Total Eclipses of the Sun (eBook)

Expanded Edition

Jack B. Zirker (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2014 | Expanded Edition
244 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-6399-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Eclipses have captured attention and sparked curiosity about the cosmos since the first appearance of humankind. Having been blamed for everything from natural disasters to the fall of kings, they are now invaluable tools for understanding many celestial as well as terrestrial phenomena. This clear, easy-to-understand guide explains what causes total eclipses and how they can be used in experiments to examine everything from the dust between the planets to general relativity. A new chapter has been added on the eclipse of July 11, 1991 (the great Hawaiian eclipse).Originally published in 1995.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.7.2014
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Zusatzinfo: 7 tables 70 figs.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik
• Schlagworte: acceleration • age of the universe • American Geophysical Union • Around the Moon • Astrology • Astronomer • Astronomy • astrophysics • Atmosphere of Earth • Atmospheric physics • Atomic clock • Carbon dioxide • Cardinal point (optics) • chromosphere • classical mechanics • Comet • Comet tail • Corona • Corona Borealis • Coronagraph • Coronal hole • Coronal loop • Coronium • earth • Earth's Magnetic Field • Earth's orbit • Eclipse • ecliptic • Elliptic orbit • European Southern Observatory • Extreme ultraviolet • Faraday effect • Formation and evolution of the Solar System • Gamma ray • Geminids • Geocentric orbit • Geomagnetic storm • Gravity wave • Hargreaves (crater) • Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics • Infrared • International Astronomical Union • Interstellar cloud • Ionization • Ionosphere • Iron sulfide • Kelvin • kinetic theory of gases • Lick Observatory • lunar eclipse • Lunar limb • Lunar phase • Magnetic field • Mass flux • Max Planck • Measurement • meteoroid • meteorology • meteor shower • National Center for Atmospheric Research • Nebula • Neptune • nitrogen • Orbit • Orbital plane (astronomy) • Orbiting Solar Observatory • Paris Observatory • Perihelion and aphelion • Photosphere • physicist • Planetary System • Polarimeter • pyroxene • Quantity • Radio Astronomy • scattering • Silicon • Silicon carbide • Sky brightness • solar cycle • Solar eclipse • Solar observatory • Solar prominence • solar rotation • solar time • spacecraft • Spectrograph • Subatomic particle • SunSPOT • Supersonic Aircraft • Supersonic speed • Temperature • temperature jump • Tests of general relativity • Transit of Mercury • Vaporization • Wavefront • Wavelength • Wolf–Rayet star • zodiacal light
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-6399-6 / 1400863996
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-6399-0 / 9781400863990