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Author:   David Leverington
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.750kg
ISBN:  

9783540199151

ISBN 10:   3540199152
Pages:   388
Publication Date:   06 November 1995
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1 • The Sun.- Early Work.- The Temperature of the Sun and its Generation of Energy.- The Corona.- Sunspots and the Disturbed Sun.- The Quiet Sun and the Interplanetary Plasma.- The Solar Constant.- The Solar Spectrum.- 2 • The Moon.- Early Work.- The Surface.- The Origin and Subsequent History of the Moon.- 3 • The Origin of the Solar System.- Early Theories.- Collisions and Close Encounters.- Condensing Nebulae Re-examined.- 4 • The Terrestrial Planets.- Mercury.- Venus.- The Earth.- Mars.- 5 • The Gas Giants.- Jupiter.- Saturn.- Uranus.- Neptune.- 6 • Small Bodies of the Solar System.- Pluto.- The Asteroids.- Comets.- Meteorites.- 7 • Stellar Evolution and Stellar Structures.- Early Work.- The Luminosity of Stars.- The Harvard Classification.- Initial Evolutionary Ideas.- Ionisation and the Abundance of Hydrogen in Stellar Atmospheres.- The Surface Temperature of Stars.- The Internal Structure of Stars.- The Source of Energy in Stars.- The MKK and BCD Classification Systems.- Later Evolutionary Ideas.- Stellar Populations.- 8 • Variable and Double Stars.- Early Work.- Short Period Variables.- Long Period Variables.- Irregular Variables.- Flare Stars.- Eclipsing Binaries.- Non-Eclipsing Binaries.- 9 • Young Stars, Old Stars and Stellar Explosions.- Young Stars.- Pulsars.- Novae and Supernovae.- Black Holes.- 10 • The Milky Way.- Early Work.- Dimensions and Structure.- The Interstellar Medium.- Nebulae in the Milky Way.- 11 • Galaxies.- The Nature and Distance of Spiral Nebulae.- Red Shifts.- Quasars.- Dwarf Galaxies.- Galactic Evolution.- 12 • Cosmology.- Early Cosmological Theories.- Revisions to the Hubble Constant.- The Microwave Background Radiation.- The Missing Mass.- 13 • Optical Telescopes and Observatories.- Early Telescopes.- EarlyObservatories.- The Transition to Reflectors.- The Harvard College Observatory.- Mount Wilson.- Palomar Mountain and the 200 inch.- Schmidt Telescopes.- South Africa.- KittPeak.- The Multi-Mirror Telescope.- Mauna Kea.- LaPalma.- The Anglo-Australian Observatory.- The European Southern Observatory.- 14 • Tools and Techniques.- Photography.- Spectroscopy.- Photometry.- Other Tools and Techniques.- 15 • Radio Astronomy.- Early Radio Astronomy.- Radio Telescopes.- 16 • Space Research.- Results from Early Sounding Rockets.- Sputniks and the Formation of NASA.- The Race to the Moon.- Early Solar Plasma Research.- Missions to the Terrestrial Planets.- Pioneers 10 and 11.- Voyagers 1 and 2.- The Halley Intercepts.- Orbital Observatories.- 17 • Modern Astronomy in Context.- 1890–1914.- 1914–1939.- 1939–1970.- 1970 to the Present.- References and Further Reading.- Units.- General Abbreviations Used.- The Greek Alphabet.- Name Index.

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