TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pasachoff,Jay M.
AU  - Filippenko,Alexei V.
TI  - The cosmos: astronomy in the new millennium 
SN  - 9781107687561 (pbk.)
AV  - QB43.3 .P37 2014
U1  - 52 PAS  
KW  - Astronomy
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 571-574) and index; A grand tour of the heavens -- Light, matter, and energy: powering the universe -- Light and telescopes: extending our senses -- Observing the stars and planets: clockwork of the universe -- Gravitation and motion: the early history of astronomy -- The terrestrial planets: earth, moon, and their relatives -- The jovian planets: windswept giants -- Pluto, comets, and space debris -- Our solar system and others -- Our star: the sun -- Stars: distant suns -- How the stars shine: cosmic furnaces -- The death of stars: recycling -- Black holes: the end of space and time -- The milky way: our home in the universe -- A universe of galaxies -- Quasars and active galaxies -- Cosmology: the birth and life of the cosmos -- In the beginning -- Life in the universe
ER  -