Screen LibraryHandbook of practical astronomy
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin |
| Publication Dates: | c2008. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-76379-6 |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 712 p.): ill. (some col.) |
| ISBN: |
9783540763796 (electronic bk.) 3540763791 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | P1 |
| CLC: | P1-62 |
| Contents: |
"This book is a completely revised and updated edition of the Compendium of practical astronomy, published in 1994 at Springer-Verlag"--T.p. verso. Includes CD-ROM. Includes bibliographical references and index. Why astronomy? / Günter D. Roth -- Fundamentals of spherical astronomy / Michael Gottwald -- Applied mathematics and the computer / Michael Gottwald -- Optics and telescopes / Bernd Weisheit -- Telescope mountings, drives, and electrical equipment / Bernd Weisheit -- Astrophotography / Klaus-Peter Schröder and Hartwig Lüthen -- The nature of light and matter: fundamentals of spectral analysis / Reinhold Häfner and Gero Rupprecht -- Principles of photometry / Hilmar W. Duerbeck -- Signals from space: radio astronomy for beginners / Martin J. Neumann and Peter Wright -- Modern sundials / Felix Schmeidler -- An historical exploration of modern astronomy / Günter D. Roth -- The social astronomer / Volker Witt -- Earth and Solar System / Klaus Reinsch ... [et al.] -- Stars and stellar systems / Klaus-Peter Schröder, Hilmar W. Duerbeck and Johannes Viktor Feitzinger. |