Astronomy in Depth fills the need for a textbook that covers pre-university level Astronomy courses (in the UK, the GCSE syllabuses) and provides numerical examples to help students. It is also written as a serious foundation in Astronomy for amateurs who want to take a more detailed approach than can be found in the bulk of introductory astronomy books. Almost every aspect of astronomy is considered, from Earth and its place in the solar system, through instrumentation, the planets, stars, and galaxies, to black holes and the beginnings of cosmology. This book is perfect for anyone who wants to get to know astronomy in detail, as quickly as possible.
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The numerical work is really quite simple and basic, and should frighten nobody who has a genuine wish to learn a little more than might be gleaned from one of the many coffee-table books covering similar ground…This is a useful book for students, and would also suit the teacher who may touch on astronomical topics during a science course. The style and content will allow the text to be revised in years to come as new discoveries and theories prove to make this necessary, and at a cost that is very appropriate for the target market. --Gnomon, Newsletter of the Association for Astronomy Education
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LOOK at the photograph (Figure 1.1) opposite this page. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
diurnal libration, local sidereal time, photospheric temperature, telescopic appearance, upper culmination, sidereal period, globular star clusters, electrified particles, celestial equator, radio lobes, spectral type, active optics, hour angle, supermassive black hole, north celestial pole Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Solar System, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Heritage Team, Milky Way, Isaac Newton, Royal Greenwich Observatory, The Language of Starlight, Van Allen, Celestial Police, Local Group, Great Red Spot, Main Belt, Crab Nebula, Great Aunt Matilda, Jodrell Bank, Sir William Herschel, The Universal Force, Tycho Brahe, Ursa Major, Mount Palomar, Mount Wilson, Stellar Evolution Figure, Greenwich Mean Time, Lick Observatory, Lord Rosse New!
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LOOK at the photograph (Figure 1.1) opposite this page. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
diurnal libration, local sidereal time, photospheric temperature, telescopic appearance, upper culmination, sidereal period, globular star clusters, electrified particles, celestial equator, radio lobes, spectral type, active optics, hour angle, supermassive black hole, north celestial pole Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Solar System, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Heritage Team, Milky Way, Isaac Newton, Royal Greenwich Observatory, The Language of Starlight, Van Allen, Celestial Police, Local Group, Great Red Spot, Main Belt, Crab Nebula, Great Aunt Matilda, Jodrell Bank, Sir William Herschel, The Universal Force, Tycho Brahe, Ursa Major, Mount Palomar, Mount Wilson, Stellar Evolution Figure, Greenwich Mean Time, Lick Observatory, Lord Rosse New!
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- The Solar System (3 Vol Set) (Magill's Choice) by Roger Smith on page 103
- The Theory of Relativity: & Other Essays by Albert Einstein on page 217
- 300 Astronomical Objects: A Visual Reference to the Universe by Jamie Wilkins in Back Matter
- Astronomy With a Budget Telescope by Patrick Moore in Back Matter
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