Nearest Star: The Surprising Science of Our Sun - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781107672642ISBN-10:1107672643UPC:9781107672642Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Physics, Space ScienceBook Topic:Astrophysics, AstronomySize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.70 inchesWeight:1.3514Product ID:SCCVBPZ8TG
Nearest Star: The Surprising Science of Our Sun
How did the Sun evolve, and what will it become? What is the origin of its light and heat? How does solar activity affect the atmospheric conditions that make life on Earth possible? These are the questions at the heart of solar physics, and at the core of this book. The Sun is the only star near enough to study in sufficient detail to provide rigorous tests of our theories and to help us...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781107672642ISBN-10:1107672643UPC:9781107672642Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Physics, Space ScienceBook Topic:Astrophysics, AstronomySize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.70 inchesWeight:1.3514Product ID:SCCVBPZ8TG
Golub, Leon: - Leon Golub is a Senior Astrophysicist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, and has been studying the Sun and solar-type stars since the Skylab missions in 1973-4 and the Einstein Observatory in 1978. He is the head of the Solar-Stellar X-ray Group at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and has been involved in building and flying cutting-edge space...
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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2nd Revised Edition
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