There is hardly any field of human endeavour which is more
fundamental than the study of our surroundings. We have always
wanted to learn what was behind our horizon, beyond the next
mountain, on the other side of the ocean, on the next planet, at
the end of the Universe. We have come a long way since our early
ancestors gazed upon the sky in amazement. Giant optical and radio
telescopes now allow us to "see" the early epochs of the Universe,
revealing phenomena beyond our comprehension. Spacecrafts with
on-board astronomical instrumentation circle the Earth and fly to
the limits of the Solar System, providing invaluable new
information about nearby and distant objects. Many people have the
intuitive feeling that it is "easier and better" to study the
Universe from above the Earth's atmosphere. However, this is only
partially true in as much as electromagnetic radiation of certain
wavelengths (e.g. X-rays) does not penetrate the atmosphere and can
only be studied from balloons and space crafts * The advent of
space-borne astronomy has not made ground-based observations
obsolete - on the contrary, it is only thanks to the combination of
the two that we have now a vastly more comprehensive picture of the
Universe than just a few decades ago.
General
| Imprint: |
Springer
|
| Country of origin: |
Netherlands |
| Release date: |
October 2011 |
| First published: |
1983 |
| Editors: |
Richard M. West
|
| Dimensions: |
244 x 170 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
250 |
| Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1983 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-9400972131 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Science & Mathematics >
Astronomy, space & time >
General
|
| LSN: |
940097213X |
| Barcode: |
9789400972131 |
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