Buch, Englisch, 602 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 838 g
Buch, Englisch, 602 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 838 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Astronomy
ISBN: 978-1-108-02388-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
The Concise Knowledge Astronomy, published in 1898, was one of a series of popular reference books by experts. Agnes Clerke (1842-1907) was a successful author of books on astronomy and its history (three of her other works being reissued in this series), and her co-authors were astrophysicist Alfred Fowler, an internationally renowned expert in spectroscopy, and J. Elland Gore, a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and expert on variable stars. Illustrated by over 100 photographs and drawings, the book aims to provide the educated non-specialist reader with an understanding of current astronomical knowledge. The application of new technologies, such as photography and spectroscopy, to astronomy in the nineteenth century had led to many new discoveries, and public interest in the subject had greatly increased. The book is divided into four parts - the history of astronomy, astronomical movements and instruments, the solar system, and sidereal astronomy.
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Preface
Section I. History Agnes M. Clerke: 1. From Hipparchus to Laplace
2. A century of progress
Section II. Geometrical Astronomy and Astronomical Instruments A. Fowler: 1. The Earth and its rotation
2. The Earth's revolution round the Sun
3. How the positions of the heavenly bodies are defined
4. The Earth's orbit
5. Mean solar time
6. The movements of the Moon
7. Movements of planets, satellites, and comets
8. Eclipses and occultations
9. How to find our situation on the Earth
10. The exact size and shape of the earth
11. The distances and dimensions of the heavenly bodies
12. The masses of celestial bodies
13. Gravitational effects of Sun and moon upon the Earth
14. Instrumental measurement of angles and time
15. Telescopes
16. Instruments of precision
17. Astrophysical instruments
Section III. The Solar System Agnes M. Clerke: 1. The solar system as a whole
2. The Sun
3. The Sun's surroundings
4. The interior planets
5. The Earth and Moon
6. The planet Mars
7. The asteroids
8. The planet Jupiter
9. The Saturnian system
10. Uranus and Neptune
11. Famous comets
12. Nature and origin of comets
13. Meteorites and shooting stars
Section IV. The Sidereal Heavens J.E. Gore: 1. The stars and constellations
2. Double, multiple, and coloured stars
3. The distances and motions of the stars
4. Binary stars
5. Variable and temporary stars
6. Clusters and nebulae
7. The construction of the heavens
Index.
