Welcome to the Universe (eBook)

The Problem Book

Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, J. Richard Gott (Autoren)

eBook Download: PDF

2017
264 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-8899-3 (ISBN)

Infos

An essential companion to the New York Times bestseller Welcome to the UniverseHere is the essential companion to Welcome to the Universe, a New York Times bestseller that was inspired by the enormously popular introductory astronomy course for non science majors that Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott taught together at Princeton. This problem book features more than one hundred problems and exercises used in the original course-ideal for anyone who wants to deepen their understanding of the original material and to learn to think like an astrophysicist.Whether you're a student or teacher, citizen scientist or science enthusiast, your guided tour of the cosmos just got even more hands-on with Welcome to the Universe: The Problem Book.The essential companion book to the acclaimed bestsellerFeatures the problems used in the original introductory astronomy course for non science majors at Princeton UniversityOrganized according to the structure of Welcome to the Universe, empowering readers to explore real astrophysical problems that are conceptually introduced in each chapterProblems are designed to stimulate physical insight into the frontier of astrophysicsProblems develop quantitative skills, yet use math no more advanced than high school algebraProblems are often multipart, building critical thinking and quantitative skills and developing readers' insight into what astrophysicists doIdeal for course use-either in tandem with Welcome to the Universe or as a supplement to courses using standard astronomy textbooks-or self-studyTested in the classroom over numerous semesters for more than a decadePrefaced with a review of relevant concepts and equationsFull solutions and explanations are provided, allowing students and other readers to check their own understanding

Autor

Neil deGrasse Tyson is director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History. He is the author of many books, including Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier, and the host of the Emmy-winning documentary Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey. Michael A. Strauss is professor of astrophysics at Princeton University. J. Richard Gott is professor emeritus of astrophysics at Princeton University. His other books include The Cosmic Web: Mysterious Architecture of the Universe (Princeton).

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.9.2017
• Zusatzinfo: 14 line illus.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Thermodynamik
• Schlagworte: Accelerating expansion of the universe • acceleration • age of the universe • Alpha Centauri • Andromeda Galaxy • Antimatter • Approximation • Astronomer • Astronomy • astrophysics • Atmosphere of Earth • Breakthrough Starshot • brightness • Calculation • Celestial equator • Celestial pole • celestial sphere • Chronology of the universe • Circular Orbit • Copernican Principle • Cosmic Dust • Cosmic Ray • cosmic string • cosmological constant • dwarf planet • earth • Earth mass • Earth's orbit • Electronvolt • Elliptic orbit • exoplanet • Galactic Center • Galaxy rotation curve • gamma-ray burst • General relativity • Gnomonic projection • Gravitational constant • Gravitational Wave • Gravity • Gravity of Earth • Great Circle • Hot Jupiter • Hubble's law • Hubble space telescope • IAU definition of planet • Interstellar Medium • Interstellar probe • Interstellar Travel • Joule • Jupiter • Kepler's laws of planetary motion • Kepler (spacecraft) • light-year • Luminosity • Main sequence • mass–energy equivalence • milky way • Minute and second of arc • Muon • Neptune • Neutrino • neutron star • Newton's law of universal gravitation • observable universe • Orbit • Orbital period • Orbital Resonance • Orbit of Mars • parsec • Perihelion and aphelion • Photon • Planet • planetary habitability • Planetary System • Proper motion • Proxima Centauri • Quantity • quantum mechanics • Quasar • Saturn • schwarzschild radius • Semi-major and semi-minor axes • SIRIUS • Solar Luminosity • Solar mass • spacecraft • Special relativity • Spiral galaxy • Star • supergiant • Supernova • Terrestrial planet • Time Travel • True mass • Universe • Uranus • Wavelength • Welcome to the Universe • White Dwarf • year
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-8899-9 / 1400888999
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-8899-3 / 9781400888993