Fundamental astronomy
Fundamental Astronomy gives a well-balanced and comprehensive introduction to the various fields of classical and modern astronomy. While emphasizing both the astronomical concepts and the underlying physical principles, the text provides a sound basis for more profound studies in the astronomical sciences. The present much enlarged second edition of this successful textbook includes a host of new knowledge acquired in recent years.
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- Full title :Fundamental astronomy / H. Karttunen [and others], eds.
Summary
Fundamental Astronomy gives a well-balanced and comprehensive introduction to the various fields of classical and modern astronomy. While emphasizing both the astronomical concepts and the underlying physical principles, the text provides a sound basis for more profound studies in the astronomical sciences. The present much enlarged second edition of this successful textbook includes a host of new knowledge acquired in recent years.
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- Publication Date:©1994.
- Edition:2nd enl. ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Springer-Verlag
- Place of Publication:Berlin
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1994.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xiii, 511 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : : illustrations (some color)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9783662117941, 3662117940
- DOI:10.1007/978-3-662-11794-1
- oclc:ocn654367532
- LC Classification:QB43.2
- Dewey Decimal:520
Table of Contents
Spherical Astronomy -- Observations and Instruments -- Photometric Concepts and Magnitudes -- Radiation Mechanisms -- Temperatures -- Celestial Mechanics -- The Solar System -- Stellar Spectra -- Binary Stars and Stellar Masses -- Stellar Structure -- Stellar Evolution -- The Sun -- Variable Stars -- Compact Stars -- The Interstellar Medium -- Star Clusters and Associations -- The Milky Way -- Galaxies -- Cosmology.
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