UID:
almahu_9949199558102882
Format:
XIV, 562 p. 266 illus., 14 illus. in color.
,
online resource.
Edition:
5th ed. 2002.
ISBN:
9783662043561
Content:
This new edition of the classic textbook The New Cosmos presents a comprehensive introductory survey of the whole field of astronomy and astrophysics. Among the topics covered are: - Classical astronomy and the Solar System - Instruments and observational methods - The Sun and the stars - The Milky Way and other galaxies - Cosmology - The origin of the Solar System - The evolution of the Earth and of life The observational methods and results of astronomical research as well as their theoretical foundations and interrelations are presented in an understandable format. The rapid progress of observational techniques and of theoretical understanding in the past decade are introduced and summarized in this timely and readable volume. This revised and extended new printing demonstrates the rapid advances in astronomical research and observation in the three years since the appearance of the 5th edition. The most important new results can be found within, providing in particular up-to-date information on our solar system, neutrino radiation from the Sun, the farthest galaxies and quasars and the development of the Universe.
Note:
1. Introduction -- I. Classical Astronomy and the Solar System -- 2. Classical Astronomy -- 3. The Physical Structure of the Objects in the Solar System -- II. Radiation, Instruments, and Observational Techniques -- 4. Radiation and Matter -- 5. Astronomical and Astrophysical Instruments -- III.The Sun and Stars: The Astrophysics of Individual Stars -- 6. The Distances and Fundamental Properties of the Stars -- 7. The Spectra and Atmospheres of Stars -- 8. The Structure and Evolution of Stars -- IV. Stellar Systems. Cosmology and Cosmogony -- 9. Star Clusters -- 10. Interstellar Matter and Star Formation -- 11. The Structure and Dynamics of the Milky Way Galaxy -- 12. Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies -- 13. Cosmology: the Cosmos as a Whole -- 14. The Cosmogony of the Solar System -- A.1 Units: the International and the Gaussian Unit Systems -- A.2 Names of the Constellations -- Selected Exercises -- Literature and Sources of Data -- Acknowledgements -- Fundamental Physical Constants (Inside back cover) -- Astronomical Constants and Units (Inside back cover).
In:
Springer Nature eBook
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783642087462
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783540678779
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783662043578
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-662-04356-1
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04356-1
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