Cambridge Dictionary of Astronomy

Jacqueline Mitton

ISBN 10: 0521804809 / ISBN 13: 9780521804806

Editore: Cambridge University Press, U S. A., 2001

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443pp plus tables Over 3,000 entries 57 fiagrams Names of stars, asteroids, comets, nebular and galaxies All constellations and plantets and moons of the solar sytem Abbreviations and acronums Telescopes, observatories and spacecraft Covers classical astronomy to modern astrophysics Terms from amateur and professional astronomy , full cross-referencing between entries, clear authoritative entries, and more.

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• Titolo: Cambridge Dictionary of Astronomy
• Editore: Cambridge University Press, U S. A.
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521804809
• ISBN 13: 9780521804806
• Rilegatura: Soft cover
• Condizione: As New
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Astronomy
  • Reference

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Riassunto

Handy and invaluable reference book for anyone involved with astronomy, either professionally or as a leisure interest.

Informazioni sull?autore

Jacqueline Mitton's interest in astronomy began when she was a small child and she had her first telescope as a teenager. She graduated from the University of Oxford with a degree in physics, then obtained her PhD in astronomy at the University of Cambridge. In 1989 she became the Press Officer of the Royal Astronomical Society. She is the author or co-author of 16 astronomy books published since 1978, and writes for both children and adults. Her recent books include The Scholastic Encyclopedia of Space (with Simon Mitton, 1999), Pluto and Charon (with Alan Stern, Wiley, 1997 & 1999) and Zoo in the Sky (National Geographic, 1998).