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A Popular Guide to the Heavens: Cambridge Library Collection - Astronomy

Autor Robert Stawell Ball
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 18 sep 2013
A talented mathematician trained at Trinity College, Dublin, Sir Robert Stawell Ball (1840–1913) was best known in the early twentieth century for his immensely popular books on astronomy. He also gave the Royal Institution's Christmas Lectures on five occasions. First published in 1905, this concise guide to the basics of astronomy assumes almost no prior knowledge of the subject. Beginning with simple phenomena such as the seasons and the effects of atmospheric refraction, Ball expands quickly into month-by-month indexes of the night sky, star charts, and explanations of some of the lesser-known stellar and solar features, from the paths of sunspots to details of the major nebulae. Including over eighty pages of meticulous charts and illustrations, his book remains an excellent resource for students in the history of science, and interested laypeople. Also reissued in this series are The Story of the Heavens (1885) and Star-Land (1889), alongside Ball's more technical Treatise on Spherical Astronomy (1908).
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781108066495
ISBN-10: 1108066496
Pagini: 216
Ilustrații: 30 b/w illus. 53 colour illus.
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Cambridge Library Collection - Astronomy

Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Preface; 1. The celestial sphere and the solar system; 2. The planets and satellites; 3. The sun; eclipses of the sun and moon; 4. Comets; 5. The moon; 6. The sky month by month and the index to the planets; 7. The star maps; 8. Star clusters and nebulae; 9. Select list of telescopic objects; Appendix; Index.

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Published in 1905, this highly illustrated work by Sir Robert Stawell Ball (1840–1913) is a concise introduction to astronomy.