Frank Close

Eclipses

What Everyone Needs to Knowr

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

100 questions about eclipses¿each answered succinctly to create a comprehensive description of the wonder of this natural phenomena.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 206mm x 137mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 249g
• ISBN-13: 9780190902469
• ISBN-10: 0190902469
• Artikelnr.: 55467182

Autorenporträt

Frank Close is an eminent research theoretical physicist in nuclear and particle physics. He is Emeritus Professor of Physics at Oxford University and a Fellow of Exeter College, and was formerly the Head of the Theoretical Physics Division at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. He served as Chair of the UK Space Exploration Working Group 2007 which culminated with Tim Peake's launch to the ISS. He is the author of several books, including the best-selling Lucifer's Legacy (OUP, 2000), and was the winner of the Kelvin Medal of the Institute of Physics for his "outstanding contributions to the public understanding of physics." His other books include The Cosmic Onion (1983), The Particle Explosion (1987), End (1988), Too Hot to Handle (1991), and The Particle Odyssey (OUP, 2002). In 2013 Professor Close was awarded the Royal Society Michael Faraday Prize for communicating science.

Inhaltsangabe

"Eclipse Facts and Fictions"
Celestial Dynamics--What, Why, and How
"Eclipses and Science"
Eclipses in History and Math
Eclipses in Culture: Literature and Art
The Total Experience
Eclipse Watching
Totality
Eclipse Tourism