A Companion to Astronomy and Astrophysics
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A Companion to Astronomy and Astrophysics by Kenneth R Lang
So our Timeline includes the people who have made major scientific contributions that are related to astronomy, and astrophysics.The Dictionary defines all terms and acronyms that deal with our celestial science, from important concepts to individual objects and space missions.From the reviews:
"This book give a chronology of cosmic discoveries, starting with Stonehenge … and ending up with very recent results which have been achieved using spacecrafts… Many tables like the list of the brightest galaxies and list of the nearest stars, supernovae etc., make this a very useful source for astrophysical facts. This book is aimed to be useful both for amateur astronomers and professional astrophysicists." (Hans-Jürgen Schmidt, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1140, 2008)
Kenneth R. Lang is known for his famous, widely used reference books Astrophysical Formulae I, II, published in their third edition in 1995 by Springer-Verlag. He is also a writer of prize-winning science books that have a broad readership, including amateurs, experts and the educated layperson. Some of these popular books, which include Sun, Earth and Sky, Wanderers in Space, the Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Sun and the Cambridge Guide to the Solar System, have been translated into seven languages.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780387307343 |
| ISBN 10 | 0387307346 |
| Title | A Companion to Astronomy and Astrophysics |
| Author | Kenneth R Lang |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Springer-Verlag New York Inc. |
| Year published | 2006-06-19 |
| Number of pages | 376 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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