Foundations of Astronomy 14th edition

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• Chapter 1: Here and Now
  • 1.1: Where Are We?
  • 1.2: When Is Now?
  • 1.3: Why Study Astronomy?
  • 1: Review Questions
  • 1: Problems
  • 1: Optimized Problems
  • 1: Learning to Look
  • 1: General Problems
  • 1: Review Exercises
  • 1: Ranking Task Exercises
  • 1: Animation Tutorial
  • 1: Waypoint
  • 1: Tutorial
  • 1: Extra Problems
  • 1: eBook Reading Questions
  
  
• Chapter 2: A User's Guide to the Sky
  • 2.1: Stars and Constellations
  • 2.2: The Sky And Celestial Motion
  • 2.3: Sun and Planets
  • 2.4: Astronomical Influences on Earth's Climate
  • 2: Review Questions
  • 2: Problems
  • 2: Optimized Problems
  • 2: Learning to Look
  • 2: General Problems
  • 2: Review Exercises
  • 2: Ranking Task Exercises
  • 2: Animation Tutorial
  • 2: Waypoint
  • 2: Tutorial
  • 2: Extra Problems
  • 2: eBook Reading Questions
  
  
• Chapter 3: Moon Phases and Eclipses
  • 3.1: The Changeable Moon
  • 3.2: Lunar Eclipses
  • 3.3: Solar Eclipses
  • 3.4: Predicting Eclipses
  • 3: Review Questions
  • 3: Problems
  • 3: Optimized Problems
  • 3: Learning to Look
  • 3: General Problems
  • 3: Review Exercises
  • 3: Ranking Task Exercises
  • 3: Animation Tutorial
  • 3: Waypoint
  • 3: Tutorial
  • 3: Extra Problems
  • 3: eBook Reading Questions
  
  
• Chapter 4: Origins of Modern Astronomy
  • 4.1: Roots of Astronomy
  • 4.2: The Copernican Revolution
  • 4.3: Tycho, Kepler, and Planetary Motion
  • 4.4: Galileo's Conclusive Evidence
  • 4.5: Ninety-Nine Years That Revolutionized Astronomy
  • 4: Review Questions
  • 4: Problems
  • 4: Optimized Problems
  • 4: Learning to Look
  • 4: General Problems
  • 4: Review Exercises
  • 4: Ranking Task Exercises
  • 4: Animation Tutorial
  • 4: Waypoint
  • 4: Tutorial
  • 4: Extra Problems
  • 4: eBook Reading Questions
  
  
• Chapter 5: Gravity
  • 5.1: Galileo's and Newton's Two New Sciences
  • 5.2: Orbital Motion and Tides
  • 5.3: Einstein and Relativity
  • 5: Review Questions
  • 5: Problems
  • 5: Optimized Problems
  • 5: Learning to Look
  • 5: General Problems
  • 5: Review Exercises
  • 5: Ranking Task Exercises
  • 5: Animation Tutorial
  • 5: Waypoint
  • 5: Tutorial
  • 5: Extra Problems
  • 5: eBook Reading Questions
  
  
• Chapter 6: Light and Telescopes
  • 6.1: Radiation: Information From Space
  • 6.2: Telescopes
  • 6.3: Observatories on Earth: Optical and Radio
  • 6.4: Airborne and Space Observatories
  • 6.5: Astronomical Instruments and Techniques
  • 6.6: Non-Electromagnetic Astronomy
  • 6: Review Questions
  • 6: Problems
  • 6: Optimized Problems
  • 6: Learning to Look
  • 6: General Problems
  • 6: Review Exercises
  • 6: Ranking Task Exercises
  • 6: Animation Tutorial
  • 6: Waypoint
  • 6: Tutorial
  • 6: Extra Problems
  • 6: eBook Reading Questions
  
  
• Chapter 7: Atoms and Spectra
  • 7.1: Atoms
  • 7.2: Interactions of Light and Matter
  • 7.3: Understanding Spectra
  • 7: Review Questions
  • 7: Problems
  • 7: Optimized Problems
  • 7: Learning to Look
  • 7: General Problems
  • 7: Review Exercises
  • 7: Ranking Task Exercises
  • 7: Animation Tutorial
  • 7: Waypoint
  • 7: Tutorial
  • 7: Extra Problems
  • 7: eBook Reading Questions
  
  
• Chapter 8: The Sun
  • 8.1: The Solar Photosphere and Atmosphere
  • 8.2: Solar Activity
  • 8.3: Nuclear Fusion in the Sun
  • 8: Review Questions
  • 8: Problems
  • 8: Optimized Problems
  • 8: Learning to Look
  • 8: General Problems
  • 8: Review Exercises
  • 8: Ranking Task Exercises
  • 8: Animation Tutorial
  • 8: Waypoint
  • 8: Tutorial
  • 8: Extra Problems
  • 8: eBook Reading Questions
  
  
• Chapter 9: The Family of Stars
  • 9.1: Star Distances
  • 9.2: Apparent Brightness, Intrinsic Brightness, and Luminosity
  • 9.3: Stellar Spectra
  • 9.4: Star Sizes
  • 9.5: Star Masses—Binary Stars
  • 9.6: A Census of the Stars
  • 9: Review Questions
  • 9: Problems
  • 9: Optimized Problems
  • 9: Learning to Look
  • 9: General Problems
  • 9: Review Exercises
  • 9: Ranking Task Exercises
  • 9: Animation Tutorial
  • 9: Waypoint
  • 9: Tutorial
  • 9: Extra Problems
  • 9: eBook Reading Questions
  
  
• Chapter 10: The Interstellar Medium
  • 10.1: Studying the Interstellar Medium
  • 10.2: Components of the Interstellar Medium
  • 10.3: The Gas-Stars-Gas Cycle
  • 10: Review Questions
  • 10: Problems
  • 10: Optimized Problems
  • 10: Learning to Look
  • 10: General Problems
  • 10: Review Exercises
  • 10: Ranking Task Exercises
  • 10: Animation Tutorial
  • 10: Waypoint
  • 10: Tutorial
  • 10: Extra Problems
  • 10: eBook Reading Questions
  
  
• Chapter 11: The Formation and Structure of Stars
  • 11.1: Making Stars from the Interstellar Medium
  • 11.2: The Orion Nebula: Evidence of Star Formation
  • 11.3: Young Stellar Objects and Protostellar Disks
  • 11.4: Stellar Structure
  • 11.5: The Source of Stellar Energy
  • 11: Review Questions
  • 11: Problems
  • 11: Optimized Problems
  • 11: Learning to Look
  • 11: General Problems
  • 11: Review Exercises
  • 11: Ranking Task Exercises
  • 11: Animation Tutorial
  • 11: Waypoint
  • 11: Tutorial
  • 11: Extra Problems
  • 11: eBook Reading Questions
  
  
• Chapter 12: Stellar Evolution
  • 12.1: Main-Sequence Stars
  • 12.2: Post-Main-Sequence Evolution
  • 12.3: Star Clusters: Evidence of Stellar Evolution
  • 12.4: Variable Stars: Evidence of Stellar Evolution
  • 12: Review Questions
  • 12: Problems
  • 12: Optimized Problems
  • 12: Learning to Look
  • 12: General Problems
  • 12: Review Exercises
  • 12: Ranking Task Exercises
  • 12: Animation Tutorial
  • 12: Waypoint
  • 12: Tutorial
  • 12: Extra Problems
  • 12: eBook Reading Questions
  
  
• Chapter 13: The Deaths of Stars
  • 13.1: Low-Mass Stars
  • 13.2: The Evolution of Binary Stars
  • 13.3: High-Mass Stars
  • 13.4: Supernova Explosions
  • 13.5: The End of Earth
  • 13: Review Questions
  • 13: Problems
  • 13: Optimized Problems
  • 13: Learning to Look
  • 13: General Problems
  • 13: Review Exercises
  • 13: Ranking Task Exercises
  • 13: Animation Tutorial
  • 13: Waypoint
  • 13: Tutorial
  • 13: Extra Problems
  • 13: eBook Reading Questions
  
  
• Chapter 14: Neutron Stars and Black Holes
  • 14.1: Neutron Stars
  • 14.2: Black Holes
  • 14.3: Compact Objects With Disks and Jets
  • 14: Review Questions
  • 14: Problems
  • 14: Optimized Problems
  • 14: Learning to Look
  • 14: General Problems
  • 14: Review Exercises
  • 14: Ranking Task Exercises
  • 14: Animation Tutorial
  • 14: Waypoint
  • 14: Tutorial
  • 14: Extra Problems
  • 14: eBook Reading Questions
  
  
• Chapter 15: The Milky Way Galaxy
  • 15.1: Discovery of the Galaxy
  • 15.2: Structure of the Galaxy
  • 15.3: Spiral Arms and Star Formation
  • 15.4: The Nucleus of the Galaxy
  • 15.5: Origin and Evolution of the Galaxy
  • 15: Review Questions
  • 15: Problems
  • 15: Optimized Problems
  • 15: Learning to Look
  • 15: General Problems
  • 15: Review Exercises
  • 15: Ranking Task Exercises
  • 15: Animation Tutorial
  • 15: Waypoint
  • 15: Tutorial
  • 15: Extra Problems
  • 15: eBook Reading Questions
  
  
• Chapter 16: Galaxies: Normal and Active
  • 16.1: The Family of Galaxies
  • 16.2: Measuring the Properties of Galaxies
  • 16.3: Evolution of Galaxies
  • 16.4: Active Galactic Nuclei and Quasars
  • 16.5: Disks, Jets, Eruptions, and Galaxy Evolution
  • 16: Review Questions
  • 16: Problems
  • 16: Optimized Problems
  • 16: Learning to Look
  • 16: General Problems
  • 16: Review Exercises
  • 16: Ranking Task Exercises
  • 16: Animation Tutorial
  • 16: Waypoint
  • 16: Tutorial
  • 16: Extra Problems
  • 16: eBook Reading Questions
  
  
• Chapter 17: Modern Cosmology
  • 17.1: Introduction to the Universe
  • 17.2: The Big Bang Theory
  • 17.3: Space and Time, Matter and Energy
  • 17.4: 21st-Century Cosmology
  • 17: Review Questions
  • 17: Problems
  • 17: Optimized Problems
  • 17: Learning to Look
  • 17: General Problems
  • 17: Review Exercises
  • 17: Ranking Task Exercises
  • 17: Animation Tutorial
  • 17: Waypoint
  • 17: Tutorial
  • 17: Extra Problems
  • 17: eBook Reading Questions
  
  
• Chapter 18: Origin of the Solar System and Extrasolar Planets
  • 18.1: A Survey of the Solar System
  • 18.2: The Great Chain of Origins
  • 18.3: Building Planets
  • 18.4: Planets Orbiting Other Stars
  • 18: Review Questions
  • 18: Problems
  • 18: Optimized Problems
  • 18: Learning to Look
  • 18: General Problems
  • 18: Review Exercises
  • 18: Ranking Task Exercises
  • 18: Animation Tutorial
  • 18: Waypoint
  • 18: Tutorial
  • 18: Extra Problems
  • 18: eBook Reading Questions
  
  
• Chapter 19: Earth: The Active Planet
  • 19.1: A Travel Guide to the Terrestrial Planets
  • 19.2: Earth as a Planet
  • 19.3: The Solid Earth
  • 19.4: Earth's Atmosphere
  • 19: Review Questions
  • 19: Problems
  • 19: Optimized Problems
  • 19: Learning to Look
  • 19: General Problems
  • 19: Review Exercises
  • 19: Ranking Task Exercises
  • 19: Animation Tutorial
  • 19: Waypoint
  • 19: Tutorial
  • 19: Extra Problems
  • 19: eBook Reading Questions
  
  
• Chapter 20: The Moon and Mercury: Comparing Airless Worlds
  • 20.1: The Moon
  • 20.2: Mercury
  • 20: Review Questions
  • 20: Problems
  • 20: Optimized Problems
  • 20: Learning to Look
  • 20: General Problems
  • 20: Review Exercises
  • 20: Ranking Task Exercises
  • 20: Animation Tutorial
  • 20: Waypoint
  • 20: Tutorial
  • 20: Extra Problems
  • 20: eBook Reading Questions
  
  
• Chapter 21: Venus and Mars
  • 21.1: Venus
  • 21.2: Mars
  • 21.3: Mars's Moons
  • 21: Review Questions
  • 21: Problems
  • 21: Optimized Problems
  • 21: Learning to Look
  • 21: General Problems
  • 21: Review Exercises
  • 21: Ranking Task Exercises
  • 21: Animation Tutorial
  • 21: Waypoint
  • 21: Tutorial
  • 21: Extra Problems
  • 21: eBook Reading Questions
  
  
• Chapter 22: Jupiter and Saturn
  • 22.1: A Travel Guide to the Outer Solar System
  • 22.2: Jupiter
  • 22.3: Jupiter's Moons and Rings
  • 22.4: Saturn
  • 22.5: Saturn's Moons and Rings
  • 22: Review Questions
  • 22: Problems
  • 22: Optimized Problems
  • 22: Learning to Look
  • 22: General Problems
  • 22: Review Exercises
  • 22: Ranking Task Exercises
  • 22: Animation Tutorial
  • 22: Waypoint
  • 22: Tutorial
  • 22: Extra Problems
  • 22: eBook Reading Questions
  
  
• Chapter 23: Uranus, Neptune, and the Kuiper Belt
  • 23.1: Uranus
  • 23.2: Neptune
  • 23.3: Pluto and the Kuiper Belt
  • 23: Review Questions
  • 23: Problems
  • 23: Optimized Problems
  • 23: Learning to Look
  • 23: General Problems
  • 23: Review Exercises
  • 23: Ranking Task Exercises
  • 23: Animation Tutorial
  • 23: Waypoint
  • 23: Tutorial
  • 23: Extra Problems
  • 23: eBook Reading Questions
  
  
• Chapter 24: Meteorites, Asteroids, and Comets
  • 24.1: Meteorites, Meteors, and Meteoroids
  • 24.2: Asteroids
  • 24.3: Comets
  • 24.4: Asteroid and Comet Impacts
  • 24: Review Questions
  • 24: Problems
  • 24: Optimized Problems
  • 24: Learning to Look
  • 24: General Problems
  • 24: Review Exercises
  • 24: Ranking Task Exercises
  • 24: Animation Tutorial
  • 24: Waypoint
  • 24: Tutorial
  • 24: Extra Problems
  • 24: eBook Reading Questions
  
  
• Chapter 25: Astrobiology: Life on Other Worlds
  • 25.1: The Nature of Life
  • 25.2: Life in the Universe
  • 25.3: Intelligent Life in the Universe
  • 25: Review Questions
  • 25: Problems
  • 25: Optimized Problems
  • 25: Learning to Look
  • 25: General Problems
  • 25: Review Exercises
  • 25: Ranking Task Exercises
  • 25: Animation Tutorial
  • 25: Waypoint
  • 25: Tutorial
  • 25: Extra Problems
  • 25: eBook Reading Questions
  
  
• Chapter VAL: Virtual Astronomy Labs
  • Lab 1: Measurement and Unit Conversion
  • Lab 2: Light and Matter
  • Lab 3: The Doppler Effect
  • Lab 4: The Solar Wind and Cosmic Rays
  • Lab 5: Planetary Geology
  • Lab 6: Tides and Tidal Forces
  • Lab 7: Planetary Atmospheres
  • Lab 8: Extrasolar Planets
  • Lab 9: Kepler's Laws
  • Lab 10: Helioseismology
  • Lab 11: Stars, Star Clusters, and the HR Diagram
  • Lab 12: Binary Stars
  • Lab 13: Stellar Explosions, Novae, and Supernovae
  • Lab 14: Neutron Stars and Pulsars
  • Lab 15: Asteroids and Kuiper Belt Objects
  • Lab 16: Astronomical Distance Scales
  • Lab 17: Evidence for Dark Matter
  • Lab 18: The Hubble Law
  • Lab 19: The Fate of the Universe
  • Lab 20: Stellarium Labs