{"product_id":"ise-pathways-to-astronomy-9781260571424","title":"ISE Pathways to Astronomy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePathways to Astronomy\u003c\/i\u003e breaks down introductory astronomy into its component parts. The huge and fascinating field of astronomy is divided into 86 units. These units are woven together to flow naturally for the person who wants to read the text like a book, but it is also possible to assign them in different orders, or skip certain units altogether. Professors can customize the units to fit their course needs. They can select individual units for exploration in lecture while assigning easier units for self-study, or they can cover all the units in full depth in a content-rich course. With the short length of units, students can easily digest the material covered in an individual unit before moving onto the next unit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I THE COSMIC LANDSCAPE\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eUnit 1 Our Planetary Neighborhood\u003cbr\u003eUnit 2 Beyond the Solar System\u003cbr\u003eUnit 3 Astronomical Numbers\u003cbr\u003eUnit 4 Scientific Foundations of Astronomy\u003cbr\u003eUnit 5 The Night Sky\u003cbr\u003eUnit 6 The Year\u003cbr\u003eUnit 7 The Time of Day\u003cbr\u003eUnit 8 Lunar Cycles\u003cbr\u003eUnit 9 Calendars\u003cbr\u003eUnit 10 Geometry of the Moon, Earth, and Sun\u003cbr\u003eUnit 11 Planets: The Wandering Stars\u003cbr\u003eUnit 12 The Beginnings of Modern Astronomy\u003cbr\u003eUnit 13 Observing the Sky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II PROBING MATTER, LIGHT, AND THEIR INTERACTIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eUnit 14 Astronomical Motion: Inertia, Mass, and Force\u003cbr\u003eUnit 15 Force, Acceleration, and Interaction\u003cbr\u003eUnit 16 The Universal Law of Gravity\u003cbr\u003eUnit 17 Measuring a Body's Mass Using Orbital Motion\u003cbr\u003eUnit 18 Orbital and Escape Velocities\u003cbr\u003eUnit 19 Tides\u003cbr\u003eUnit 20 Conservation Laws\u003cbr\u003eUnit 21 The Dual Nature of Light and Matter\u003cbr\u003eUnit 22 The Electromagnetic Spectrum\u003cbr\u003eUnit 23 Thermal Radiation\u003cbr\u003eUnit 24 Identifying Atoms by Their Spectra\u003cbr\u003eUnit 25 The Doppler Shift\u003cbr\u003eUnit 26 Special Relativity\u003cbr\u003eUnit 27 General Relativity\u003cbr\u003eUnit 28 Detecting Light - An Overview\u003cbr\u003eUnit 29 Collecting Light\u003cbr\u003eUnit 30 Focusing Light\u003cbr\u003eUnit 31 Telescope Resolution\u003cbr\u003eUnit 32 The Earth's Atmosphere and Space Observatories\u003cbr\u003eUnit 33 Amateur Astronomy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III THE SOLAR SYSTEM\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eUnit 34 The Structure of the Solar System\u003cbr\u003eUnit 35 The Origin of the Solar System\u003cbr\u003eUnit 36 Other Planetary Systems\u003cbr\u003eUnit 37 The Earth as a Terrestrial Planet\u003cbr\u003eUnit 38 Earth's Atmosphere and Hydrosphere\u003cbr\u003eUnit 39 Our Moon\u003cbr\u003eUnit 40 Mercury\u003cbr\u003eUnit 41 Venus\u003cbr\u003eUnit 42 Mars\u003cbr\u003eUnit 43 AsteroidsUnit 44 Comparative Planetology\u003cbr\u003eUnit 45 Jupiter and Saturn: Gas Giants\u003cbr\u003eUnit 46 Uranus and Neptune: Ice Giants\u003cbr\u003eUnit 47 Satellite Systems and Rings\u003cbr\u003eUnit 48 Ice Worlds, Pluto, and Beyond\u003cbr\u003eUnit 49 Comets\u003cbr\u003eUnit 50 Impacts on Earth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART IV STARS AND STELLAR EVOLUTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eUnit 51 The Sun, Our Star\u003cbr\u003eUnit 52 The Sun's Source of Power\u003cbr\u003eUnit 53 Solar Activity\u003cbr\u003eUnit 54 Surveying the Stars\u003cbr\u003eUnit 55 The Luminosities of Stars\u003cbr\u003eUnit 56 The Temperatures and Compositions of Stars\u003cbr\u003eUnit 57 The Masses of Orbiting Stars\u003cbr\u003eUnit 58 The Sizes of Stars\u003cbr\u003eUnit 59 The H-R Diagram\u003cbr\u003eUnit 60 Overview of Stellar Evolution\u003cbr\u003eUnit 61 Star Formation\u003cbr\u003eUnit 62 Main-Sequence Stars\u003cbr\u003eUnit 63 Giant Stars\u003cbr\u003eUnit 64 Variable Stars\u003cbr\u003eUnit 65 Mass Loss and Death of Low-Mass Stars\u003cbr\u003eUnit 66 Exploding White Dwarfs\u003cbr\u003eUnit 67 Old Age and Death of Massive Stars\u003cbr\u003eUnit 68 Neutron Stars\u003cbr\u003eUnit 69 Black Holes\u003cbr\u003eUnit 70 Star Clusters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART V GALAXIES AND THE UNIVERSE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnit 71 Discovering the Milky Way\u003cbr\u003eUnit 72 Stars of the Milky Way\u003cbr\u003eUnit 73 Gas and Dust in the Milky Way\u003cbr\u003eUnit 74 Mass and Motions in the Milky Way\u003cbr\u003eUnit 75 A Universe of Galaxies\u003cbr\u003eUnit 76 Types of Galaxies\u003cbr\u003eUnit 77 Galaxy Clustering\u003cbr\u003eUnit 78 Active Galactic Nuclei\u003cbr\u003eUnit 79 Dark Matter\u003cbr\u003eUnit 80 Cosmology\u003cbr\u003eUnit 81 The Edges of the Universe\u003cbr\u003eUnit 82 The Curvature and Expansion of Universes\u003cbr\u003eUnit 83 The Beginnings of the Universe\u003cbr\u003eUnit 84 Dark Energy and the Fate of the Universe\u003cbr\u003eUnit 85 Astrobiology\u003cbr\u003eUnit 86 The Search for Life Elsewhere\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"McGraw-Hill Education","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49083848098135,"sku":"9781260571424","price":56.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781260571424.jpg?v=1725550208","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ise-pathways-to-astronomy-9781260571424","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}