientific method and to see how physics and astronomy provide foundations for understanding their world.
目录
The Essential COSMIC PERSPECTIVE
PART I DEVELOPING PERSPECTIVE
1 Our Place in the Universe
Learning Goals
1.1 Our Modern View of the Universe
1.2 The Scale of the Universe
1.3 Spaceship Earth
The Big Picture
Summary of Key Concepts
Exercises and Problems
Review Questions
Does It Make Sense?
Problems
Discussion Questions
Math Help and Exercises
Media Explorations
Basic Astronomical Objects, Units, and Motions
COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS: The Meaning of a Light-Year
COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS: Confusing Very Different Things
2 Discovering the Universe for Yourself
Learning Goals
2.1 Patterns in the Night Sky
2.2 The Reason for Seasons
2.3 The Moon, Our Constant Companion
2.4 The Ancient Mystery of the Planets
The Big Picture
Summary of Key Concepts
Exercises and Problems
Review Questions
Does It Make Sense?
Problems
Discussion Questions
Media Explorations
COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS: The Moon Illusion
COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS:What Makes the North Star Special?
SPECIAL TOPIC: HOW long is a day?
COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS: Stars in the Daytime
COMMON M~SCONCEPTmNS: The Cause of Seasons
COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS: High Noon
COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS: Sun Signs
COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS:Moon in the Daytime and Stars on the Moon
COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS: The "Dark Side" of the Moon
3 The Science of Astronomy
Learning Goals
3.1 The Ancient Roots of Science
3.2 Ancient Greek Science
3.3 The Copernican Revolution
3.4 The Nature of Science
The Big Picture
Summary of Key Concepts
Exercises and Problems
Review Questions
Does It Make Sense?
Problems
Discussion Questions
Math Help and Exercises
Media Explorations
COMMON MISCONCEPTmNS: Columbus and A Flat Earth
SPEOAL TOPIC: Eratosthenes Measures Earth
COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS: Eggs on the Equinox
SPEOAL TOPIC: Astrology
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PART II KEY CONCEPTS FOR aSTRONOMY
PART III LEARNING FROM OTHER WORLDS
PART IV STARS
PART V GALAXIES AND BEYOND
PART VI LIFE ON EARTH AND BEYOND
APPENDIXES
ASTRONOMY MEDIA WORKBOOK