Introductory Astronomy & AstrophysicsThis advanced undergraduate text provides broad coverage of astronomy and astrophyscis with a strong emphasis on physics. It has an algebra and trigonometry prerequisite, but calculus is preferred. |
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Contents
Preface Part P Prelude | 1 |
P1 Orbits in the Solar System | 2 |
P13 Vectors | 3 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Introductory Astronomy & Astrophysics Saunders golden sunburst series |
| Authors | Michael Zeilik, Stephen A. Gregory |
| Edition | 4, illustrated |
| Publisher | Saunders College Pub., 1998 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 9 Feb 2010 |
| ISBN | 0030062284, 9780030062285 |
| Length | 672 pages |
| Subjects | › Science / Astronomy |
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