Discovering the universe
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書誌事項
Discovering the universe
W.H. Freeman, c1993
3rd ed
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注記
Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
The third edition has been updated to include the latest information on: the difficulties and successes of the Hubble Space Telescope; the status of AXAF, SIRTIF, Keck and other new observatories; the solar neutrino problem and the growing importance of solar seismology; the Magellan and Galileo missions, including remarkable photographs of Venus and Gaspra; the supernova SN1987A, with a new prediction of its brightening around the year 2000; the existence of black holes, including new observational evidence, plus descriptions of the supermassive-black hole model of the "central engine" in quasars and active galactic nuclei; galactic collisions and mergers, with new the radio maps and super computer simulations of galaxy-galaxy interactions.
目次
Astronomy and the Universe. Discovering the Heavens. Gravitation and the Motions of the Planets. Light, Optics, and Telescopes. The Nature of Light and Matter. Our Solar System. The Major Terrestrial Planets. The Jovian Planets. The Smaller Terrestrial Worlds. Interplanetary Vagabonds. Our Star. The Nature of Stars. The Lives of Stars. The Death of Stars. Black Holes. The Milky Way Galaxy. Galaxies. Quasars and Active Galaxies. Cosmology and the Creation of the Universe. Afterword: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life.
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