The Astronomical Scrapbook

Skywatchers, Pioneers and Seekers in Astronomy

Joseph Ashbrook (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

484 Seiten

2009
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-10604-7 (ISBN)

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This collection of 83 articles on the history of astronomy is the harvest of a quarter of a century spent in seeking out intriguing, unusual and half-forgotten events. Joe Ashbrook wrote a column regularly for the monthly magazine Sky and Telescope. Professor Owen Gingerich, of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, has helped in the selection of the very best of these timeless vignettes, and he has contributed a foreword to the collection. Each article has been edited, and in some cases modified, to take account of any subsequent discoveries. Articles are grouped into themes covering biography, telescopes, the solar systems, stars and galaxies, and star atlases. Much of the material cannot be found in standard references in the history of astronomy.

Introduction Owen Gingerich; Preface; 1. Star-crossed lives; 2. Telescopes and techniques; 3. Phenomena of the Earth, Moon and planets; 5. Studies and students of the Moon; 6. Planets and other solar system objects; 7. Stars and stellar systems; 8. Star atlases and other publications; Notes; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	11.6.2009
Zusatzinfo	Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	710 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie
ISBN-10	0-521-10604-4 / 0521106044
ISBN-13	978-0-521-10604-7 / 9780521106047
Zustand	Neuware