Astronomy: Fundamentals and Frontiers

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Автор: Robert Jastrow, Malcolm H. Thompson

Название: Astronomy: Fundamentals and Frontiers

Издательство: John Wiley & Sons Inc; 3rd edition

Год: 1977

Формат: PDF

Размер: 52.25 MB

Язык: Английский

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In the introduction to the present textbook the authors briefly discuss the Copernican revolution. We are reminded that the ideas of Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo and Newton profoundly influence human culture, and we recall how long it took for these ideas to be generally understood and accepted. The addition of knowledge that is taking place in our day in astronomy occurs at a spectacularly rapid pace. There can be no doubt that the task of making the results of astronomical research generally available in a most important one. The challenge is strongly felt by the astronomical community.

Professors Jastrow and Thompson have written an astronomy textbook with the liberal arts student in mind at every point of the development. There is a very good balance between the discussion of basic methods and description of the results of astrophysical research, including the most recent advances.