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A Concise History of Solar and Stellar Physics (Paperback)
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A Concise History of Solar and Stellar Physics (Paperback)
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This book provides a comprehensive overview of the history of ideas
about the sun and the stars, from antiquity to modern times. Two
theoretical astrophysicists who have been active in the field since
the early 1960s tell the story in fluent prose. About half of the
book covers most of the theoretical research done from 1940 to the
close of the twentieth century, a large body of work that has to
date been little explored by historians. The first chapter, which
outlines the period from about 3000 B.C. to 1700 A.D., shows that
at every stage in history human beings have had a particular
understanding of the sun and stars, and that this has continually
evolved over the centuries. Next the authors systematically address
the immense mass of observations astronomy accumulated from the
early seventeenth century to the early twentieth. The remaining
four chapters examine the history of the field from the physicists
perspective, the emphasis being on theoretical work from the
mid-1840s to the late 1990s--from thermodynamics to quantum
mechanics, from nuclear physics and magnetohydrodynamics to the
remarkable advances through to the late 1960s, and finally, to more
recent theoretical work. Intended mainly for students and teachers
of astronomy, this book will also be a useful reference for
practicing astronomers and scientifically curious general readers.
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