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9780816042838

The Facts on File Dictionary of Astronomy

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  • ISBN13:

    9780816042838

  • ISBN10:

    0816042837

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-10-01
  • Publisher: Facts on File
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Summary

Defines and explains the complex terms and phrases of modern astronomy, covering language associated with current research as well as more well established words.

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Excerpts

The Facts On File Dictionary of Astronomy's clear descriptions of different celestial bodies, observational techniques and instruments, and scientific and mathematical theories have made it a standard by which other dictionaries in this discipline have been measured. Now in its fourth edition, the book has been thoroughly updated and expanded with more than 3,700 entries—200 more than the previous edition—that reflect all aspects of astronomy, together with associated terms in spectroscopy, photometry, and particle physics.
Topics include:
Age of the universe
Archaeoastronomy
Barwell Meteorite
Big Ear Radio Telescope
Celestial sphere
Cosmic Background Explorer
Double quasar
Foucault's Pendulum
Gamma-ray bursts
Mars Observer
Neptune's rings
Pioneer Venus probes
Saturn nebula
X-ray Timing Explorer
Zirconium stars
and more.

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