Practical Astronomy with your Calculator or Spreadsheet

Revised ed
ISBN: 978-0-521-14654-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 238 Seiten, Format (B × H): 205 mm x 249 mm, Gewicht: 544 g

Now in its fourth edition, this highly regarded book is ideal for those who wish to solve a variety of practical and recreational problems in astronomy using a scientific calculator or spreadsheet. Updated and extended, this new edition shows you how to use spreadsheets to predict, with greater accuracy, solar and lunar eclipses, the positions of the planets, and the times of sunrise and sunset. Suitable for worldwide use, this handbook covers orbits, transformations and general celestial phenomena, and is essential for anyone wanting to make astronomical calculations for themselves. With clear, easy-to-follow instructions for use with a pocket calculator, shown alongside worked examples, it can be enjoyed by anyone interested in astronomy, and will be a useful tool for software writers and students studying introductory astronomy. High-precision spreadsheet methods for greater accuracy are available at www.cambridge.org/practicalastronomy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Duffett-Smith, Peter (University of Cambridge)

Duffett-Smith, Peter

Zwart, Jonathan (Columbia University, New York)

Zwart, Jonathan

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Sonnensystem: Sonne und Planeten
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astrophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astronomie: Allgemeines
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Astrophysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Time; Coordinate systems; The Sun; The planets, comets and binary stars; The Moon and eclipses; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Duffett-Smith, Peter
Peter Duffett-Smith is a physicist by training, and a radio astronomer by trade. He is a Reader in Experimental Radio Physics at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, and is a fellow of Downing College and the Royal Astronomical Society.

Zwart, Jonathan
Jonathan Zwart is a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at the Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory in New York, and a co-founder and former editor of Cambridge's science magazine, BlueSci.