This 5th edition contains recent information on the Voyager 2 mission to Uranus, Halley's Comet, superclusters and voids, and the inflationary universe model. Other new material covers image processing, solar activity and seismic studies, and…
this text is still one of the best (if not the best) astronomy texts of its kind. It is not only very easy to read, it is exciting too. The text treats the theory of light basically but very thoroughly. The author presents the relativistic aspects of…
Allowing students to make discoveries before they are asked to memorize facts, this text contains activities which offer experience in measuring variables and making astronomical observations.
Despite remarkable advances in astronomy, space research, and related technology since the first edition of this book was published, the philosophy of the prior editions has remained the same throughout. However, because of this progress, there is a…
Updated and expanded to include the many exciting developments in modern astronomy and experimental observations, Astronomy: Structure of the Universe, Fourth Edition explores the observable features of the universe and contains new information…
Notre compréhension de l'Univers vient de connaître des progrès spectaculaires dans trois directions différentes. Trois astronomes renommés nous en donnent un aperçu, en termes accessibles au lecteur curieux. Armand Delsemme explique, à la lumière…