Eddington - The Most Distinguished Astrophysicist of His Time

Klappentext This book is based on two lectures given in Cambridge by Professor Chandrasckhar to mark the centenary of the birth of Arthur Stanley Eddington. Zusammenfassung This book is based on two lectures given in Cambridge by Professor Chandrasckhar to mark the centenary of the birth of Arthur Stanley Eddington. The text describes Eddington's major contributions to astrophysics and to general relativity. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Eddington: the most distinguished astrophysicist of his time; 2. Eddington: the expositor and the exponent of general relativity; References; Notes on the photographs (figs. 2 and 3); Index.

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• Autori: S. Chandrasekhar
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 05.11.2009
• EAN: 9780521122429
• ISBN: 978-0-521-12242-9
• Pagine: 72
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Fisica, astronomia > Altro; Astrophysics, SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics