This book begins with a very readable survey "The Sun Today" by J.-C. Pecker. It is followed by thorough reviews from leading experts covering theory and observations. The focus shifts from the solar core, studied via neutrino emissions and helioseismology, through the interface…
Presents an all-encompassing guide to the sun, detailing its history, structure, and effect on human civilization.
Our Sun reveals the science behind the sun, traces its impact on human history, and reveals its growing importance to our future way of life.
Our Sun: biography of a star
by Cooper, Christopher, Spergel, David, Guhathurta, Madhulika
Our Sun reveals the science behind the sun, traces its impact on human history, and reveals its growing importance to our future way of life.
Our Sun reveals the science behind the sun, traces its impact on human history, and reveals its growing importance to our future way of life--
Annotation. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the Sun for general readers as well as scientists who are not solar physicists. It presents the basic properties of the Sun, describes how it has always fascinated, and shows how it influences technology.
The center of our Solar System is a star, one among billions of stars in our own galaxy. This star, which we call the Sun, gives rise to all life on Earth, is the driver of the photosynthesis in plants, and is the source of all food, energy, and fossil fuels on Earth. For us hum…
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