Discovering the Universe
ISBN-13:
9780716732853
ISBN-10:
0716732858
Edition:
4th
Author:
William J. Kaufmann, Neil F. Comins, III William J. Kaufmann
Publication date:
1998
Publisher:
W H Freeman & Co
Format:
Paperback
436 pages
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ISBN-13:
9780716732853
ISBN-10:
0716732858
Edition:
4th
Author:
William J. Kaufmann, Neil F. Comins, III William J. Kaufmann
Publication date:
1998
Publisher:
W H Freeman & Co
Format:
Paperback
436 pages
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Discovering the Universe (ISBN-13: 9780716732853 and ISBN-10: 0716732858), written by authors
William J. Kaufmann, Neil F. Comins, III William J. Kaufmann, was published by W H Freeman & Co in 1998.
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The third edition has been updated to include the latest information on: the difficulties and successes of the Hubble Space Telescope; the status of AXAF, SIRTIF, Keck and other new observatories; the solar neutrino problem and the growing importance of solar seismology; the Magellan and Galileo missions, including remarkable photographs of Venus and Gaspra; the supernova SN1987A, with a new prediction of its brightening around the year 2000; the existence of black holes, including new observational evidence, plus descriptions of the supermassive-black hole model of the "central engine" in quasars and active galactic nuclei; galactic collisions and mergers, with new the radio maps and super computer simulations of galaxy-galaxy interactions.
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