Gerald North

Astronomy in Depth (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer London
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857294265
• Artikelnr.: 44007644

Autorenporträt

Gerald North ist ein erfahrener Mond- und Planetenbeobachter, der - über seine Buchveröffentlichung hinaus - seit über 20 Jahren regelmäßig im Journal der British Astronomical Society schreibt.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures.- Spaceship Earth.- The Language of Starlight.- The Moon.- The Universal Force.- The Inferior Planets.- The Planet Mars.- The Planet Jupiter.- The Planet Saturn.- The Twilight Zone of the Solar System.- The Debris of the Solar System.- The Comets.- The Sun.- The Celestial Sphere and Time.- The Stars.- Gas, Dust, Stars and Variable Stars.- Stellar Evolution.- Brown Dwarfs and Extra-solar Planets.- Violent Stars.- The Galaxies.- Quasars, Active Galaxies and Cosmology.- Glossary of Terms.- Answers to the Numerical Questions.- Index.

Rezensionen

"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