Archives of the Universe宇宙的结构
分類: 图书,进口原版书,科学与技术 Science & Techology ,
作者： Marcia Bartusiak著
出 版 社： 江西人民出版社
出版时间： 2006-4-1字数：版次： 1页数： 695印刷时间：开本： 32开印次： 1纸张：I S B N ： 9780375713682包装： 平装内容简介
An unparalleled history of astronomy presented in the words of the scientists who made the discoveries. Here are the writings of Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Newton, Halley, Hubble, and Einstein, as well as that of dozens of others who have significantly contributed to our picture of the universe.
From Aristotle's proof that the Earth is round to the 1998 paper that posited an accelerating universe, this book contains 100 entries spanning the history of astronomy. Award-winning science writer Marcia Bartusiak provides enormously entertaining introductions, putting the material in context and explaining its place in the literature. Archives of the Universe is essential reading for professional astronomers, science history buffs, and backyard stargazers alike.
目录
1. THE ANCIENT SKY
1 Mayan Venus Tables
2 Proof That the Earth Is a Sphere
3 Celestial Surveying
4 Measuring the Earth's Circumference
5 Precession of the Equinoxes
6 Ptolemy's Almagest
2. REVOLUTIONS
7 Copernicus and the Sun-Centered Universe
8 Tycho Brahe and the Changing Heavens
9 Johannes Kepler and Planetary Motion
10 Galileo Initiates the Telescopic Era
11 Newton's Universal Law of Gravity
12 Halley's Comet
13 Binary Stars
3. TAKING MEASURE
14 The Speed of Light
15 The Solar System's Origin
16 Discovery of Uranus
17 Stars Moving and Changing
18 The First Asteroid
19 Distance to a Star
20 Discovery of Neptune
21 The Shape of the MilkyWay
22 Spiraling Nebulae
4. TOUCHING THE HEAVENS
23 Spectral Lines
24 Deciphering the Solar Spectrum
25 Gaseous Nebulae
26 Doppler Shifts and Spectroscopic Binaries
27 Classification of the Stars
28 Giant Stars and Dwarf Stars
29 Hydrogen: The Prime Element
30 Stellar Mass, Luminosity, and Stability
31 Sunspot Cycle, Sun/Earth Connection, and Helium
32 Origin of Meteors and Shooting Stars
33 Cosmic Rays
34 Discovery of Pluto
5. EINSTEINIAN COSMOS
35 Special Relativity and E = mc2
36 General Relativity and the Solar Eclipse Test
37 Relativistic Models of the Universe
38 Big Bang Versus Steady State
39 White DwaffStars
40 Beyond the White Dwarf
41 Supernovae and Neutron Stars
42 Black Holes
43 Source of Stellar Power
44 Creating Elements in the Big Bang
45 Cosmic Microwave Background Predicted
46 Creating Elements in the Stars
47 A Star's Life Cycle
6. NEW EYES,NEW UNIVERSE
7. ACCELERATING OUTWARD
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index
