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020 _a9781786347138
_q(ebook)
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050 0 4 _aQB801
_b.W69 2020
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100 1 _aWoolfson, Michael M.
_q(Michael Mark)
_921328
245 1 0 _aAbout stars
_h[electronic resource] :
_btheir formation, evolution, compositions, locations and companions /
_cMichael M. Woolfson.
260 _aLondon :
_bWorld Scientific Publishing Europe Ltd.,
_c2019, ©2020.
300 _a1 online resource (388 p.) :
_bill.
538 _aMode of access: World Wide Web.
538 _aSystem requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
588 _aTitle from title screen (World Scientific, viewed October 29, 2019).
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _a"On a clear and moonless night, especially in remote areas such as deserts, myriads of points of light cover the sky. The great majority of them are stars, many like the Sun, but so far away that they can only be seen as point sources of light. The problem faced by astronomers is to find their properties and distances, just from the light they emit. This is done by using the knowledge of science, mainly physics, acquired from small-scale experiments carried out on Earth. However, the stars themselves are laboratories in which matter behaves in ways that cannot be reproduced on Earth so, in finding out about stars, we complement scientific knowledge gained from earthbound experimentation. This book describes the means - some very ingenious - by which to explore the properties, locations and planetary companions of stars, and provides a sound foundation for further study."--
_cPublisher's website.
650 0 _aStars.
_921329
650 0 _aStars
_xFormation.
_921126
650 0 _aStars
_xEvolution.
_917012
650 0 _aElectronic books.
_921330
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/q0211#t=toc
_zAccess to full text is restricted to subscribers.
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