Nearest star
the surprising science of our sun
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Author
Contributions
- Pasachoff, Jay M. - Contributor
Publication
2002 - Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass, United States
Language
English
Word Count
66,750 words, Guess
Page Count
267 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveneareststarsurpr00golu_128
- Internet Archiveneareststarsurpr00golu_247
- ISBN-100674004671
- ISBN-139780674004672
- Goodreads3037252
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- Library of Congress Control Number00063213
- OCLC Control Number44905108
- Better World Books9780674004672
- Open LibraryOL22080614M
Classifications
- DDC523.7
- LCCQB521.G65 2001
- LCCQB521 .G65 2001
Description
"Unlike the myriad points of light we gaze at in the night sky, our nearest star allows us to study the wonders of stellar workings at blindingly close range - from a mere 93 million miles away. And what do we see? In this book, two of the world's leading solar scientists unfold all that history and science - from the first cursory observations to the measurements obtained by the latest state-of-the-art instruments on the ground and in space - have revealed about the Sun. Following the path of science from the very center of this 380,000,000,000,000,000,000-megawatt furnace to its explosive surface, Nearest Star invites readers into an open-ended narrative of discovery about what we know about the Sun and how we have learned it."--BOOK JACKET.
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