Every year large numbers of people take up the study of astronomy, mostly at amateur level. There are plenty of elementary books on the market, full of colourful photographs, but lacking in proper explanations of how and why things are as they are. Many people eventually wish to go beyond the 'coffee-table book' stage and study this fascinating subject in greater depth. This book is written for them. In addition, many people sit for public examinations in this subject each year and this book is also intended to be of use to them. All the topics from the GCSE syllabus are covered here, with sample questions at the end of each chapter.
Astronomy
Explained
provides a comprehensive treatment of the subject in more depth than is usually found in elementary works, and will be of interest to both amateur astronomers and students of astronomy.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"Since this book has been on my shelf, I have used it as a first port of call when I needed a concise explanation of a topic. I have yet to have to put it down and use another text." Astronomy Now
Sprache
Verlagsort
Verlagsgruppe
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174
174 s/w Abbildungen
XXII, 330 p. 174 illus.
Dateigröße
ISBN-13
978-1-4471-0901-3 (9781447109013)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4471-0901-3
Schweitzer Klassifikation
1 The Celestial Sphere.- 2 The Earth and Time.- 3 The Telescope.- 4 Modern Developments in Instrumentation.- 5 Gravitation.- 6 The Moon.- 7 The Inferior Planets.- 8 The Planet Mars.- 9 The Planet Jupiter.- 10 The Planet Saturn.- 11 The Twilight Zone of the Solar System.- 12 The Debris of the Solar System.- 13 The Comets.- 14 The Sun.- 15 Electromagnetic Radiation.- 16 The Star.- 17 Gas, Dust, Stars and Variable Stars.- 18 Stellar Evolution.- 19 Brown Dwarfs and Extra-solar Planets.- >20 Violent Stars.- 21 The Galaxies.- 22 Quasars, Active Galaxies and Cosmology.- Glossary of Terms.- Answers to the Numerical 1.1 Questions.
