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Subject(s)

• Astronomy [Browse]

Series

• Routledge library editions. History and philosophy of science ; v. 13 [More in this series]
• Routledge library editions. History and philosophy of science. [More in this series]

Summary note

The boundaries of space exploration are being pushed back constantly, but the realm of the partially understood and the totally unknown is as great as ever. Among other things this book deals with astronomical instruments and their application, recent discoveries in the solar system, stellar evolution, the exploding starts, the galaxies, quasars, pulsars, the possibilities of extraterrestrial life and relativity.

Notes

• First published in 1971 by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.
• Includes index.

Contents

• chapter 1 Astronomical Instruments and their Applications
• chapter 2 The Lunar Landscape
• chapter 3 Recent Discoveries in the Solar System
• chapter 4 Stellar Evolution
• chapter 5 Exploding Stars
• chapter 6 Distance in Astronomy
• chapter 7 Beyond the Visible
• chapter 8 Listening to the Universe
• chapter 9 Molecules in Interstellar Space
• chapter 10 The Galaxies
• chapter 11 The Seyfert Galaxies
• chapter 12 Quasars
• chapter 13 Pulsars
• chapter 14 Extraterrestrial Life
• chapter 15 Big Bang or Steady State?
• chapter 16 Relativity.

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ISBN

• 1-135-02861-3
• 0-203-70642-0
• 0-415-47482-5
• 1-135-02862-1

OCLC

852900540

Doi

• 10.4324/9780203706428

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