A Companion to Astronomy and Astrophysics: Chronology and Glossary with Data TablesSpringer Science & Business Media, 15. 1. 2007 - Počet stran: 376 Astronomy and Astrophysics is a comprehensive, fundamental, up-to-date reference book. It is filled with vital information and basic facts for amateur astronomers and professional astrophysicists, and for anyone interested in the Universe, from the Earth and other planets to the stars, galaxies and beyond. Although serious and thorough, the language, and ideas will attract the general reader, as well as students and professionals. Astronomy and Astrophysics consists of two main parts, a Timeline and a Dictionary. The Timeline is a concise history, arranged chronologically, which provides the complete story of cosmic discovery from early Chinese and Greek astronomy to the latest findings of modern astrophysics and robotic spacecraft. It provides a sense of destination and flow in our growing awareness of the Universe. Each entry in the unfolding narrative is written in a concise, light and friendly style that will be appreciated by all, without being weighted down with incomprehensible specialized terms. The story of science is one of individuals, as well as discoveries and ideas. So our Timeline includes the people who have made major scientific contributions that are related to astronomy, and astrophysics. The Dictionary defines all terms and acronyms that deal with our celestial science, from important concepts to individual objects and space missions. It is arranged alphabetically and complemented by numerous tables of fundamental data for bright cosmic objects, including the celestial coordinates required to observe them. Line drawings are also used to forcefully compact a scientific insight, with clear labels and captions. An exceptionally thorough Index cross-references concepts, discoveries and individuals in both the Timeline and Dictionary. The combined result is a unique, comprehensive, stand-alone reference volume in which the reader can quickly locate information, while also discovering new and unexpected knowledge. Astronomy and Astrophysics is therefore an indispensable book for any library and all persons interested in astronomy and astrophysics, as well as the related fields of cosmology, geology and physics.
Kenneth R. Lang is known for his famous, widely used reference books Astrophysical Formulae I, II, published in their third edition in 1995 by Springer-Verlag. He is also a writer of prize-winning science books that have a broad readership, including amateurs, experts and the educated layperson. Some of these popular books, which include Sun, Earth and Sky, Wanderers in Space, the Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Sun and the Cambridge Guide to the Solar System, have been translated into seven languages. |
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... Earth . He also supposed that concentric , transparent , crystalline spheres carry the Sun , Moon , planets and stars in perfect circles , rotating at constant speed around the centrally placed , unmoving Earth . As quoted by Aristotle ...
... Earth is spherical , since it always casts a circular shadow on the Moon during lunar eclipses . Parmenides ( c . 515 - c . 450 BC ) , of Elea in southern Italy , is said to have been the first Greek philosopher known to have asserted ...
... Earth to the Sun , and supposes that the Earth and other planets travel in circular orbits around the stationary Sun. He fur- ther stated that the fixed stars do not move , and that their apparent daily motion is due to the Earth's ...
... Earth - like worlds in an infinite Universe . c . 100 The Greek writer Plutarch ( c . 45 - c . 125 ) compares the Moon's face to the Earth's sur- face , and advocates the plurality of worlds . 150 Egyptian astronomer Ptolemy ( c . 87 ...
... Earth cannot be at the center of an unbounded Universe , suggests that the Earth moves around the Sun , and proposes that the stars are other Suns with inhabited planets . 1492 The Genoese navigator Christopher Columbus ( 1451-1506 ) ...