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Country United States Subject Astronomy Originally published 1993 Page count 516 | 3.8/5 Goodreads Language English Genre Non-fiction, textbook OCLC 226106230 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Original title Ice Volcanoes on a Frozen Moon Cover artist Irene Morris (designer)
Precision Graphics:
Enceladus (large background image): By artist David Seal, NASA.
Pluto: Artist's concept of Kuiper Belt Object 2003
UB313: NASA, ESA, and A. Schaller (for STScI).
Hypernovae: Colliding binary neutron stars: NASA/D. Berry.
First Galaxies: Milky Way: © Myron Jay Dorf/Corbis Similar Michael A Seeds books, Astronomy books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Horizons: Exploring the Universe is an astronomy textbook that was written by Michael A. Seeds and Dana E. Backman. It is in its 13th edition (as of 2013), and is used in some colleges as a guide book for introductory astronomy classes. It covers all major ideas in astronomy, from the apparent magnitude scale, to the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation, to gamma ray bursts.
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Horizons: Exploring the Universe Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA