Book Detail
Hardcover: 246 pages
Publisher: Facts on File (January 1, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0816052743
ISBN-13: 978-0816052745
File Size : 2 Mb | File Format : PDF
No Description Table of Contents
Chapter 01: The Birth of the Universe
In the Beginning
Georges Edouard Lemaître (1894–1966)
A Cooling Universe
Particle Decay
The Formation of Compound Particles
And Then There Were Atoms
Is the Theory True?
George Gamow (1904–1968)
Where to Next?
Chapter 02: The Chemistry of Interstellar Space
The Composition of the Interstellar Medium
Interstellar Clouds
Robert Julius Trumpler (1886–1956)
Chemistry of the Interstellar Medium
Tools for Studying the Chemical Characteristics of the ISM
Hendrik Christoffel van de Hulst (1918–2000)
Chapter 03: Formation of the Heavy Elements
Stellar Evolution
Classifying Stars
Annie Jump Cannon (1863–1941)
A Star Is Born
Turning Hydrogen into Helium
Helium Burning . . . and Beyond
Bigger Stars = More Elements
Margaret Burbidge (1919– ) and Geoffrey Burbidge (1925– )
Chapter 04: The Inner Planets
Studying the Chemical Composition of a Planet
Mercury
Venus
The Hubble Space Telescope
Mars
Asaph Hall (1829–1907)
Chapter 05: The Outer Planets
Missions to the Outer Planets
Jupiter
S. Alan Stern (1957– )
The Jovian Moons
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
James E. Webb (1906–1992)
Kuiper Belt Objects
Gerard Peter Kuiper (1905–1973)
Chapter 6: Comets, Meteors, Asteroids, and the Moon
Comets
Edmund Halley (1656–1742)
Meteors, Meteoroids, and Meteorites
Asteroids
The Moon
Conclusion
Glossary
Further Reading
Index
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