ENGLISH

Astronomy Explained

By Gerald North BSc (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag London
Year
1998
ISBN
978-3-540-76136-5, 978-1-4471-0901-3
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4471-0901-3
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
15 MB (15731076 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
330\349
Time added
2013-12-12 02:00:00
AstronomyObservations and Techniques; Astrophysics and Astr

Description

Every year large numbers of people take up the study of astronomy, mostly at amateur level. There are plenty of elementary books on the market, full of colourful photographs, but lacking in proper explanations of how and why things are as they are. Many people eventually wish to go beyond the 'coffee-table book' stage and study this fascinating subject in greater depth. This book is written for them. In addition, many people sit for public examinations in this subject each year and this book is also intended to be of use to them. All the topics from the GCSE syllabus are covered here, with sample questions at the end of each chapter. Astronomy Explained provides a comprehensive treatment of the subject in more depth than is usually found in elementary works, and will be of interest to both amateur astronomers and students of astronomy.

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