Verlag: Boston : Birkha?user, c1985., 1985
ISBN 10: 0817632352 ISBN 13: 9780817632359
Sprache: Englisch
Anbieter: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. xiv, 195 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm ; ISBN 9780817632359, 9783764332358, 0817632352, 3764332352 ; OCLC 11346425 ; LCCN 84024621 ; LOC No QB43.2 .F54 1985 ; Dewey 520 ; black cloth in color photographic dustjacket ; Contents: Radiation Visible and Invisible: Keys to the Universe -- Interstellar Space: Dark Realms of the Nighttime Sky -- Sun and Stars: Sites of Invisible Activity -- Planets, Life, and Intelligence: Are We Alone ? -- Galaxies: Nature's Grand Structures -- Cosmic Violence: Black Holes, Quasars, and Beyond -- Universe: Its Large-Scale Structure -- Forces of Nature: The Limits of Knowledge -- Epilogue -- Appendices -- Suggestions for Further Reading ; Eric J. Chaisson is an American astrophysicist known for his research, teaching, and writing on the interdisciplinary science of cosmic evolution. ; George B. Field was an American astrophysicist ; FINE/FINE. Book.