The New Cosmos [E-Book] / by Albrecht Unsöld.
This book may serve to present the modern view of the universe to a large number of readers whose over-full professional commit ments leave them no time for the study of larger monographs ... Such a book should not be too compendious. Accordingly, the author has been at pains to allow the leading i...
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Personal Name(s): | Unsöld, Albrecht, author |
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New York, NY :
Springer,
1969
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Physical Description: |
XII, 374 p. online resource. |
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englisch |
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9781468475982 |
DOI: |
10.1007/978-1-4684-7598-2 |
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Heidelberg Science Library
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- I Classical Astronomy
- 1. Stars and Men: Observing and Thinking. Historical Introduction to Classical Astronomy
- 2. Celestial Sphere: Astronomical Coordinates: Geographic Latitude and Longitude
- 3. Motion of the Earth: Seasons and the Zodiac: Day, Year and Calendar
- 4. Moon: Lunar and Solar Eclipses
- 5. Planetary System
- 6. Mechanics and Theory of Gravitation
- 7. Physical Constitution of Planets and Satellites
- 8. Comets, Meteors and Meteorites, Interplanetary Dust; Structure and Composition
- Interlude
- 9. Astronomical and Astrophysical Instruments
- II Sun and Stars: Astrophysics of Individual Stars
- 10. Astronomy + Physics = Astrophysics. Historical Introduction
- 11. Radiation Theory
- 12. The Sun
- 13. Apparent Magnitudes and Colour Indices of Stars
- 14. Distances, Absolute Magnitudes and Radii of the Stars
- 15. Classification of Stellar Spectra: Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram and Colour-Magnitude Diagram
- 16. Double Stars and the Masses of the Stars
- 17. Spectra and Atoms: Thermal Excitation and Ionization
- 18. Stellar Atmospheres: Continuous Spectra of the Stars
- 19. Theory of Fraunhofer Lines: Chemical Composition of Stellar Atmospheres
- 20. Motions and Magnetic Fields in the Solar Atmosphere: Solar Cycle
- 21. Variable Stars: Motions and Magnetic Fields in Stars
- III Stellar Systems: Milky Way and Galaxies: Cosmogony and Cosmology
- 22. Advance into the Universe. Historical Introduction to Astronomy in the Twentieth Century
- 23. Constitution and Dynamics of the Galactic System
- 24. Interstellar Matter
- 25. Internal Constitution and Energy Generation of Stars
- 26. Colour-Magnitude Diagrams of Galactic and Globular Clusters Stellar Evolution and Abundances of the Elements
- 27. Galaxies
- 28. Radio Emission from Galaxies: Exploding Galaxies
- 29. Cosmic Rays: High Energy Astronomy
- 30. Cosmology
- 31. Origin of the Solar System: Evolution of the Earth and of Life
- Stellar Populations in the Galaxy
- Physical Constants and Astronomical Quantities
- Figures: Acknowledgments.