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Author Brekke, Pål (Pål Ording Lie)

Title Our explosive sun : a visual feast of our source of light and life / by Pål Brekke
Published New York : Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, [2012]

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Description 1 online resource (158 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Contents A star among billions -- The sun's place in the solar system -- The sun from the inside out -- How do we study the sun? -- The sun : a variable star -- The northern lights and space weather -- The sun and life on earth -- How we utilize the sun -- How you can study the sun and the aurora -- Modern research on the sun, the northern ligts, and space weather
Summary Annotation This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the Sun for general readers as well as scientists who are not solar physicists. It presents the basic properties of the Sun, describes how it has always fascinated, and shows how it influences technology
Analysis Physics
Astrophysics
Astronomy
Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences
Popular Science in Astronomy
fysica
astronomie
ruimtewetenschap
space science
zon
sun
solar energy
zonnestraling
solar radiation
Astronomie
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
In Springer eBooks
Subject Astronomy -- Popular works
SCIENCE -- Astronomy.
Physique.
Astronomie.
Astronomy
SUBJECT Sun. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85130462
Subject Sun
Genre/Form Popular works
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011941701
ISBN 9781461405719
1461405718