The first edition of The Sun From Space, completed in 1999, focused on the early accomplishments of three solar spacecraft, SOHO, Ulysses and Yohkoh, primarily during a minimum in the Sun's 11-year cycle of magnetic activity. This comprehensive Second Edition includes the main findings of these three spacecraft over an entire activity cycle, including two minima and a maximum, and discusses the significant results of six further solar missions. It contains the relevant discoveries of the past decade, integrated into chapters completely rewritten for the purposes of this book. This provides a fresh perspective on themajor topics of solar enquiry, written in an enjoyable, easily understood text accessible to all readers, from the interested layperson to the student or professional. Main text free of formulas and therefore suitable for general reader Formulas concentrated in "Focus sections" providing condensed physics for students Each Chapter ends with a bullet type summary of highlights and a chronological listing of key events Thousands of fundamental references keyed Comprehensive and up-to-date account of the current knowledge of the sun Lavishly illustrated with many color figures INDICE: 1. Instruments for a revolution.- 2. Discovering space.- 3. Exploring unseen depths of the sun.- 4. Solving the sun’s heating crisis.- 5. Winds across the void.- 6. Our violent sun.- 7. Space weather.
- ISBN: 978-3-540-76952-1
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 400
- Fecha Publicación: 01/09/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés