Handbook of Practical Astronomy

ISBN-13: 9783540763772 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 740 str.

Gnter Roth

Opis

The Compendium of Practical Astronomy is unique. The practical astronomer, whether student, novice or accomplished amateur, will find this handbook the most comprehensive, up-to-date and detailed single guide to the subject available. It is based on Roth's celebrated German language handbook for amateur astronomers, which first appeared over 40 years ago.

Recenzje

From the reviews: "This is a comprehensive work on practical astronomy. Excellent illustrations (127 in color) and a list 'for further reading' with every chapter enhance this reference (available in print and online) that is valuable for amateur astronomers, students, and teachers. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Libraries serving lower-division undergraduates, faculty, and general readers." (M.-K. Hemenway, Choice, Vol. 47 (6), February, 2010)

Spis treści

Why Astronomy?.- Fundamentals of Spherical Astronomy.- Applied Mathematics and the Computer.- Optics and Telescopes.- Telescope Mountings, Drives, and Electrical Equipment.- Astrophotography.- The Nature of Light and Matter: Fundamentals of Spectral Analysis.- Principles of Photometry.- Signals from Space: Radio Astronomy for Beginners.- Modern Sundials.- An Historical Exploration of Modern Astronomy.- The Social Astronomer.- Earth and Solar System.- Stars and Stellar Systems.

O autorze

Günter D. Roth, von Haus aus Diplomkaufmann, hat über Jahre als Geschäftsführer die astronomische Zeitschrift Sterne und Weltraum, deren Mitherausgeber er noch immer ist, geleitet. Selbst aktiver Beobachter, hat er Bestseller für Sternfreunde geschrieben. Günter D. Roth ist Ehrenmitglied der Vereinigung der Sternfreunde (VdS) e. V.

Blurb

With amateurs, students, and teachers of astronomy in high schools and colleges particularly in mind, the Handbook of Practical Astronomy is an essential source to demonstrate trends and variety of astronomical observations.

The book presents the substance of celestial bodies for the amateur observer: the planets, the stars, and the galaxies. The sun is the local link to the other stars, the nexus of cosmic evolution. The solar system is made up by the sun and all the celestial bodies orbit it. This system is of special interest for the observing amateur. The Handbook of Practial Astronomy spans astronomy, education and computing. Like many other fields of science, astronomy has become digitized and data rich in recent years.

Besides the references at the end of each chapter, there are the notes in the margins with astronomical news and observing highlights on the web.