The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Sun (Complete Idiot's Guide to)
The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Sun (Complete Idiot's Guide to)
Editorial Reviews
Sky & Telescope, July 2004
He (Pasachoff) gently takes you by the hand and tells you everything you want to know about our star.
Book Description
Everything revolves around it...and now skywatchers and armchair scientists can learn all about the origin and history of the sun. With information on the sun's physical properties; how solar flares, sunspots, and winds on its surface affect Earth's atmosphere and environment; solar and lunar eclipses, transits, and occultations, and early astronomers' discoveries about the sun, including Galileo, Copernicus, Francis Bailey, and the Mayans.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Sun (Complete Idiot's Guide to)
Complete Idiot's Guide to the Sun (Complete Idiot's Guide to),Jay M. Pasachoff,Alpha,1592570747,Astronomy - General,Nature,Nature/Ecology,Reference,Science,Star Observation,Popular astronomy,Science / General,The Sun
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