The restless universe: understanding X-ray astronomy in the age of Chandra and Newton
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Main Author: Schlegel, Eric M., (Eric Matthew) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford [England] Oxford University Press 2002
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-195) and index
A research astrophysicist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory offers an engaging introduction to the exciting field of x-ray astronomy. 62 halftones, 31 line illustrations, & 7 color images
Preface; Overview; 1. "By three methods we may learn wisdom . . ."; 2. ". . . and know the place for the first time."; 3. ". . . every solution serves only to sharpen the problem, to show us more clearly what we are up against . . ."; 4. "Sometimes you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right."; 5. Veritatem dies apertit. (Time discovers the truth.); 6. ". . . a spectrum is worth a thousand pictures."; 7. "We're all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms."
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 209 pages, [4] pages of plates)
ISBN:0195148479
0198033842
1280560142
1423746511
1602568790
9780195148473
9780198033844
9781280560149
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