Pathways to the universe
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Pathways to the universe
Cambridge University Press, 1988
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Includes index
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内容説明
Professor Sir Francis Graham-Smith, the current Astronomer Royal, and Professor Sir Bernard Lovell are two of the most distinguished and influential astronomers of our time. In Pathways to the Universe they provide an introduction to the subject which starts from basics and extends to the forfront of modern research. Copiously illustrated, with many pictures in full colour, this account reveals the excitement of astronomy for readers from all backgrounds.
目次
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- 1. How we became astronomers
- 2. Finding your way about the stars
- 3. Optical telescopes
- 4. The electromagnetic spectrum
- 5. The dynamics of the solar system
- 6. The Moon
- 7. The Earth
- 8. The planets and their satellites
- 9. Atmospheres and climates of the planets
- 10. Comets
- 11. Meteors, micrometeorites and meteorites
- 12. The Sun
- 13. The birth, life and death of a star
- 14. Binaries and cluster
- 15. Variables and novae
- 16. Supernovae and pulsars
- 17. The Milky Way - our Galaxy
- 18. The galaxies
- 19. Radio galaxies and quasars
- 20. Cosmology
- 21. The origin of life
- Glossary
- Useful addresses
- Picture credits
- Index.
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