Sun, Earth and Sky (Paperback or Softback)

Lang, Kenneth R.

ISBN 10: 1461497760 / ISBN 13: 9781461497769

Editore: Springer 11/5/2014, 2014

Sun, Earth and Sky. Codice articolo BBS-9781461497769

Riassunto:

Written in a light and friendly style, this lavishly illustrated book introduces the Sun and its physics, and describes all aspects of the Sun’s interaction with us on Earth. It contains images never before seen in print. Breakthrough observations with the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory are also included which explain the new physics of ghostly neutrinos and solve the problematic mismatch between the predicted and observed amounts of solar neutrinos. This second edition updates the popular text by providing comprehensive accounts of the most recent discoveries made by five modern solar spacecraft during the past decade. It describes our recent understanding of how the Sun’s outer atmosphere is heated to a million degrees, and just where the Sun’s continuous winds come from. As humans we are more intimately linked with our life-sustaining Sun than with any other astronomical object, and the new edition therefore provides modern interpretations of ozone depletion and global warming.

Informazioni sull?autore:

Professor Lang has written several books about the Sun, as well as widely used reference works in astronomy and astrophysics. He has carried out radio observations of the active Sun with the Very Large Array in support of the SOHO spacecraft, teaches an extremely popular introductory course about the Sun to Tufts University students with non-scientific majors, and has served for two years as Visiting Senior Scientist in Solar Physics at NASA Headquarters.

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Titolo: Sun, Earth and Sky (Paperback or Softback)
Casa editrice: Springer 11/5/2014
Data di pubblicazione: 2014
Legatura: Paperback or Softback
Condizione: New
Edizione: seconda edizione
Tipologia articolo: Book