The Resource Our sun : biography of a star, Christopher Cooper ; foreword by David Spergel, PhD, chair, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University ; preface by Madhulika Guhathakurta, PhD, lead scientist, Living with a star program, NASA
Our sun : biography of a star, Christopher Cooper ; foreword by David Spergel, PhD, chair, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University ; preface by Madhulika Guhathakurta, PhD, lead scientist, Living with a star program, NASA
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- Summary
- Our Sun reveals the science behind the sun, traces its impact on human history, and reveals its growing importance to our future way of life
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 224 pages
- Note
- Includes index
- Contents
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- Two's company
- The structure of our sun.
- Layers of our sun
- The solar wind
- The sun's rotation
- The sun's magnetism
- The importance of our sun.
- How far away is the sun?
- Let there be light
- Evolution of sight
- Introduction.
- The miracle (and curse) of photosynthesis
- The worship of our sun
- The history of our sun.
- The Aristotelian model
- The Ptolemaic model
- Heliocentrism
- Who invented the telescope?
- Spectroscopy : shedding light on the movement and composition of stars
- Modern telescopes
- The power of our sun.
- Solar exploration
- The Earth's magnetosphere
- Solar power : harnessing the sun's energy
- Power over power : the perfect storm
- The solar cycle
- The future of our sun.
- Running out of gas
- The red giant phase
- The white dwarf phase
- The black dwarf phase
- Looking ahead
- The birth of our sun.
- The Big Bang
- The early universe in microwaves
- Star nurseries
- Going supernova
- Fusion : energy of combination
- Isbn
- 9781937994198
- Label
- Our sun : biography of a star
- Title
- Our sun
- Title remainder
- biography of a star
- Statement of responsibility
- Christopher Cooper ; foreword by David Spergel, PhD, chair, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University ; preface by Madhulika Guhathakurta, PhD, lead scientist, Living with a star program, NASA
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Our Sun reveals the science behind the sun, traces its impact on human history, and reveals its growing importance to our future way of life
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- Cooper, Christopher
- Dewey number
- 523.7
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QB521.4
- LC item number
- .C66 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
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- Spergel, David N.
- Guhathakurta, Madhulika
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- Our sun : biography of a star, Christopher Cooper ; foreword by David Spergel, PhD, chair, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University ; preface by Madhulika Guhathakurta, PhD, lead scientist, Living with a star program, NASA
- Note
- Includes index
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- rdacontent
- Contents
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- Two's company
- The structure of our sun.
- Layers of our sun
- The solar wind
- The sun's rotation
- The sun's magnetism
- The importance of our sun.
- How far away is the sun?
- Let there be light
- Evolution of sight
- Introduction.
- The miracle (and curse) of photosynthesis
- The worship of our sun
- The history of our sun.
- The Aristotelian model
- The Ptolemaic model
- Heliocentrism
- Who invented the telescope?
- Spectroscopy : shedding light on the movement and composition of stars
- Modern telescopes
- The power of our sun.
- Solar exploration
- The Earth's magnetosphere
- Solar power : harnessing the sun's energy
- Power over power : the perfect storm
- The solar cycle
- The future of our sun.
- Running out of gas
- The red giant phase
- The white dwarf phase
- The black dwarf phase
- Looking ahead
- The birth of our sun.
- The Big Bang
- The early universe in microwaves
- Star nurseries
- Going supernova
- Fusion : energy of combination
- Dimensions
- 32 cm
- Extent
- 224 pages
- Isbn
- 9781937994198
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- (OCoLC)862133356
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- Our sun : biography of a star, Christopher Cooper ; foreword by David Spergel, PhD, chair, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University ; preface by Madhulika Guhathakurta, PhD, lead scientist, Living with a star program, NASA
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Two's company
- The structure of our sun.
- Layers of our sun
- The solar wind
- The sun's rotation
- The sun's magnetism
- The importance of our sun.
- How far away is the sun?
- Let there be light
- Evolution of sight
- Introduction.
- The miracle (and curse) of photosynthesis
- The worship of our sun
- The history of our sun.
- The Aristotelian model
- The Ptolemaic model
- Heliocentrism
- Who invented the telescope?
- Spectroscopy : shedding light on the movement and composition of stars
- Modern telescopes
- The power of our sun.
- Solar exploration
- The Earth's magnetosphere
- Solar power : harnessing the sun's energy
- Power over power : the perfect storm
- The solar cycle
- The future of our sun.
- Running out of gas
- The red giant phase
- The white dwarf phase
- The black dwarf phase
- Looking ahead
- The birth of our sun.
- The Big Bang
- The early universe in microwaves
- Star nurseries
- Going supernova
- Fusion : energy of combination
- Dimensions
- 32 cm
- Extent
- 224 pages
- Isbn
- 9781937994198
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly color), color maps
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)862133356
- 2068395
- (OCoLC)862133356
- (OCoLC)ocn862133356
- 2068395
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