Richard Dodd

Using SI Units in Astronomy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A coherent and unified handbook that sets out the relationship between SI units and other units used in astronomy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9780521769174
• ISBN-10: 0521769175
• Artikelnr.: 33767370

Autorenporträt

Richard Dodd has spent much of his astronomical career in New Zealand, including serving as Director of Carter Observatory, Wellington, and as an honorary lecturer in physics at Victoria University of Wellington. Dr Dodd is past president of the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. An introduction to SI units
3. Dimensional analysis
4. Unit of angular measure (radian)
5. Unit of time (second)
6. Unit of length (metre)
7. Unit of mass (kilogram)
8. Unit of luminous intensity (candela)
9. Unit of thermodynamic temperature (kelvin)
10. Unit of electric current (ampere)
11. Unit of amount of substance (mole)
12. Astronomical taxonomy
Index.