Nearest star
the surprising science of our sun
Second edition.
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Author
Contributions
- Pasachoff, Jay M., author - Contributor
Publication
2014 - , New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
74,250 words, Guess
Page Count
297 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveneareststarsurpr0000golu
- ISBN-101107052653
- ISBN-101107672643
- ISBN-139781107052659
- ISBN-139781107672642
and 5 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2013030423
- OCLC Control Number855909918
- Better World Books9781107672642
- Better World Books9781107052659
- Open LibraryOL27168910M
Classifications
- DDC523.7
- LCCQB521 .G65 2014
- LCCQB520
Description
"How did the Sun evolve, and what will it become? What is the origin of its light and heat? How does solar activity affect the atmospheric conditions that make life on Earth possible? These are the questions at the heart of solar physics, and at the core of this book. The Sun is the only star near enough to study in sufficient detail to provide rigorous tests of our theories and to help us understand the more distant and exotic objects throughout the cosmos. Having observed the Sun using both ground-based and spaceborne instruments, the authors bring their extensive personal experience to this story revealing what we have discovered about phenomena from eclipses to neutrinos, space weather, and global warming. This Second Edition is updated throughout, and features results from the current spacecraft that are aloft, especially NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, for which one of the authors designed some the telescopes"--Provided by publisher.
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