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  title info:
    title: Welcome to the universe
    sub title: the problem book
  name:
    name part: Tyson, Neil deGrasse
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Strauss, Michael Abram
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Gott, J. Richard
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: Problems and exercises.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nju
    date issued: 2017
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xxv, 235 pages ; 27 cm
  abstract: "Here 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"-- Publisher description.
  note: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, J. Richard Gott.
  subject:
    topic: Cosmology
    genre: Problems, exercises, etc
  subject:
    topic: Stars
    genre: Problems, exercises, etc
  subject:
    topic: Relativity (Physics)
    genre: Problems, exercises, etc
  subject:
    topic: Cosmology
  subject:
    topic: Relativity (Physics)
  subject:
    topic: Stars
  subject:
    topic: Kosmologie
  subject:
    topic: Astronomie
  classification: QB981 .T975 2017
  classification: 523.1076
  identifier: 9780691177809
  identifier: 0691177805
  identifier: 9780691177816
  identifier: 0691177813
  identifier: 2017019526
  record info:
    record content source: OU/DLC
    record creation date: 170428
    record change date: 20180718090211.0
    record identifier: in00004036118
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng