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The Essential Cosmic Perspective Media Update de Megan Donahue

The Essential Cosmic Perspective Media Update: Masteringastronomy

Autor Megan Donahue, Nicholas Schneider, Mark Voit
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 noi 2007
The fourth edition of 'The Essential Cosmic Perspective' has been thoroughly revised to include more quantitative coverage, an enhanced illustration and photo program, and an unparalleled new media package.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780321505682
ISBN-10: 0321505689
Pagini: 550
Dimensiuni: 234 x 273 x 40 mm
Greutate: 2.4 kg
Ediția:Nouă
Editura: Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company
Seria Masteringastronomy

Locul publicării:Boston, United States

Descriere

Built from the ground up on our new understanding of the universe, The Essential Cosmic Perspective, Fourth Edition Media Update retains all of the features that have made this text so popular, and includes updated supplements that enhance the book’s pedagogy to make it the most effective text in the one-semester astronomy market.
 
This edition features optional quantitative reasoning boxes, basic equations throughout the text, new end-of-chapter problems, and a consolidated math appendix for professors who want to emphasize quantitative understanding in their course. Key figures have been annotated to guide student interpretation of difficult concepts. New two-page Cosmic Context illustrations  throughout the text, visually tie together key concepts from across chapters and put them in context, driving home main ideas in a meaningful way.
 
The Essential Cosmic Perspective,Fourth Edition Media Update provides an unprecedented media package.  MasteringAstronomy™, the most easy-to-use, yet sophisticated astronomy tutorial and assessment system ever built, provides both instructor-assigned homework as well as a self-study area with Bennett's popular Interactive Tutorials, Interactive Figures and Photos™, quizzes and more. An updated Essential Cosmic Lecture Launcher CD-ROM includes high resolution JPEGs of all images in the text for improved in-class projection, Interactive Figures and Photos™  based on figures from the book, PowerPoint® Lecture Outlines, and Clicker Quizzes based on the book and book-specific interactive media, plus a variety of additional instructor resources. The Astronomy Media Workbook, Fifth Edition is now updated to correlate with  MasteringAstronomy™ and Voyager: SkyGazer v3.7 planetarium software.
 

Cuprins

Part 1:   Developing Perspective
Chapter 1: Our Place in the Universe
Chapter 2: Discovering the Universe for Yourself
Chapter 3: The Science of Astronomy
 
Part 2: Key Concepts for Astronomy
Chapter 4: Making Sense of the Universe: Understanding Motion, Energy, and Gravity
Chapter 5: Light: The Cosmic Messenger
 
Part 3: Learning from Other Worlds
Chapter 6: Formation of Planetary Systems: Our Solar System and Beyond
Chapter 7: Earth and the Terrestrial Worlds
Chapter 8: Jovian Planet System
Chapter 9: Asteroids, Comets, and Dwarf Planets: Their Nature, Orbits, and Impacts
 
Part 4: Stars
Chapter 10: Our Star
Chapter 11: Surveying the Stars
Chapter 12: Star Stuff
Chapter 13: The Bizarre Stellar Graveyard
 
Part 5: Galaxies and Beyond
Chapter 14: Our Galaxy
Chapter 15: Galaxies and the Foundation of Modern Cosmology
Chapter 16: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Fate of the Universe
Chapter 17: The Beginning of Time
 
Part 6: Life on Earth and Beyond
Chapter 18: Life in the Universe

Caracteristici

  • An Easy-to-use learning program includes:
    • Chapter openers that combine the chapter's table of contents with learning goals.
    • Learning Goals, that in addition to being presented at the beginning of the chapter, are also repeated as subheads within the text; answers to Learning Goal questions appear in the chapter summary.
    • Essential Points that appear in the margin to highlight core ideas related to each learning goal as they appear in the text.
    • Visual chapter summaries that  include answers to the Learning Goal questions as well as illustrations and figures from the text to summarize and unite the most important topics.
  • An Integrated Media Program using icons throughout the text to direct students to the most widely-used library of purpose-built astronomy media on MasteringAstronomy™ include Interactive Tutorials, Interactive Figures and Interactive Photos. Used by over 100,000 students, this media focuses on the concepts with which students commonly struggle.
  • Thorough coverage of new discoveries include the IAU dwarf planet debate and the status of Pluto and Eris, the accelerating universe/cosmological constant, the detection of more planets around other stars, the potential of water flows on Mars, and the latest theories on the very early universe.
  • A cosmic framework establishes a solid foundation of understanding by exploring the key themes of our place in the universe and how astronomers know what they know, and flesh out these themes throughout the text. This approach motivates students to learn, and helps them develop a personal understanding of astronomy and a lasting appreciation of the process of science.
  • Comparative planetology coverage, rather than the planet-by-planet approach, helps give students a deeper understanding of our solar system, our own world, and prospects for life elsewhere in the universe.
  • Annotated art helps students better understand the key concepts presented in a figure or graph and builds visual interpretation skills.
  • Cosmic Context figures combine text and illustrations into accessible and coherent visual summaries that will help improve  students’ understanding of essential topics.
  • Abundant end-of-chapter problems include problems of varying difficulty to accommodate diverse learning levels. Problem types include review, self testing, short answer/essay, quantitative, and discussion questions. They range from simple reinforcement to challenging students to synthesize the chapter content for deeper understanding.
  • More quantitative coverage features:
    • Cosmic Calculations boxes throughout the text that provide optional math coverage in the form of simple numeric equations. Professors can skip or cover this material, depending on the needs of their course.
    • Basic equations that have been added to the text to clarify concepts that require quantitative explanation.
    • A new math appendix that consolidates quantitative coverage in the text and worked examples for easy review.
  • Essential Preparation chapter openers provide a concise review of concepts needed from earlier chapters to  successfully master new material and to remind instructors who use chapters in an alternative order about key prerequisites.

Caracteristici noi

A cohesive, state-of-the art media package includes:
·         MasteringAstronomy™ , the most user-friendly yet sophisticated astronomy tutorial and assessment system ever built. It provides both instructor-assigned homework as well as self-study area with all of the popular Interactive Tutorials, Interactive Figures and Photos™, quizzes and more.
·         An updated Essential Cosmic Lecture Launcher CD-ROM. It  includes high resolution JPEGs of all images from the book for improved in-class projection, Interactive Figures and Photos™  based on figures from the book, PowerPoint® Lecture Outlines, and Clicker Quizzes based on the book and book-specific interactive media, plus a variety of additional instructor resources.
·         Voyager SkyGazer planetarium software CD-ROM., included with the text, combines exceptional planetarium software with informative tutorials, helping students learn more about their place in the universe.
 
Astronomy Media Workbook, Fifth Edition—now revised, expanded and correlated to MasteringAstronomy and the latest version of Voyager: SkyGazer Planetarium software—is provided with The Essential Cosmic Perspective, and includes a wide selection of in-depth activities using resources from MasteringAstronomy, Voyager: SkyGazer, v3.7. These thought-provoking projects are suitable for the lab or as homework assignments.