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Our Place in the Universe: Understanding Fundamental Astronomy from Ancient Discoveries
Sun Kwok
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Description for Our Place in the Universe: Understanding Fundamental Astronomy from Ancient Discoveries
Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, 100 colour illustrations, 100 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: PG; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
If you have ever wanted to understand the basic principles of astronomy and celestial movements, you should read this book. Using pictures of the sky observed from different places on Earth, as well as drawings of ancient astronomical methods and tools, Prof. Sun Kwok tells this story in an entertaining and fascinating way. Since the beginning of human civilization, people have wondered about the structure of the cosmos and our place in the Universe. More than 2,000 years ago, our ancestors knew that the seasons were unequal, the Earth was an unattached object floating in space, ... Read more
If you have ever wanted to understand the basic principles of astronomy and celestial movements, you should read this book. Using pictures of the sky observed from different places on Earth, as well as drawings of ancient astronomical methods and tools, Prof. Sun Kwok tells this story in an entertaining and fascinating way. Since the beginning of human civilization, people have wondered about the structure of the cosmos and our place in the Universe. More than 2,000 years ago, our ancestors knew that the seasons were unequal, the Earth was an unattached object floating in space, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
267
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319541716
SKU
V9783319541716
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Ref
99-15
About Sun Kwok
Prof. Kwok is a Chair Professor of Physics and Dean of Science at The University of Hong Kong. Previously, Prof. Kwok served as Faculty Professor of the University of Calgary in Calgary, Canada, and Director and Distinguished Research Fellow of the Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics of Academia Sinica of Taiwan. Professor Kwok is widely acknowledged as ... Read more
Reviews for Our Place in the Universe: Understanding Fundamental Astronomy from Ancient Discoveries
Each chapter concludes with a number of interesting, open questions, and there is a set of searching review exercises at the end of the book, followed by laboratory exercises involving direct observation or, more realistically, the use of readily available planetarium software. ... This book can open our eyes to the phenomena around us and what we can learn from ... Read more