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Journey from the center of the sun / Jack B. Zirker.
LIBRA QB521 .Z58 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zirker, Jack B.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sun.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 302 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- Zirker takes readers on an imaginary voyage from the center of the sun to its surface, showing us how sunlight is made and finally following the sun's energy to the far reaches of the solar system. Along the way, he introduces the basic processes at work in our nearest star and the exciting answers solar scientists are finding to problems that have long perplexed astronomers.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0691057818
- OCLC:
- 45202072
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