Daystar : a peep into the workings of the Sun / Parameswaran Venkatakrishnan, Indian Institute of As...
Daystar : a peep into the workings of the Sun / Parameswaran Venkatakrishnan, Indian Institute of As...
Daystar : a peep into the workings of the Sun / Parameswaran Venkatakrishnan, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, India.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., [2018]
Call Numbers
G 2018/0832
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xii, 102 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Vital statistics -- Anatomy of the Sun -- Blemishes on the Sun -- The sphere of influence -- Tools of the trade.
Publication information
Publisher
Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., [2018]
Date Published
[2018]
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"This book is an attempt to demystify the activities of a celestial object such as the Sun appealing to basic physics already available to high school students. Building on simple logic, the contents begin with measurements of the gross properties of the Sun like size (volume) and mass from which the average density of solar material is shown to be...
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Full title
Daystar : a peep into the workings of the Sun / Parameswaran Venkatakrishnan, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, India.
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Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (page 95) and index.
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©2018
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Call Numbers
G 2018/0832
Record Identifier
74VKVNpLXrwd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVNpLXrwd
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ISBN
9813228520 hardcover ; alkaline paper
9789813228528 hardcover ; alkaline paper
DDC
523.7
MMS ID
991024157612702626
