Exploding Stars and Invisible Planets
Autor Fred Watsonen Limba Engleză Hardback – 14 ian 2020
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780231195409
ISBN-10: 0231195400
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 162 x 244 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.56 kg
Editura: Columbia University Press
ISBN-10: 0231195400
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 162 x 244 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.56 kg
Editura: Columbia University Press
Notă biografică
Fred Watson
Cuprins
Prologue: Astronomy at Large
Part I: Earth and Space
1. Restless Earth: The Way of the World
2. The Terminator: A User¿s Guide to Nightfall
3. Starring Citizen Science: Research by the People
4. Catch a Falling Star: Meteors, Meteorites and Space Dust
5. Radio Silence: The Quietest Place in the World
6. The Off-Planet Economy: Doing Business in Space
7. Moonstruck: Where Did Our Satellite Come From?
Part II: Planetary Explorations
8. Telescope Troubles: Astronomers in Court
9. Space Bugs: Rules for Planetary Protection
10. Climate Change: What Happened to Mars?
11. Not Our Planet B? Colonising Mars
12. Ringing in the Changes: The Vanishing Rings of Saturn
13. Stormy Weather: Weird Worlds of the Saturnian System
14. Stalking an Invisible Planet: The Search for Planet Nine
Part III: The Universe At Large
15. Nature¿s Barcode: A User¿s Guide to Light
16. Reverberations: Exploding Stars and Light Echoes
17. Signals from the Unknown: The Fast Radio Burst Mystery
18. Eye of the Storm: Black Holes Inside And Out
19. Through Gravity¿s Lens: The Curious Matter of Dark Matter
20. Ripples in Space: Probing the Birth of the Universe
21. Unrequited Love: Is Anyone There?
Acknowledgments
Index
Part I: Earth and Space
1. Restless Earth: The Way of the World
2. The Terminator: A User¿s Guide to Nightfall
3. Starring Citizen Science: Research by the People
4. Catch a Falling Star: Meteors, Meteorites and Space Dust
5. Radio Silence: The Quietest Place in the World
6. The Off-Planet Economy: Doing Business in Space
7. Moonstruck: Where Did Our Satellite Come From?
Part II: Planetary Explorations
8. Telescope Troubles: Astronomers in Court
9. Space Bugs: Rules for Planetary Protection
10. Climate Change: What Happened to Mars?
11. Not Our Planet B? Colonising Mars
12. Ringing in the Changes: The Vanishing Rings of Saturn
13. Stormy Weather: Weird Worlds of the Saturnian System
14. Stalking an Invisible Planet: The Search for Planet Nine
Part III: The Universe At Large
15. Nature¿s Barcode: A User¿s Guide to Light
16. Reverberations: Exploding Stars and Light Echoes
17. Signals from the Unknown: The Fast Radio Burst Mystery
18. Eye of the Storm: Black Holes Inside And Out
19. Through Gravity¿s Lens: The Curious Matter of Dark Matter
20. Ripples in Space: Probing the Birth of the Universe
21. Unrequited Love: Is Anyone There?
Acknowledgments
Index