A Source book in astronomy and astrophysics, 1900-1975
Abstract
132 selections containing the writings of important specialists in astrophysics, such as Eddington, Einstein, Gamow, Dyson and Bok, are presented. Attention is given to the solar system, variable and dying stars, and to stellar atmospheres, spectra, evolution and nucleosynthesis. Other subjects include the distribution of stars and the space between them, normal galaxies, radio galaxies, quasars, relativity, and cosmology. Some topics presented are the photoelectric photometry of the stars, radar determinations of the rotations of Venus and Mercury, the abundances of chemical elements in stellar atmospheres, and atomic synthesis and stellar energy. Also considered are T Tauri variable stars, the radio frequency detection of interstellar hydrogen, galactic magnetic fields and the origin of cosmic radiation, fluctuations in cosmic radiation at radio frequencies, and the relation between the expansion and the mean density of the universe.
- Publication:
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Cambridge
- Pub Date:
- 1979
- Bibcode:
- 1979sbaa.book.....L
- Keywords:
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- Astronomy;
- Astrophysics;
- Cosmology;
- Solar System;
- Stellar Evolution;
- Variable Stars;
- Big Bang Cosmology;
- Cosmic Rays;
- Electrophotometers;
- Galaxies;
- Interstellar Gas;
- Interstellar Magnetic Fields;
- Nuclear Fusion;
- Planetary Rotation;
- Quasars;
- Relativity;
- Star Distribution;
- Stellar Atmospheres;
- Stellar Spectra;
- Space Sciences (General);
- HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY;
- ASTROPHYSICS;
- ASTRONOMY: ADDRESSES;
- ESSAYS;
- LECTURES;
- ASTROPHYSICS: ADDRESSES