The Sun

Leon Golub and Jay M. Pasachoff offer an engaging and informative account of what scientists know about the Sun, and the history of these discoveries.

About the author

Jay M. Pasachoff was Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Hopkins Observatory at Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts and co-author of Cosmos (Reaktion Books, 2019) and The Sun (Reaktion Books, 2017)Leon Golub is a Senior Astrophysicist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Summary

The Sun offers an engaging and informative account of what scientists know about the sun, and the history of these discoveries. Illustrated with a wide variety of beautiful solar images. This informative book will appeal to both scientists and a more general readership interested in the star at the centre of our solar system.

Product details

• Authors: Leon Golub, Leon Pasachoff Golub, Golub Leon, Jay Pasachoff, Jay M. Pasachoff, Pasachoff Jay M.
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2017
• EAN: 9781780237572
• ISBN: 978-1-78023-757-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 179 mm x 229 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Kosmos
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); NATURE / Sky Observation, Popular astronomy & space, Popular astronomy and space, Solar system: the Sun & planets, Solar system: the Sun and planets, SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy