Astronomy in Depth
Published on 31. October 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
XVIII, 230 pages
978-1-85233-580-9 (ISBN)
Description
Astronomy in Depth is more than just a textbook. It covers pre-university level Astronomy courses (in the UK, the GCSE syllabuses) and provides numerical examples to help students, but is also an ideal introduction for amateur astronomers. Many hobbyists "pick it up as they go along" without ever properly getting to grips with the science; this book is both a prevention and cure - perfect as a starting point, and equally useful to fill in concepts that long-time amateurs have missed.
Reviews / Votes
The numerical work is really quite simple and basic, and should frighten nobody who has a genuine wish to learn a little more than might be gleaned from one of the many coffee-table books covering similar ground.This is a useful book for students, and would also suit the teacher who may touch on astronomical topics during a science course. The style and content will allow the text to be revised in years to come as new discoveries and theories prove to make this necessary, and at a cost that is very appropriate for the target market.
--Gnomon, Newsletter of the Association for Astronomy Education
More details
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Popular/general
Illustrations
194 s/w Abbildungen
XVIII, 230 p. 194 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 210 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
537 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85233-580-9 (9781852335809)
DOI
10.1007/978-0-85729-426-5
Schweitzer Classification
Content
1 Spaceship Earth.- 2 The Language of Starlight.- 3 The Moon.- 4 The Universal Force.- 5 The Inferior Planets.- 6 The Planet Mars.- 7 The Planet Jupiter.- 8 The Planet Saturn.- 9 The Twilight Zone of the Solar System.- 10 The Debris of the Solar System.- 11 The Comets.- 12 The Sun.- 13 The Celestial Sphere and Time.- 14 The Stars.- 15 Gas, Dust, Stars and Variable Stars.- 16 Stellar Evolution.- 17 Brown Dwarfs and Extra-Solar Planets.- 18 Violent Stars.- 19 The Galaxies.- 20 Quasars, Active Galaxies and Cosmology.- Glossary of Terms.