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The Sun Today / by Claudio Vita-Finzi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vita-Finzi, Claudio., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Astronomy--Observations.
- Astronomy.
- Astronomy—Observations.
- Astrophysics.
- Geophysics.
- Climatic changes.
- Atmospheric science.
- Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
- Astrophysics and Astroparticles.
- Geophysics/Geodesy.
- Climate Change.
- Atmospheric Sciences.
- Local Subjects:
- Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
- Astrophysics and Astroparticles.
- Geophysics/Geodesy.
- Climate Change.
- Atmospheric Sciences.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (118 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2018.
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
- Summary:
- From the reviews of other books by Claudio Vita-Finzi: The Sun – A User’s Manual (2008) ….this, jargon-free, concise, beautifully illustrated and eminently readable book… D.W. Hughes, Times Literary Supplement Solar History (2013) ....a book that is supremely informative, intensely stimulating and enjoyable to read... Ian Seymour, Astronomy Now A History of the Solar System (2016) ...there is a huge amount of useful information in this book that would benefit anyone who needed more detail than is available in a typical popular science title. Brian Clegg, Popular Science.
- Contents:
- Preface
- 1..A commonplace star
- 2..An inconstant star
- 3..Solar composition
- 4.The solar body
- 5. The solar furnace
- 6. Solar magnetism
- 7. Sun and weather
- Index. .
- ISBN:
- 3-030-04079-8
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