| Description |
1 online resource (411 p.) |
| Contents |
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part 1 Getting Started with Astrophysics -- Chapter 1 Welcome to the Universe -- The Science of Astrophysics -- The start of astronomy -- A beautiful connection: Physics, astronomy, and astrophysics -- Let there be light! The electromagnetic spectrum -- Making waves -- Tools of the Trade -- The nitty-gritty of telescopes and astronomical instruments -- Viewing from above: Space-based telescopes |
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Stars, Galaxies, and Their Cosmological Friends -- Chapter 2 The A to Z of Physics -- Building Blocks of the Universe: Particles -- The big three: Protons, neutrons, and electrons -- Elements and molecules -- (It's) elementary, particles -- Light it up with photons -- What Matters About Matter? -- The water we drink and the air we breathe, or elements and molecules -- It's all a state of mind with states of matter -- But sometimes it just doesn't (anti) matter -- Let the Force(s) Be With You -- Getting heavy with gravity -- Thank Maxwell for the electromagnetic force |
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Strong and weak nuclear forces -- Store It or Use It, But Don't Waste Energy -- Fall faster into kinetic and potential energy -- Transferring thermal energy with conduction, convection, and radiation -- More than the eye can see: The electromagnetic spectrum -- Light's unending flexibility as both wave and particle -- It's the Law! (of Physics) -- Newton's laws of motion -- Step it up with velocity, acceleration, and momentum -- Having a conversation about conservation -- Einstein and the mass energy equivalence -- Heat and Energy Unite with Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics |
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Learn the laws of thermodynamics -- Truly being one with the environment: Blackbody radiation -- Electromagnetic waves do the heavy lifting with radiative transfer -- When the details matter, zoom in to quantum mechanics -- Chapter 3 Astronomy in a Nutshell -- Where to Begin . . . Or, How It All Began -- Mapping our Solar System, Galaxy, and the Universe -- A question of scale -- A planetary survey -- Experience nature's light show with meteors, asteroids, and comets -- Galaxies and beyond -- Observational Astronomy: What are Those Dots in the Sky? -- Constellations: Mapping the stars |
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The ecliptic, a year-long journey of the Sun -- How astronomical objects are named -- Chapter 4 Bridging the Gap Between Astronomy and Physics -- More Than the Sum of Its Parts: The Unique Study of Astrophysics -- One shift, two shift, redshift, blueshift -- Don't be late to the party when time matters -- Celestial mechanics and orbits -- Diving into the Details of Astrophysics -- Theoretical astrophysics -- Observational astrophysics -- Laboratory astrophysics -- High-energy astrophysics -- Running the gamut of the universe with cosmology |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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The Nitty-Gritty of Telescopes and Astronomical Instruments |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Priwer, Shana
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| ISBN |
9781394235063 |
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1394235062 |
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