Arny: Explorations-An Introduction to Astronomy is built on the foundation of its well-known writing style, accuracy, and emphasis on current information. This new edition continues to offer the most complete technology/new media support package available. That technology/new media package includes: 23 Interactives (located on the text ARIS Presentation center); ARIS website (that allows instructors to take their course to the web if they choose); and Starry Night Planetarium Software (packaged free with each new text). Available in Volumes: Volume 1 contains the Solar System (ISBN: 0077234073) / Volume 2 contains the Stars & Galaxies (ISBN: 0077234065).
Product Identifiers
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill
- ISBN-10
- 0077234073
- ISBN-13
- 9780077234072
- eBay Product ID (ePID)
- 63101497
Product Key Features
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Language
- English
Dimensions
- Weight
- 1.8 Oz
- Width
- 8in.
- Height
- 0.6in.
- Length
- 10.6in.
Additional Product Features
- Format
- OTHER / OTHER
- Table of Content
- Chapter 1 History of Astronomy Chapter 2 Gravity & Motion Chapter 3 Light & Atoms Chapter 4 Telescopes Chapter 5 The Earth Chapter 6 - The Moon Chapter 7 Survey of the Solar System Chapter 8 The Terrestrial Planets Chapter 9 The Outer Planets Chapter 10 Meteors, Asteroids, and Comets Chapter 11 The Sun, Our Star Appendices Listing: Powers-of-Ten Notation Some Useful Formulas Solving Distance, Velocity, Time (D, V, t) Problems Table 1 - Physical and Astronomical Constants Table 2 - Conversion Between American and Metric Units Table 3 - Physical Properties of Planets Table 4 - Orbital Properties of Planets Table 5 - Satellites of the Solar System Table 6 - Properties of Dwarf Planets Table 7 - Meteor Showers Table 8 - The constellations Table 9 - The Brightest Stars Table 10 - The Nearest Stars Table 11 - Properties of Main-Sequence Table 12 - Known and Suspected Members of the Local Group of Galaxies Table 13 - The Brighter Galaxies Beyond the Local Group Table 14 - Periodic Table of Elements
- Illustrated
- Yes
- Age Level
- College Audience
- Copyright Date
- 2008
- Author
- Stephen E. Schneider, Thomas T. Arny
- Edition Number
- 5
- Number of Pages
- 594 Pages