Introduction to Astronomy and Cosmology
Ian Morison (Manchester University, UK)
Language: English
Published by John Wiley & Sons Inc, United States, New York, 2008
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- Title
- Introduction to Astronomy and Cosmology
- Author
- Ian Morison (Manchester University, UK)
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc, United States, New York
- Publication year
- 2008
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0470033347
- ISBN 13
- 9780470033340
- Item weight
- 590 grams
- Dimensions
- 170.0 x 244.0
- Series
- Book 2 of 16: Manchester Physics Series
- Includes coverage of the very latest developments such as double pulsars and the dark galaxy.
- Beautifully illustrated in full colour throughout
- Supplementary web site with many additional full colour images, content, and latest developments.
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About the Author
He is a past president of the Society for Popular Astronomy, one of the UK's largest astronomical societies. He remains on the society's council and holds the post of instrument advisor helping members with their choice and use of Telescopes.
He lectures wi9dely on astronomy, has co-authored books for amateur astronomers and writes regularly for the two UK astronomy magazines. He also writes a monthly sky guide for the Jodrell Bank Observatory's web site and produces an audio version as part of the Jodrell Bank Podcast. He has contributed to many television programmes and is a regular astronomy commentator on local and national radio. Another activity he greatly enjoys to take amateur astronomers on observing trips such as those to Lapland to see the Aurora Borealis and on expeditions to Turkey and China to observe total eclipses of the Sun.
In 2003 the Minor Planets Committee of the International Astronomical Union named asteroid 15,727 in his honour, citing his work with MERLIN, the world's largest linked array of radio telescopes, and that in searching for intelligent life beyond our Solar System in Project Phoenix. In 2007 he was appointed to the post of Gresham Professor of Astronomy. Dating from 1597, this is the oldest astronomy professorship in the world and was once held by Christopher Wren.
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