Twenty-Five Astronomical Observations That Changed the World (Record no. 95759)
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| International Standard Book Number | 9781461468004 |
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| Standard number or code | 10.1007/978-1-4614-6800-4 |
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| Classification number | QB4 |
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| Subject category code | PG |
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| Subject category code | SCI004000 |
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| Subject category code | NAT033000 |
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| Classification number | 520 |
| Edition number | 23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Marett-Crosby, Michael. |
| Relator term | author. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Twenty-Five Astronomical Observations That Changed the World |
| Medium | [electronic resource] : |
| Remainder of title | And How To Make Them Yourself / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | by Michael Marett-Crosby. |
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| -- | Springer New York : |
| -- | Imprint: Springer, |
| -- | 2013. |
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| Extent | XIV, 318 p. 126 illus., 83 illus. in color. |
| Other physical details | online resource. |
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| Series statement | The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series, |
| International Standard Serial Number | 1431-9756 |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | From the Contents: The Eye of the Moon -- Don't Look! - The Sun -- The Ways Stars Work - Ursa Major -- What Galileo Saw - The Moons of Jupiter -- Orion's Five - The Types of Stars -- The Little Cloud - Andromeda -- The Joy of Red - Getting to Know Mars -- Orion and its Nebula - Suns Present and Suns Future -- Bright Dog of the Night - Sirius -- Looking for Footsteps -- The River in the Sky - Eriidanus -- Saturn - Falling in Love -- Algol - Splitting the Demon Star -- Comets, Asteroids, and Meteorites - Where everything comes from -- Uranus - Strange, or what? -- Hubble V1 - How it destroyed a Universe. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Human history is also the record of our fascination with the sky, and to look upwards is to follow in the steps of such greats as Galileo and Newton. What they and others once saw in the heavens for the first time, amateur astronomers can discover anew using this guide to twenty-five of the greatest journeys through space. Starting with our most visible companion the Moon, each chapter offers a step-by-step walk-through of famous astronomical observations from the history of science. Beginning with the easiest targets, sometimes even accessible with the naked eye, the challenges become progressively more difficult. Beginner astronomers and more experienced hobbyists alike can reacquaint themselves with the wonders of our fellow planets and even reach far beyond our own solar system to touch on such incredible phenomena as the birth of new stars in nebula systems and the deceptive nothingness of black holes. The would-be astronaut can spy the International Space Station in orbit with binoculars or the doomsday prophet can search for new comets. Along the way, easily digestible mini-lessons inform the reader on the initial discovery of then-new celestial bodies and subsequent advances in our understanding of the cosmos. Relying only on binoculars or small astronomical telescopes for most of the observations, and including background on the science of each phenomenon, this exploration of the skies is easy to follow and packed with useful information and fun tidbits. These practical observations put us in contact with all the history and culture surrounding them: through scientific speculation and literature to those first fuzzy images made in 1959 by the Russian space probe Luna 3. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Physics. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Astronomy. |
| 650 14 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Physics. |
| 650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Astronomy, Observations and Techniques. |
| 650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Popular Science in Astronomy. |
| 650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics. |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | SpringerLink (Online service) |
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| Title | Springer eBooks |
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| Display text | Printed edition: |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781461467991 |
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| Uniform title | The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series, |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6800-4 |
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