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Basic Astronomy Labs, Terry L. Smith, Michael D. Reynolds, Jay S. Huebner
Basic Astronomy Labs, Terry L. Smith, Michael D. Reynolds, Jay S. Huebner
Jay S Huebner
Providing the tools and know-how to apply the principles of astronomy first-hand, these 43 laboratory exercises each contain an introduction that clearly shows budding astronomers why the particular topic of that lab is of interest and relevant to astronomy. About one-third of the exercises are devoted solely to observation, and no mathematics is required beyond simple high school algebra and trigonometry.Organizes exercises into six major topics—sky, optics and spectroscopy, celestial mechanics, solar system, stellar properties, and exploration and other topics—providing clear outlines of what is involved in the exercise, its purpose, and what procedures and apparatus are to be used. …
Book Review: Cosmic Dawn: The Search For The First Stars And Galaxies, T. D. Oswalt
Book Review: Cosmic Dawn: The Search For The First Stars And Galaxies, T. D. Oswalt
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This document is Dr. Oswalt’s review of Cosmic Dawn : the Search for the First Stars and Galaxies by George Rhee, springer, 2013. 279p, 9781461478126 $39.99, 9781461478133 $29.99.
Book Review: Heart Of Darkness: Unraveling The Mysteries Of The Invisible Universe, T. D. Oswalt
Book Review: Heart Of Darkness: Unraveling The Mysteries Of The Invisible Universe, T. D. Oswalt
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This document is Dr. Oswalt’s review of Heart of Darkness : Unraveling the Mysteries of the Invisible Universe by Jeremiah P. Ostriker and Simon Mitton Princeton, 2013 299p, 9780691134307 $27.95, 9781400844647 $27.95
Children In God's House: Teaching Cosmology At A Nazarene University, Stephen Case
Children In God's House: Teaching Cosmology At A Nazarene University, Stephen Case
Faculty Scholarship – Geology
This is one of a collection of essays that attempts to articulate the common “center pole” around which Nazarene higher educators stand and the theological and pedagogical commitments that draw them together. It is one of a series of values documents for Nazarene educational institutions and was produced and reviewed by 51 faculty at 16 institutions from six countries. The title of the collection, Telos, comes from the Greek term used in the New Testament to address the perfect end, or destination, for which Christians are designed. This essay sets out how understanding and engaging with contemporary theories regarding the …
Book Review: Finding The Big Bang, T. D. Oswalt
Book Review: Finding The Big Bang, T. D. Oswalt
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This document is Dr. Oswalt’s review of Finding the Big Bang edited by P. James E. Peebles, Lyman A. Page Jr., and R. Bruce Partridge Cambridge, 2009 571p, 9780521519823 $80.00
Book Review: The Road To Galaxy Formation 2nd Ed, T. D. Oswalt
Book Review: The Road To Galaxy Formation 2nd Ed, T. D. Oswalt
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This document is Dr. Oswalt’s review of The road to galaxy formation 2nd ed by William C. Keel. Springer/Praxis, 2007 262p, 9783540725343 $99.00.
Book Review: Your Cosmic Context: An Introduction To Modern Cosmology, T. D. Oswalt
Book Review: Your Cosmic Context: An Introduction To Modern Cosmology, T. D. Oswalt
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This document is Dr. Oswalt’s review of Your Cosmic Context : an Introduction to Modern Cosmology by Todd Duncan and Craig Tyler Pearson Addison-Wesley, 2008 466p, 0132400103 $80.00, 9780132400107 $80.00.
Book Review: The Edge Of Infinity: Supermassive Black Holes In The Universe, T. D. Oswalt
Book Review: The Edge Of Infinity: Supermassive Black Holes In The Universe, T. D. Oswalt
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This document is Dr. Oswalt’s review of The Edge of Infinity : Supermassive Black Holes in the Universe by Fulvio Melia. Cambridge, 2003 148p, 0-521-81405-7 $30.00.
Book Review: The Big Bang: A View From The 21st Century, T. D. Oswalt
Book Review: The Big Bang: A View From The 21st Century, T. D. Oswalt
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This document is Dr. Oswalt’s review of The Big Bang : a View from the 21st Century by David M. Harland. Springer/Praxis, 2003 262p, 1-85233-713-3 $39.95.
Book Review: The Observing Guide To The Messier Marathon: A Handbook And Atlas, T. D. Oswalt
Book Review: The Observing Guide To The Messier Marathon: A Handbook And Atlas, T. D. Oswalt
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This document is Dr. Oswalt’s review of The Observing Guide to the Messier Marathon : a Handbook and Atlas by Don Machholz. Cambridge, 2002 157p, 0-521-80386-1 $25.00.
Book Review: The Birth Of Time: How Astronomers Measured The Age Of The Universe, T. D. Oswalt
Book Review: The Birth Of Time: How Astronomers Measured The Age Of The Universe, T. D. Oswalt
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This document is Dr. Oswalt’s review of The Birth of Time : How Astronomers Measured the Age of the Universe by John Gribbin. Yale, 2000 237p, 0-300-08346-7 $22.50.
Basic Astronomy Labs, Terry L. Smith, Michael D. Reynolds, Jay S. Huebner
Basic Astronomy Labs, Terry L. Smith, Michael D. Reynolds, Jay S. Huebner
Physics Faculty Research and Scholarship
Providing the tools and know-how to apply the principles of astronomy first-hand, these 43 laboratory exercises each contain an introduction that clearly shows budding astronomers why the particular topic of that lab is of interest and relevant to astronomy. About one-third of the exercises are devoted solely to observation, and no mathematics is required beyond simple high school algebra and trigonometry.Organizes exercises into six major topics—sky, optics and spectroscopy, celestial mechanics, solar system, stellar properties, and exploration and other topics—providing clear outlines of what is involved in the exercise, its purpose, and what procedures and apparatus are to be used. …