Welcome to the Universe - The Problem Book

Here is the essential companion to Welcome to the Universe, a New York Times bestseller that was inspired by the enormously popular introductory astronomy course for non-science majors that Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott taught together at Princeton. This problem book features more than one hundred problems and exercises used in the original course - ideal for anyone who wants to deepen their understanding of the original material and to learn to think like an astrophysicist.

Info autore

Neil deGrasse Tyson is director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History. He is the author of many books, including Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier, and the host of the Emmy-winning documentary Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey. Michael A. Strauss is professor of astrophysics at Princeton University. J. Richard Gott is professor emeritus of astrophysics at Princeton University. His other books include The Cosmic Web: Mysterious Architecture of the Universe (Princeton).

Riassunto

A "companion to Welcome to the Universe, a ... bestseller that was inspired by the ... introductory astronomy course for non-science majors that Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott taught together at Princeton. [It] features more than one hundred problems and exercises used in the original course"--Amazon.com.

Testo aggiuntivo

"This book provides a very valuable resource for anyone who wants to acquire a reasonably quantitative understanding of introductory astronomy. The questions cover a broad range of interesting topics, and the solutions are thorough and often enlightening, providing additional insights into the subject matter."—Alex Filippenko, University of California, Berkeley

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: J Richard Gott, J. Richard Gott, Gott J. Richard, Michael Strauss, Michael A. Strauss, Strauss Michael A., Neil deGrasse Tyson
• Editore: Princeton University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.2017
• EAN: 9780691177816
• ISBN: 978-0-691-17781-6
• Pagine: 264
• Categorie: Saggistica > Natura, tecnica > Scienze naturali; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Fisica, astronomia > Astronomia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; popular science, Astrophysics, SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics, Cosmology & the universe, Popular astronomy & space, Cosmology and the universe, Popular astronomy and space, SCIENCE / Space Science / Cosmology