基础宇宙观察The Essential Cosmic Perspective

1970-1  

Oversea Publishing House  

Donahue, Megan; Schneider, Nicholas; Voit, Mark; Bennett, Jeffrey  

488  

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.

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 ……PART II KEY CONCEPTS FOR aSTRONOMYPART III LEARNING FROM OTHER WORLDSPART IV STARSPART V GALAXIES AND BEYONDPART VI LIFE ON EARTH AND BEYONDAPPENDIXESASTRONOMY MEDIA WORKBOOK

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