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OverviewFour hundred years after Kepler discovered his third law of planetary motion, disproving the Pythagorean notion of ‘the music of the spheres’, music was discovered in the Sun. With this discovery the science of helioseismology was born. Just as we can see the face of a foetus in the womb via ultrasound, and as bats can ‘see’ their way around using sonar, helioseismologists can now see inside the depths of the sun simply by listening to it. In The Music of the Sun, renowned helioseismologist William Chaplin tells the story of this discipline’s origins and gives us invaluable insight into its implications – not only for better understanding the distant sun and stars – but for cosmology, particle physics, and the very relationship between the Sun and the Earth. Full Product DetailsAuthor: William J. ChaplinPublisher: Oneworld Publications Imprint: Oneworld Academic Dimensions: Width: 14.10cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 22.50cm Weight: 0.562kg ISBN: 9781851684519ISBN 10: 1851684514 Pages: 300 Publication Date: 29 June 2006 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsForeword xi Acknowledgments xv 1 Introduction 1 2 Our Star, the Sun 11 3 How to Make a Star Ring 33 4 The Story Begins 57 5 Going Global 81 6 Early Successes 111 7 Taking in the Sun's Rays 137 8 From Particle Physics to Cosmology 175 9 In a Spin 206 10 Getting Active - the Solar Cycle 231 11 The Present and Future 273 Index 287Reviews"Douglas Gough - Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge""Chapling unfolds a fascinating story. His account is both readable to the layman and informative for the expert, without ever compromising scientific accuracy.""Robert Noyes - Havard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics""This is a valuable record of the development of one of the most important research areas in astronomy in general, and solar science in particular.""" Douglas Gough - Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge Chapling unfolds a fascinating story. His account is both readable to the layman and informative for the expert, without ever compromising scientific accuracy. Robert Noyes - Havard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics This is a valuable record of the development of one of the most important research areas in astronomy in general, and solar science in particular. Author InformationWilliam J. Chaplin is Lecturer in Astrophysics at the University of Birmingham. He has held research positions throughout Europe and the UK and is the author of over sixty articles and papers. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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