Sirius
Brightest Diamond in the Night Sky
(Sprache: Englisch)
This book describes why Sirius has been regarded as an important fixture of the night sky since the beginnings of history. It also examines the part that Sirius has played in how we came to achieve our current scientific understanding of stars.
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This book describes why Sirius has been regarded as an important fixture of the night sky since the beginnings of history. It also examines the part that Sirius has played in how we came to achieve our current scientific understanding of stars.
Klappentext zu „Sirius “
This book tells two stories. The first and most obvious is why the star known as Sirius has been regarded as an important fixture of the night sky by many civilizations and cultures since the beginnings of history. A second, but related, narrative is the prominent part that Sirius has played in how we came to achieve our current scientific understanding of the nature and fate of the stars. This is the first book to integrate the cultural history of Sirius with modern astrophysics in a way which provides a realistic view of how science progresses over time.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Sirius “
- Goddess of the Eastern Horizon- The Dog Star
- From Myth to Reality
- A Dark Star Prophesied
- A Dark Star Revealed
- An Odd Pair
- Giants Among the Dwarfs
- A Matter of Degeneracy
- Einstein's Well
- Red Sirius
- Modern Mysteries
- A View from Space
- Past, Present and Future
- Appendices
Autoren-Porträt von Jay B. Holberg
The author, Jay Holberg, is well known, both as an historian and as an astrophysicist, and in telling the story of Sirius he is able to integrate the history of the star with modern astrophysics in a way which provides a realistic view of how science progresses over time.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Jay B. Holberg
- 2007, 280 Seiten, Masse: 17,8 x 25,4 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Springer, New York
- ISBN-10: 038748941X
- ISBN-13: 9780387489414
- Erscheinungsdatum: 22.02.2007
Sprache:
Englisch
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From the reviews:"This book is wonderful, being an authoritative and connected history of Sirius as seen throughout the ages. ... I am highly impressed by the original new research reported in this book. ... I could imagine that this book would be good for constructing an astro-history course around. ... But mainly, for people like us, it is a great story with a lot of new information." (HAD News, Vol. 70, May, 2007)
"To write a complete book about a single star may sound like a daunting task, but Jay Holberg, a senior research scientist at the lunar and planetary laboratory in Arizona, has done so with success. ... The book is meticulously researched ... . It's a fascinating read and will appeal equally to the newcomer to astronomy and to the serious student. This is recommended without the slightest hesitation." (Patrick Moore, BBC Sky at Night, July, 2007)
"Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, has been of human interest at least since early Egyptian priests watched for its heliacal rising as a sign that the Nile would soon flood and fertilize the fields. ... Ample bibliography for further investigation. Summing Up: Recommended. General readers; lower-division undergraduates through faculty." (M. Dickinson, Choice, Vol. 45 (1), 2007)
"Jay Holberg has chosen Sirius as the subject of this charming and well-written book which covers both the lore and the physics of the brighter star in the sky. ... I thoroughly recommend this book as an instructive and entertaining read (Holberg is good at the apposite analogy), and as one that discusses the early 20th-century advances in astrophysics, which are often ignored in popular books, but underlie our modern understanding of stars." (William Tobin, Southern Stars, Vol. 46 (2), June, 2007)
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