Unfolding Our Universe by Iain Nicolson
Unfolding Our Universe is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to astronomy, With a clear, crisp text and beautiful color illustrations, it takes readers to the heart of the Universe — explaining the facts, concepts, methods and frontiers of astronomical science. The book can be read right through without referring to any mathematics. For the more ambitious reader, key points are developed in more detail and basic mathematics provided in self-contained boxes.
A unique feature of Unfolding Our Universe is the careful balance it strikes between the fundamentals of the subject and its frontiers. Step by step, it carefully assembles a complete understanding of astronomy. It begins with an overview of the scale and content of the universe. This is followed by chapters dealing with the instruments and techniques of modern astronomy, the effects of the Earth's movement on our view of the heavens, and with orbits of planets and spacecraft. The book then progresses from the local to the remote through chapters on the Earth-Moon system, the planets and minor bodies of the Solar System, the Sun, stars, the gas and dust of interstellar space, the origins of stars and planets, the evolution and fate of stars, the Milky Way, galaxies, active galaxies and quasars, and with the large-scale structure, origin and ultimate fate of the universe, The final chapter introduces wider issues such as the nature, prevalence and place of life in the cosmos.
Cambridge University Press 1999
ISBN: 0 521 59270 4
Condition: Extremely Good, creases on edge of dustcover and minor dents
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Unfolding Our Universe is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to astronomy, With a clear, crisp text and beautiful color illustrations, it takes readers to the heart of the Universe — explaining the facts, concepts, methods and frontiers of astronomical science. The book can be read right through without referring to any mathematics. For the more ambitious reader, key points are developed in more detail and basic mathematics provided in self-contained boxes.
A unique feature of Unfolding Our Universe is the careful balance it strikes between the fundamentals of the subject and its frontiers. Step by step, it carefully assembles a complete understanding of astronomy. It begins with an overview of the scale and content of the universe. This is followed by chapters dealing with the instruments and techniques of modern astronomy, the effects of the Earth's movement on our view of the heavens, and with orbits of planets and spacecraft. The book then progresses from the local to the remote through chapters on the Earth-Moon system, the planets and minor bodies of the Solar System, the Sun, stars, the gas and dust of interstellar space, the origins of stars and planets, the evolution and fate of stars, the Milky Way, galaxies, active galaxies and quasars, and with the large-scale structure, origin and ultimate fate of the universe, The final chapter introduces wider issues such as the nature, prevalence and place of life in the cosmos.
Cambridge University Press 1999
ISBN: 0 521 59270 4
Condition: Extremely Good, creases on edge of dustcover and minor dents
BD
Unfolding Our Universe is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to astronomy, With a clear, crisp text and beautiful color illustrations, it takes readers to the heart of the Universe — explaining the facts, concepts, methods and frontiers of astronomical science. The book can be read right through without referring to any mathematics. For the more ambitious reader, key points are developed in more detail and basic mathematics provided in self-contained boxes.
A unique feature of Unfolding Our Universe is the careful balance it strikes between the fundamentals of the subject and its frontiers. Step by step, it carefully assembles a complete understanding of astronomy. It begins with an overview of the scale and content of the universe. This is followed by chapters dealing with the instruments and techniques of modern astronomy, the effects of the Earth's movement on our view of the heavens, and with orbits of planets and spacecraft. The book then progresses from the local to the remote through chapters on the Earth-Moon system, the planets and minor bodies of the Solar System, the Sun, stars, the gas and dust of interstellar space, the origins of stars and planets, the evolution and fate of stars, the Milky Way, galaxies, active galaxies and quasars, and with the large-scale structure, origin and ultimate fate of the universe, The final chapter introduces wider issues such as the nature, prevalence and place of life in the cosmos.
Cambridge University Press 1999
ISBN: 0 521 59270 4
Condition: Extremely Good, creases on edge of dustcover and minor dents
BD