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Cosmic Perspective Media Update with MasteringAstronomy™, The, 5/E
ISBN-10: 0321551389
ISBN-13: 9780321551382
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Copyright: 2009
Format: Paper Package; 864 pp
Published: 01/06/2009
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Building on a long tradition of effective pedagogy and comprehensive presentation, The Cosmic Perspective Media Update, Fifth Edition includes Voyager: SkyGazer planetarium software, an updated Astronomy Media Workbook on CD-ROM at no extra charge, and an enhanced MasteringAstronomy™ online tutorial and assessment system. This edition’s expanded visual pedagogy features new Cosmic Context two-page illustrations that walk students through key processes and summarize the major concepts in each Part. Zoom-in figures also provide students with a sense of orientation, scale, and relation between images. In addition to its enhanced visuals, the text also features See It For Yourself boxes with practical hands-on activities for in-class use or self-study, and a new set of Process of Science end-of-chapter questions that challenge students to think through how we know what we know about astronomy. Renowned for its up-to-date, expert coverage and strong pedagogical support for student learning, the Media Update Fifth Edition retains and builds on all the features and supplements from previous editions that have helped to make it the most widely adopted astronomy textbook.
Offered with The Cosmic Perspective Media Update, Fifth Edition is an unparalleled media package designed to help professors and students seamlessly incorporate media into lectures and independent study. MasteringAstronomy™, the most sophisticated yet easy-to-use astronomy tutorial and assessment system ever built, provides a library of assignable tutorial problems, a powerful gradebook for instructors, and a robust self-study area that includes quizzes, Interactive Tutorials, new Interactive Figures and Photos™, RSS news feeds that provide up-to-date articles from major astronomy news sources, a content-plus eBook, with enhanced functionality, write-to capability, live links, and more. For additional instructor media resources, The Cosmic Lecture Launcher v5.0 CD-ROM set includes high resolution JPEGs of all images from the book, Interactive Figures and Photos based on figures in the text, PowerPoint® Lecture Outlines, and Clicker Quizzes based on the book and book-specific interactive media, plus a variety of additional instructor resources.
I. DEVELOPING PERSPECTIVE
1. Our Place in the Universe
2. Discovering the Universe for Yourself
3. The Science of Astronomy
S1. Celestial Timekeeping and Navigation
II. KEY CONCEPTS FOR ASTRONOMY
4. Making Sense of the Universe: Understanding Motion, Energy, and Gravity
5. Light and Matter: Reading Messages from the Cosmos
6. Telescopes: Portals of Discovery
III. LEARNING FROM OTHER WORLDS
7. Our Planetary System
8. Formation of the Solar System
9. Planetary Geology: Earth and the Other Terrestrial Worlds
10. Planetary Atmospheres: Earth and the Other Terrestrial Worlds
11. Jovian Planet Systems
12. Asteroids, Comets, and Dwarf Planets: Their Nature, Orbits, and Impacts
13. Other Planetary Systems: The New Science of Distant Worlds
IV. A DEEPER LOOK AT NATURE
S2. Space and Time
S3. Spacetime and Gravity
S4. Building Blocks of the Universe
V. STELLAR ALCHEMY
14. Our Star
15. Surveying the Stars
16. Star Birth
17. Star Stuff
18. The Bizarre Stellar Graveyard
VI. GALAXIES AND BEYOND
19. Our Galaxy
20. Galaxies and the Foundation of Modern Cosmology
21. Galaxy Evolution
22. Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Fate of the Universe
23. The Beginning of Time
VII. LIFE ON EARTH AND BEYOND
24. Life in the Universe


Jeffrey Bennett
Jeffrey Bennett holds a B.A. (1981) in biophysics from the University of California, San Diego, and an M.S. and Ph.D.(1987) in astrophysics from the University of Colorado, Boulder. He has taught at every level from preschool through graduate school, including more than 50 college classes in astronomy, physics, mathematics, and education. He served 2 years as a visiting senior scientist at NASA headquarters, where he created NASA’s “IDEAS” program, started a program to fly teachers aboard NASA’s airborne bservatories (including the hopefully soon-to-be-flying SOFIA), and worked on numerous educational programs
for the Hubble Space Telescope and other space science missions. He also proposed the idea for and helped develop
both the Colorado Scale Model Solar System on the CU-Boulder campus and the VoyageScale Model Solar System on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. (He is pictured here with the model Sun.) In addition to this astronomy textbook, he has written college-level textbooks in astrobiology, mathematics, and statistics; two books for the general public, On the Cosmic Horizon (Pearson Addison-Wesley, 2001) and Beyond UFOs (Princeton University Press, 2008); and an award-winning series of children’s books that includes Max Goes to the Moon, Max Goes toMars, Max Goes to Jupiter (coming soon), and Max’s Ice Age Adventure. When not working, he enjoys participating in masters swimming and in the daily adventures of life with his wife, Lisa; his children, Grant and Brooke; and his dog, Cosmo. His personal Website is www.jeffreybennett.com.
Megan Donahue
Megan Donahue is an associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Michigan State University. Her current research is mainly on clusters of galaxies: their contents–dark matter, hot gas, galaxies, active galactic nuclei–and what they reveal about the contents of the universe and how galaxies form and evolve. She grew up on a farm in Nebraska and received a B.A. in physics from MIT, where she began her research career as an X-ray astronomer. She has a Ph.D. in astrophysics from the University of Colorado, for a thesis on theory and optical observations of intergalactic and intracluster gas. That thesis won the 1993 Trumpler Award from the Astronomical Society for the Pacific for an outstanding astrophysics doctoral dissertation in North America. She continued postdoctoral research in optical and X-ray observations as a Carnegie Fellow at Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena, California, and later as an STScI Institute Fellow at Space Telescope. Megan was a staff astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute until 2003, when she joined the MSU faculty. Megan is married to Mark Voit, and they collaborate on many projects, including this textbook and the raising of their children,Michaela, Sebastian, and Angela. Between the births of Sebastian and Angela, Megan qualified for and ran the Boston Marathon. These days,Megan runs, orienteers, and plays piano and bass guitar whenever her children allow it.
Nicholas Schneider
Nicholas Schneider is an associate professor in the Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences at the University
of Colorado and a researcher in the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics. He received his B.A. in physics and astronomy from Dartmouth College in 1979 and his Ph.D. in planetary science from the University of Arizona in 1988. In 1991, he received the National Science Foundation’s Presidential Young Investigator Award. His research interests include planetary atmospheres and planetary astronomy, with a focus on the odd case of Jupiter’s moon Io. He enjoys teaching at all levels and is active in efforts to improve undergraduate astronomy education. Off the job, he enjoys exploring the outdoors with his family
and figuring out how things work.
Mark Voit
Mark Voit is an associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Michigan State University. He earned his B.A. in astrophysical sciences at Princeton University and his Ph.D. in astrophysics at the University of Colorado in 1990. He continued his studies at the California Institute of Technology, where he was a research fellow in theoretical astrophysics, and then moved on to Johns Hopkins University as a Hubble Fellow. Before going to Michigan State,Mark worked in the Office of Public Outreach
at the Space Telescope, where he developed museum exhibitions about the Hubble Space Telescope and was the scientist behind NASA’s HubbleSite. His research interests range from interstellar processes in our own galaxy to the clustering of galaxies in the early universe. He is married to coauthor Megan Donahue, and they try to play outdoors with their three children whenever possible, enjoying hiking, camping, running, and orienteering.Mark is also author of the popular book Hubble Space Telescope: New Views of the Universe.
MasteringAstronomy Student Access Kit for Bennett, Donahue, Schneider & Voit
Bennett, Donahue, Schneider & Voit
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ISBN-10: 0321582195 |
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MasteringAstronomy™ for The Cosmic Perspective, 5/E
Bennett, Donahue, Schneider & Voit
©2008 | Addison-Wesley | Website | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321506197 |
ISBN-13: 9780321506191
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MasteringAstronomy™ with myeBook for The Cosmic Perspective Media Update, 5/E
Bennett, Donahue, Schneider & Voit
©2009 | Addison-Wesley | Electronic Package | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321581598 |
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Cosmic Perspective Media Update P-Copy, The, 5/E
Bennett, Donahue, Schneider & Voit
©2009 | Addison-Wesley | Paper Package; 761 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321558189 |
ISBN-13: 9780321558183
(IRC Download) Answer Key for Astronomy Media Workbook, 6/E
LoPresto
©2009 | Addison-Wesley | On-line Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321625137 |
ISBN-13: 9780321625137
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Cosmic Lecture Launcher for The Cosmic Perspective, The, 5/E
Bennett, Donahue, Schneider & Voit
©2008 | Addison-Wesley | CD-ROM Only | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321506138 |
ISBN-13: 9780321506139
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Instructor Guide for The Cosmic Perspective, 5/E
Bennett, Donahue, Schneider & Voit
©2008 | Addison-Wesley | Paper; 170 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321506111 |
ISBN-13: 9780321506115
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MasteringAstronomy™ for The Cosmic Perspective, 5/E
Bennett, Donahue, Schneider & Voit
©2008 | Addison-Wesley | Website | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321506197 |
ISBN-13: 9780321506191
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MasteringAstronomy™ with myeBook for The Cosmic Perspective Media Update, 5/E
Bennett, Donahue, Schneider & Voit
©2009 | Addison-Wesley | Electronic Package | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321581598 |
ISBN-13: 9780321581594
TestGen® for The Cosmic Perspective, 5/E
Bennett, Donahue, Schneider & Voit
©2008 | Addison-Wesley | On-line Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321506146 |
ISBN-13: 9780321506146
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Transparency Acetates for The Cosmic Perspective, 5/E
Bennett, Donahue, Schneider & Voit
©2008 | Addison-Wesley | Transparency | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321506154 |
ISBN-13: 9780321506153
Astronomy Media Workbook, 6/E
LoPresto
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ISBN-10: 0321556275 |
ISBN-13: 9780321556271
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MasteringAstronomy Student Access Kit for Bennett, Donahue, Schneider & Voit
Bennett, Donahue, Schneider & Voit
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MasteringAstronomy™ for The Cosmic Perspective, 5/E
Bennett, Donahue, Schneider & Voit
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ISBN-10: 0321506197 |
ISBN-13: 9780321506191
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MasteringAstronomy™ with myeBook for The Cosmic Perspective Media Update, 5/E
Bennett, Donahue, Schneider & Voit
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Clickers in the Astronomy Classroom
Duncan
©2007 | Addison-Wesley | Paper; 96 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0805396160 |
ISBN-13: 9780805396164
Clickers in the Classroom
Duncan
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Cosmos DVD Boxed Set
Sagan
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CourseCompass (5.0) Instructor Quick Start Guide
Addison-Wesley & Benjamin Cummings
©2007 | Addison-Wesley | Paper | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321491874 |
ISBN-13: 9780321491879
CourseCompass Instructor Quick Start Guide (V4.2.1), 4/E
AWBC
©2005 | Addison-Wesley | Paper | Instock
ISBN-10: 032132126X |
ISBN-13: 9780321321268
Edmund Scientific Star and Planet Locator
Edmund Scientific
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ISBN-10: 0131402358 |
ISBN-13: 9780131402355
Interwrite Personal Response System
EduCue, Addison-Wesley & Benjamin Cummings
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MasteringAstronomy Student Access Kit
Addison-Wesley
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Stand-alone Access Code Tutor Center
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MasteringAstronomy™ for The Cosmic Perspective, 5/E
Bennett, Donahue, Schneider & Voit
©2008 | Addison-Wesley | Website | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321506197 |
ISBN-13: 9780321506191
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MasteringAstronomy™ with myeBook for The Cosmic Perspective Media Update, 5/E
Bennett, Donahue, Schneider & Voit
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