The astronomy cafe : 365 questions and answers from "Ask the Astronomer"

著者

• Odenwald, Sten F.

書誌事項

The astronomy cafe : 365 questions and answers from "Ask the Astronomer"

Sten F. Odenwald

W.H. Freeman, c1998

注記

Includes index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Based on the Ask the Astronomer section of the author 's award-winning Web site The Astronomy Cafe, this book presents 365 of the most popular questions asked by real people about all things astronomical.

目次

• The Sun
• the Solar System
• the Planets
• the Earth
• the Moon
• meteors, comets and fireballs
• the stars
• other planetary systems
• black holes, white holes, worm holes
• the Milky Way and other galaxies
• the "Big Bang" and before
• the expanding universe
• special and general relativity
• space physics
• space travel
• strange sightings
• telescopes and star gazing
• Internet resources
• miscelleneous topics
• a career in astronomy
• unusual astronomical tables
• a glossary of 100 annoying terms.

「Nielsen BookData」 より

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA82877608
• ISBN:
  • 0716732785
• LCCN: 98002696
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: New York
• ページ数/冊数: :xii, 252 p., [8] p. of plates
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : QB52
  • DC21 : 520
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Astronomy -- Miscellanea
  • FREE : Sterrenkunde. gtt
  • FREE : Amateurs. gtt