Claudio Vita-Finzi: The Sun Today

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Beschreibung

There are several billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy. One of them is the middle-aged G2V yellow dwarf that rules our lives. The Sun Today discusses the Sun¿s appearance and composition, its internal workings, and the various kinds of radiation it emits, and it puts forward a novel explanation for coronal heating. The book draws on the findings of telescopic observation, space missions, and technical and theoretical advances in many fields, and shows why we need to know more if we are to understand and manage our foothold in the Universe.

From the reviews of other books by Claudio Vita-Finzi:

The Sun ¿ A User¿s Manual (2008)

¿.this, jargon-free, concise, beautifully illustrated and eminently readable book¿
D.W. Hughes, Times Literary Supplement

Solar History (2013)

....a book that is supremely informative, intensely stimulating and enjoyable to read...
Ian Seymour, Astronomy Now

A History of the Solar System (2016)

...there is a huge amount of useful information in this book that would benefit anyone who needed more detail than is available in a typical popular science title.
Brian Clegg, Popular Science

Über den Autor

Claudio Vita-Finzi was born in Sydney, Australia, and educated in Argentina and the UK (BSc, PhD, ScD were all obtained at Cambridge University). He taught Geology and Planetary Science at University College London before moving to the Natural History Museum where he has been Scientific Associate in the Department of Earth Sciences working on solar fluctuations since 2001. He was awarded the Warren Prize of the US Academy of Sciences in 1994 and was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1997 and the British Academy in 2012. His books include The Mediterranean Valleys (1969), Recent Earth History (1973), Archaeological Sites (1978), Recent Earth Movements (1986), Monitoring the Earth (2002), Planetary Geology (2005), The Sun: A User's Manual (2008), Solar History (2012), and A History of the Solar System (2016), the last three published by Springer.

Zusammenfassung

Reveals the different ways in which the Sun's activity is constantly changing

Shows how the Sun's variability influences the Earth's atmosphere and magnetism, sometimes dangerously

Brings together data gathered over the years by numerous satellites and observatories

Shows how these observations bear on the inner workings of the Sun and other stars

Aimed at a general readership

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.- 1..A commonplace star.- 2..An inconstant star.- 3..Solar composition.- 4.The solar body.- 5. The solar furnace.- 6. Solar magnetism.- 7. Sun and weather.- Index.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2019
Fachbereich:	Astronomie
Genre:	Physik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	xi 111 S. 4 s/w Illustr. 68 farbige Illustr. 111 p. 72 illus. 68 illus. in color.
ISBN-13:	9783030040789
ISBN-10:	303004078X
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	978-3-030-04078-9
Ausstattung / Beilage:	Paperback
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Vita-Finzi, Claudio
Auflage:	1st ed. 2018
Hersteller:	Springer International Publishing
Maße:	235 x 155 x 6 mm
Von/Mit:	Claudio Vita-Finzi
Erscheinungsdatum:	31.01.2019
Gewicht:	0,224 kg

Artikel-ID: 114744011