A Source Book in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1900-1975

Kenneth R. Lang

ISBN 10: 0674366670 / ISBN 13: 9780674366671

Published by Harvard University Press Mai 2014, 2014

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Neuware -In this volume readers can rediscover A.S. Eddington's elegant proof of the virial theorem for star clusters, Walter Baade and Fritz Zwicky's 1932 proposal for the existence of neutron stars, and Thomas Gold's forecast of collapsed stars as radio sources. They can reread, in the words of the canyons, pulsars, interstellar hydrogen cosmic magnetic fields, quasars, and remnant background radiation of the primeval big bang. 944 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Source Book in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1900-1975
• Publisher: Harvard University Press Mai 2014
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674366670
• ISBN 13: 9780674366671
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 286W x 215H x 56D millimeters 286 millimeters width by 215 millimeters height by 56 millimeters depth
• Weight: 2514 grams

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In this volume readers can rediscover A.S. Eddington's elegant proof of the virial theorem for star clusters, Walter Baade and Fritz Zwicky's 1932 proposal for the existence of neutron stars, and Thomas Gold's forecast of collapsed stars as radio sources. They can reread, in the words of the canyons, pulsars, interstellar hydrogen cosmic magnetic fields, quasars, and remnant background radiation of the primeval big bang.