![]() Astronomy is primarily an observational rather than an experimental, or laboratory, science. Astronomers are concerned not only with discovering what is "out there" but also with why celestial bodies are as they are and behave as they do, with the forces that govern the behavior of matter and radiation in the cosmos, and with the origin, evolution, future, and ultimate fate of the universe and all that it contains. It deals with individual objects such as planets, moons, stars, and galaxies and with the large-scale structure of the universe as a whole. THE NATURE OF ASTRONOMY Astronomy is the science of the universe. QB43.2.N53 1999 520-dc21Ĭhapter 15 Cosmology: Beginnings and EndingsĪppendix 3 The Brightest and Nearest Stars 265Ĭhapter 7 Wandering Fragments: Minor Members of the Solar SystemĬhapter 8 The Sun: Our Neighborhood Star 117 Chapter 9 Stars: Basic PropertiesĬhapter 10 Nebulas and the Birth of Stars and Planets Chapter 11 Stellar Life Cycles Chapter 12 Collapsing, Exploding, and Interacting Stars Chapter 13 The Milky Way and Other Galaxies Chapter 14 Active Galaxies and Quasars Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication First published 1999 Printed in the United States of America Typefaces Meridien, FrutigerĪ catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Picture credits are on page 283, a continuation of the copyright page. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. ![]() ![]() PUBLISHED BY THE PRESS SYNDICATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge, CB2 2RU, UK http: //40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211, USA http: //10 Stamford Road, Oakleigh, Melbourne 3166, Australia Ruiz de Alarcon 13, 28014 Madrid, Spain © Iain Nicolson 1999 This book is in copyright. Lain Nicolson Original illustrations by Mark McLellan ![]()
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