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-Title: Astronomy In Depth.
-Author:
Gerald North.
-Publisher:
Springer Verlag.
-Pages:
18 + 230
-Illustrations:
B/W photos and graphics.
-Language:
English.
-Publication Date:
April 2003.
-ISBN: 1852335807

Front Cover

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EDITORIAL INFORMATION

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.

(Extracted from the back cover).

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GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

 
-Preface.
-Acknowledgements.
-Contents.
-List of Figures.
-1. Spaceship Earth.
-2. The Language of Starlight.
-3. The Moon.
-4. The Universal Force.
-5. The Inferior Planets.
-6. The Planet Mars.
-7. The Planet Jupiter.
-8. The Planet Saturn.
-9. The Twilight Zone of the Solar System.
-10. The Debris of the Solar System.
-11. The Comets.
-12. The Sun.
-13. The Celestial Sphere and Time.
-14. The Stars.
-15. Gas, Dust, Stars and Variable Stars.
-16. Stellar Evolution.
-17. Brown Dwarfs and Extra-Solar Planets.
-18. Violent Stars.
-19. The Galaxies.
-20. Quasars, Active Galaxies and Cosmology.
-Glossary of Terms.
-Answers to the Numerical Questions.
-Index.

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