ISBN: 9780517528068

Description: 481 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Other Title: Encyclopaedia of astronomy

Notes: Includes index.

Contents:

• A survey of the universe
• The stars observed
• Inside the stars
• Variable stars
• Binary stars
• Dense states of cosmic matter
• The distribution and origin of the chemical elements
• Our sun
• The solar system
• The inner solar system
• Giants of the solar system
• Minor members of the solar system
• Between the stars
• Clouds, nebulae, star births and deaths
• Our local group of galaxies
• The nature of normal galaxies
• Clusters of galaxies
• Active galaxies and radio galaxies
• Cosmology, the nature of the universe
• Life in the universe
• Major trends in the history of astronomy
• Ground-based astronomy
• Astronomy in space
• Appendix I: Star atlas
• Appendix II: An outline of physics.

LCCN: 77002766

Control Number: 3238525

Subjects: Astronomy.

Genre: Reference source.

Other Authors: Mitton, Simon, 1946- editor.