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Vistas in Astronomy
- 1st Edition - February 17, 2016
- Editor: Arthur Beer
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 1 1 7 0 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 2 5 1 3 - 5
Vistas in Astronomy, Volume 1: Co-operation and Organization, History and Philosophy, Dynamics, Theoretical Astrophysics, Instruments, Radio Astronomy, Solar Physics brings… Read more
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Request a sales quoteVistas in Astronomy, Volume 1: Co-operation and Organization, History and Philosophy, Dynamics, Theoretical Astrophysics, Instruments, Radio Astronomy, Solar Physics brings together the ideas that form the structural units of what is known about astronomy. This book is organized into seven sections encompassing 93 chapters. Section I provides a summary of the significant contributions of international cooperation and various astronomy-related organizations in the advancement of astronomy. Section II highlights the historical developments in astronomy, from the early studies of the Egyptians to the formulation of philosophical concepts of cosmology. Sections III and IV describes the dynamic and theoretical aspects of astrophysics. These sections consider research studies on stellar dynamics, atmospheres, and magnetic fields, as well as the formation of condensation in a gaseous nebula. Part V is devoted o the developments in telescope optics and mirrors, spectrographs, electronic calculating machines, and photometers, while Section VI examines the field of radio astronomy. Part VII looks into solar physics related studies, including the structure and movements of sunspots, eclipse observation, and spectroscopic investigations of the solar corona. This book is of great value to astronomers, astrophysicists, solar physicists, and researchers in the allied fields.
Introduction
Hommage Respectueux, Cordial, et Reconnaissant à Monsieur le Professeur F. J . M. Strattoni Planet 1942 XB = "Strattonia"
1. Co-operation and Organization
International Co-operation in Astronomy
The International Astronomical Union
The International Astronomical News Service
The Committee for the Distribution of Astronomical Literature and the Astronomical News Letters
Some Problems of International Co-operation in Geophysics
Some Educational Aspects of Astronomy
Recollections of Seventy Years of Scientific Work
Astronomical Recollections
2. History and Philosophy
The Egyptian "Decans"
The Astral Religion of Antiquity and the "Thinking Machines" of Today
Ptolemy's Precession
A Medieval Footnote to Ptolemaic Precession
The Peking Observatory in A.D. 1280 and the Development of the Equatorial Mounting
The Mercury Horoscope of Marcantonio Michiel of Venice: a Study in the History of Renaissance Astrology and Astronomy
Observatories and Instrument Makers in the Eighteenth Century
The Radcliffe Observatory
A System of Quantitative Astronomical Observations
Fact and Inference in Theory and in Observation
Philosophical Aspects of Cosmology
Modern Cosmology and the Theologians
3. Dynamics
Vistas in Celestial Mechanics
An Introduction to the Eclipse Moon
The Moon's Principal Librations in Rectangular Co-ordinates
A General Expression for a Lagrangian Bracket
The Role of Cracovians in Astronomy
Regularization of the Three-Body Problem
Recent Developments in Stellar Dynamics
"Intrinsic" Studies of Stellar Movements in the Milky Way
The K-Effect in Stellar Motions
On the Empirical Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity
4. Theoretical Astrophysics
Fraunhofer Lines and the Structure of Stellar Atmospheres
On the Formation of Condensations in a Gaseous Nebula
The Calculation of Atomic Transition Probabilities
Atomic Collision Processes in Astrophysics
Energy Production in Stars
The Effective Pressure Exerted by a Gas in Turbulent Motion
"Turbulence," Kinetic Temperature, and Electron Temperature in Stellar Atmospheres
The Intensity of Emission Lines in Stellar Spectra
Dynamo Theories of Cosmic Magnetic Fields
On the Interpretation of Stellar Magnetic Fields
Theories of Variable Stellar Magnetic Fields
Theories of Interstellar Polarization
The Gravitational Instability of an Infinite Homogeneous Medium When a Coriolis Acceleration is Acting
5. Instruments
Modern Developments in Telescope Optics
Thermal Distortions of Telescope Mirrors and their Correction
On the Interferometric Measurement of Small Angular Distances
Partially Coherent Optical Fields
On a Possible Improvement of Michelson's Method for the Determination of Stellar Diameters in Poor Visibility
Astronomical Spectrographs: Past, Present and Future
Spectroscopy with the Echelle
Comparison of the Efficiency of Prism and Grating Spectrographs
Optical Systems Mmployed in Spectroheliographs
The Solar Installation of Dunsink Observatory
Quartz Crystal Clocks
A Rapid Method of Obtaining Positions from Wide-Angle Plates
Nomograms in Astronomy
The Use of Electronic Calculating Machines in Astronomy
Air Disturbance in Reflectors
Photoelectric Devices in Astronomy
The Development of Photoelectric Photometry
On the Application of the Photomultiplier to Astronomical Photometry
On Ideal Reception of Photons and the Electron Telescope
Indirect Methods of Star Counting
6. Radio Astronomy
Solar Radio Eclipse Observations
The Application of Interferometric Methods in Radio Astronomy
Large Radio Telescopes and their use in Radio Astronomy
Positional Radio-Astronomy and the Identification of Some of the Radio Stars
Australian Work on Radio Stars
Outbursts of Radio Noise from the Sun
Radio Echo Studies of Meteors
The Scintillation of Radio Stars
Measures of the 21-cm Line Emitted by Interstellar Hydrogen
7. Solar Physics
Early Solar Research at Mount Wilson
Thirty Years of Solar Work at Arcetri
Some Problems of the International Solar Survey
Physical Conditions in the Solar Photosphere
Infra-Red Fraunhofer Lines and Photospheric Structure
Temperature at the Poles and at the Equator of the Sun
The Lineage of the Great Sunspots
The Structure of Sunspots
The Magnetic Fields of Sunspots
On Mean Latitudinal Movements of Sunspots
The Evolution of Solar Prominences
Investigations of Flares and Prominences at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory
Eclipse Observing
Recent Eclipse Work in Japan
The Widths of Narrow Lines in the Spectrum of the Low Chromosphere, Measured at the Total Eclipse of 1952 February 25
The Excitation Temperature of the Solar Chromosphere Determined from Molecular Spectra
Solar Work and Plans in Egypt
Spectroscopic Studies of the Solar Corona
Coronagraphic Work at Moderate Altitude Above Sea Level
Spectroscopic Measurements of Magnetic Fields on the Sun
- No. of pages: 792
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: February 17, 2016
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483211701
- eBook ISBN: 9781483225135