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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... particles , electromagnetic radiation and the speed of light , and the special and general theories of relativity . Major scientific breakthroughs are highlighted in the Chronology , beginning with the invention of the telescope , which ...
... particles now called atoms . His pupil Democritus ( c . 460 - c . 370 BC ) subsequently develops the theory . c . 420 BC Greek philosopher Democritus ( c . 460 - c . 370 BC ) , born in Abdera , Thrace , states that all matter consists ...
... particles . 1705 The English astronomer Edmond Halley ( 1656-1742 ) finds that the retrograde orbit of the comet of 1682 is similar to those of the comets observed in 1607 and 1531 , and notices that the Great Comet of 1456 also ...
... particles , obtaining a deflection of 0.84 seconds of arc for a grazing light ray . The German physicist Albert Einstein ( 1879-1955 ) confirmed this value in 1911 , but he obtained twice this amount in 1915 using his General Theory of ...
... particles suspended in a liquid or a gas . In 1905 the German physicist Albert Einstein ( 1879-1955 ) explained the effect in terms of the random motion of molecules of water , which will knock a sufficiently small particle into ...