Sun, Earth and Sky

Kenneth R. Lang

315 pages, parution le 30/06/2006 (2^eme édition)

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This Second Edition of Sun, Earth and Sky updates the popular text by providing

comprehensive accounts of the most recent discoveries made by five modern solar spacecraft during the past decade. Their instruments have used sound waves to peer deep into the Sun's inner regions and measure the temperature of its central nuclear reactor, and extended our gaze far from the visible Sun to record energetic outbursts that threaten Earth. Breakthrough observations with the underground 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 new edition of Sun, Earth and Sky also 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 that are related to both the Sun and to human activities. 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.

Written for: Astronomy students and teachers, amateur astronomers, astronomy enthusiasts

L'auteur - Kenneth R. Lang

Professor Lang is known for his famous, widely used reference books Astrophysical Formulae I, II, published in their third edition in 1995 by Springer-Verlag. He is also a writer of prize-winning science books that have a broad readership, including amateurs, experts and the educated layperson. Some of these popular books, which include Sun, Earth and Sky, Wanderers in Space, the Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Sun and the Cambridge Guide to the Solar System, have been translated into seven languages.

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Good Day, Sunshine
Energizing the Sun
Ghostlike Neutrinos
Taking the Pulse of the Sun
A Magnetic Star
An Unseen World of Perpetual Change
The Violent Sun
Energizing Space
Transforming the Earth's Life-Sustaining Atmosphere
Fire and Ice
Glossary
Directory of Web Sites
Further Reading
Quotation References
Author Index
Subject Index

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Éditeur(s)	Springer
Auteur(s)	Kenneth R. Lang
Parution	30/06/2006
Édition	2^eme édition
Nb. de pages	315
Format	16,5 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	785g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780387304564
ISBN13	978-0-387-30456-4