The Clock in the Sun: How We Came to Understand Our Nearest Star - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231202480ISBN-10:231202482UPC:9780231202480Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Space Science, HistoryBook Topic:Stellar & SolarSize:8.60 x 5.70 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SCBT83SNKZ
The Clock in the Sun: How We Came to Understand Our Nearest Star
On the surface of the Sun, spots appear and fade in a predictable cycle, like a great clock in the sky. In medieval Russia, China, and Korea, monks and court astronomers recorded the appearance of these dark shapes, interpreting them as omens of things to come. In Western Europe, by contrast, where a cosmology originating with Aristotle prevailed, the Sun was regarded as part of the unchanging...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231202480ISBN-10:231202482UPC:9780231202480Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Space Science, HistoryBook Topic:Stellar & SolarSize:8.60 x 5.70 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SCBT83SNKZ
Pierre Sokolsky is an experimental particle astrophysicist. He is distinguished professor of physics and astronomy emeritus at the University of Utah, where he was also dean of the College of Science. Sokolsky is a fellow of the American Physical Society, a Guggenheim Foundation Fellow, and a recipient of the American Physical Society's Panofsky Prize in High Energy Physics.
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