The Sun in Time

An interdisciplinary approach to solar physics, as eighty-nine contributors trace the evolution of the Sun and provide a review of our current understanding of both its structure and its role in the origin and evolution of the solar system.

About the author

C.P. Sonett is Regents' Professor Emeritus of planetary science at the University of Arizona M.S. Giampapa is a staff astronomer at National Solar Observatory, National Optical Astronomy Observatories.

Summary

Adopting an interdisciplinary approach to solar physics, this study traces the evolution of the Sun and provides a review of our current understanding of both its structure and its role in the origin and evolution of the solar system.

Product details

• Assisted by: C. P. Sonett (Editor), M. S. Giampapa (Editor), Mildred Shapley Matthews (Editor), Mark S. Giampapa (Editor), C P Sonett (Editor), Mark S Giampapa (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Arizona Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 01.12.1991
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy
• EAN: 9780816512973
• ISBN: 978-0-8165-1297-3
• Pages: 990
• Dimensions (packing): 15.2 x 22.9 x 5.1 cm
• Weight (packing): 1,501 g
• Series: Space Science; Space Science S.; Space Science; University of Arizona Space Sc
• Subjects: Science; SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics; SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy