A source book in astronomy and astrophysics, 1900-1975

Book · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:6705958

Lang, K R; Gingerich, O

132 selections containing the writings of important specialists in astrophysics, such as Eddington, Einstein, Gamow, Dyson and Bok, are presented. Attention is given to the solar system, variable and dying stars, and to stellar atmospheres, spectra, evolution and nucleosynthesis. Other subjects include the distribution of stars and the space between them, normal galaxies, radio galaxies, quasars, relativity, and cosmology. Some topics presented are the photoelectric photometry of the stars, radar determinations of the rotations of Venus and Mercury, the abundances of chemical elements in stellar atmospheres, and atomic synthesis and stellar energy. Also considered are T Tauri variable stars, the radio frequency detection of interstellar hydrogen, galactic magnetic fields and the origin of cosmic radiation, fluctuations in cosmic radiation at radio frequencies, and the relation between the expansion and the mean density of the universe.

• OSTI ID: 6705958
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

640100* -- Astrophysics & Cosmology
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ASTRONOMY
ASTROPHYSICS
ATMOSPHERES
COSMIC GASES
COSMIC RADIO SOURCES
COSMOLOGY
FIELD THEORIES
FLUIDS
GALAXIES
GASES
GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY
HUBBLE EFFECT
INTERSTELLAR MAGNETIC FIELDS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MERCURY PLANET
MOTION
NUCLEOSYNTHESIS
PHOTOMETRY
PLANETS
QUASARS
RELATIVITY THEORY
ROTATION
SOLAR SYSTEM
SPECTRA
STARS
STELLAR ATMOSPHERES
VARIABLE STARS
VENUS PLANET