Unfolding Our Universe

Name: Unfolding Our Universe
Price: 5.97 USD
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ISBN: 9780521592703

ISBN-10: 0521592704

ISBN-13: 9780521592703

Edition: 1999

Authors: Iain Nicolson, Mark R. McLellan

List price: $69.00

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Unfolding Our Universe is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to astronomy. With a clear, crisp text and beautiful colour illustrations, it takes readers to the heart of the Universe - explaining the facts, concepts, methods and frontiers of astronomical science. The book can be read right through without referring to any mathematics. For the more ambitious reader, key points are developed in more detail and basic mathematics provided in self-contained boxes. A unique feature of Unfolding Our Universe is the careful balance it strikes between the basics of the subject and its frontiers. Step by step, it carefully assembles a complete understanding of astronomy. Full colour…

Book details

List price: $69.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 10/28/1999
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 3.146
Language: English



Foreword



Overview of the universe



Observing the universe



The moving sky



Orbits and gravity



The earth-moon system



Worlds beyond - the planets



Wandering fragments: minor members of the solar system



The sun - our neighborhood star



Stars - basic properties



Nebulae and the birth of stars and planets



Stellar life cycles



Collapsing, exploding and interacting stars



The Milky Way and other galaxies



Active Galaxies and Quasars



Cosmology: beginnings and endings



Wider issues


Appendices



Units of measurement and physical constants



Solar system data



The brightest and nearest stars