Introduction to Stars and Planets
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Introduction to Stars and Planets: An activities-based exploration(IOP ebooks)


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Table of Contents:
Preface Author Biography Part I: The Sun 1. The Sun’s Distance I: the Method of Aristarchus 2. The Sun’s Distance II: Transits and Radar-ranging of Venus 3. The Sun’s Diameter and Mass 4. The Sunspot Cycle 5. The Solar Constant 6. The Sun’s Luminosity 7. The Sun’s Surface Temperature 8. Spectral Lines and the Chemistry of the Sun 9. Is the Sun on Fire? 10. How Long Will the Sun Shine? Part II: The Stars 11. The Distances of Stars: Stellar Parallax 12. Weighing a Star: Binary Stars and Stellar Mass 13. The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram 14. The Distance to a Star Cluster 15. The Evolution of the Sun 16. The Evolution of Massive Stars 17. Supernovae: The Expansion of the Crab Nebula 18. The Event Horizon of Black Holes 19. Kepler’s Third Law and the Masses of Black Holes 20. Our Place in the Galaxy Part III: The Planets 21. A Slice of Earth 22. Geological Time in Perspective 23. The Comparative Density of Planets 24. Planetary Surface Temperatures 25. The Habitable Zone 26. The Search for Exoplanets: Doppler Method 27. The Search for Exoplanets: Transit Method (I) 28. The Search for Exoplanets: Transit Method (II) Appendix A

About the Author :
Alan Hirshfeld, Professor of physics at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, is Chair of the American Astronomical Society’s Historical Astronomy Division and a longtime Associate of the Harvard College Observatory. He is the author of Parallax: The Race to Measure the Cosmos; The Electric Life of Michael Faraday; Eureka Man: The Life and Legacy of Archimedes; Astronomy Activity and Laboratory Manual; and Starlight Detectives: How Astronomers, Inventors, and Eccentrics Discovered the Modern Universe. He is a regular book reviewer for The Wall Street Journal and writes and lectures frequently on science history and discovery. Visit the author’s website at www.alanhirshfeld.com.

Review :
An excellent primer for early-years undergraduates, this book contains a large number of short chapters on the Sun, stars, and planets, each followed by a number of exercises in the form of worksheets for the student. It could reasonably be used by individual students (especially in the current covid crisis) or by teachers to supplement their lessons. The Observatory, Vol. 141 2021 June


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  • ISBN-13: 9780750336901
  • Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: Institute of Physics Publishing
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: IOP ebooks
  • ISBN-10: 0750336900
  • Publisher Date: 21 Dec 2020
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 200
  • Sub Title: An activities-based exploration


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