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The stars in their courses

James Jeans

(Cambridge library collection, . Mathematical sciences)

Cambridge University Press, 2009

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"This digitally printed version 2009"--T.p. verso

Reprint. Originally published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1954

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Stars in Their Courses is an introduction, originally published in 1934, to astronomy and the wonders of the universe brought to us by the technology of the telescope. The book is illustrated with a large number of photographs, and was especially written for readers with no previous scientific knowledge.

Table of Contents

  • 1. The vault of heaven
  • 2. A preliminary journey through space and time
  • 3. The sun's family
  • 4. Weighing and measuring the stars
  • 5. The variety of the stars
  • 6. The Milky Way
  • 7. Out in the depths of space
  • 8. The great universe.

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Details

  • NCID
    BB02379571
  • ISBN
    • 9781108005708
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge [England] ; Tokyo
  • Pages/Volumes
    xi, 187 p., [51] p. of plates
  • Size
    22 cm
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