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9780738208756

The Unfolding Universe A Stellar Journey

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  • ISBN13:

    9780738208756

  • ISBN10:

    0738208752

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-02-13
  • Publisher: Basic Books
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Summary

An amazing journey from our moon to the most distant stars, revealing the magic and majesty of our universe.

Author Biography

Jefferson Hane Weaver co-authored (with Lloyd Motz) the highly popular book Conquering Mathematics. He received his M.A., his M.Phil., and his Ph.D. at the Columbia Graduate School of the Arts and Sciences. He lives in Fort Lauderdale with his wife, Shelley, and his four children.

Table of Contents

The Earthp. 1
The Moonp. 15
The Planets and Their Motionsp. 25
The Special Theory of Relativityp. 65
The General Theory of Relativityp. 85
The Properties of the Planetsp. 99
Comets, Meteors, and Interplanetary Dustp. 123
The Sunp. 129
The Stars: Their Distances, Luminosities, and Colorsp. 139
Heat, Radiation, and the Temperatures of Starsp. 147
Spectral Classes of Starsp. 175
Atomic Structure and Stellar Spectrap. 193
Stellar Masses and Radiip. 223
The Deep Interiors of Starsp. 233
The Structure and Evolution of Starsp. 249
Variable Starsp. 273
The Milky Way (Our Galaxy)p. 295
The Galaxiesp. 327
Cosmology (The Structure and Evolution of the Universe)p. 351
Reference Notesp. 377
Indexp. 381
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