Becoming a Master StudentBecoming a Master Student continues to lead the way in meeting the changing needs of today's first-year students. Through interactive journaling, a motivational writing style, and hands-on activities that students can apply right away, this text helps students succeed in college and in life. The Eleventh Edition's clean, sophisticated interior design appeals to both traditional students and adult learners.
Eyewitness Universe is DK's classic look at black holes, galaxies, and other amazing features of the universe.
Discusses the history of astronomy, including the discovery of the planets, sun, stars,and distant galaxies, and details human exploration of the universe.
The Science Quest: Using Inquiry/Discovery to Enhance Student Learning
The Science Quest introduces the Inquiry/Discovery instructional framework, an innovative method for captivating students' interest in science, for building their skills in scientific thinking, and for dramatically enriching their understanding of scientific content and concepts. For teachers curious about how to implement "inquiry" learning as called for in the National Science Education Standards, this book provides detailed and practical guidance.
Planets in Binary Star SystemsThe discovery of extrasolar planets over the past decade has had major impacts on our understanding of the formation and dynamical evolution of planetary systems. There are features and characteristics unseen in our solar system and unexplainable by the current theories of planet formation and dynamics. Among these new surprises is the discovery of planets in binary and multiple-star systems. The discovery of such "binary-planetary" systems has confronted astrodynamicists with many new challenges
As the 19th century drew to a close, the age-old quest to understand the physical world appeared to be complete except for a few minor details. "It seems probable that most of the grand underlying principles have been firmly established," said Albert Michelson, the first American scientist to win a Nobel Prize. But when Michelson made that prediction, he never dreamed that one of the "details"would soon be explained by a revolutionary theory that redefined the very concepts of space, time, matter, and energy.
