A Question and Answer Guide to Astronomy

Pierre-Yves Bely; Carol Christian; Jean-Renà Roy

ISBN 10: 052118066X / ISBN 13: 9780521180665

Edité par Cambridge University Press, 2010

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Synopsis :

A practical answer guide to humankind's age-old questions on planets, our universe and everything beyond and between.

À propos des auteurs: Pierre-Yves Bely is an engineer specializing in the design and construction of large optical telescopes. He was Chief Engineer for the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, has worked on the Hubble Space Telescope and the design of its successor.

Carol Christian is an astrophysicist and Deputy of the Community Missions Office at the Space Telescope Science Institute. In addition to technical and outreach support of NASA missions, she is a collaborator on the Google Sky and World Wide Telescope projects for exploration of the sky on the internet.

Jean-René Roy is an astrophysicist specializing in the evolution of galaxies and the formation of massive stars. He is Deputy Director of the Gemini Observatory, which hosts two of the largest telescopes in the world, one in Hawaii and the other in Chile.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : A Question and Answer Guide to Astronomy
Éditeur : Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition : 2010
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Very Good
Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket