
The Boundaries Of Space Exploration Are Being Pushed Back Constantly, But The Realm Of The Partially Understood And The Totally Unknown Is As Great As Ever. Among Other Things This Book Deals With Astronomical Instruments And Their Application, Recent Discoveries In The Solar System, Stellar Evolution, The Exploding Starts, The Galaxies, Quasars, Pulsars, The Possibilities Of Extraterrestrial Life And Relativity. Chapter 1 Astronomical Instruments And Their Applications -- Chapter 2 The Lunar Landscape -- Chapter 3 Recent Discoveries In The Solar System -- Chapter 4 Stellar Evolution -- Chapter 5 Exploding Stars -- Chapter 6 Distance In Astronomy -- Chapter 7 Beyond The Visible -- Chapter 8 Listening To The Universe -- Chapter 9 Molecules In Interstellar Space -- Chapter 10 The Galaxies -- Chapter 11 The Seyfert Galaxies -- Chapter 12 Quasars -- Chapter 13 Pulsars -- Chapter 14 Extraterrestrial Life -- Chapter 15 Big Bang Or Steady State? -- Chapter 16 Relativity. By John S. Glasby. First Published In 1971 By Allen And Unwin.
Page Count:
316
Publication Date:
2013-01-01
ISBN-10:
0203706420
ISBN-13:
9780203706428
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