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Eclipse

Journeys to the Dark Side of the Moon
BuchGebunden
Verkaufsrang9364inPhysik und Astronomie
CHF35.50

Beschreibung

In August 2017, 100 million will gather across the USA to watch a total solar eclipse. This book, written by the widely read popular science author Frank Close, describes the spellbinding allure of this most beautiful natural phenomenon, taking the reader to a war zone in the Western Sahara, to the South Pacific, and to the African bush.
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ISBN/GTIN978-0-19-879549-0
ProduktartBuch
EinbandGebunden
Erscheinungsdatum01.05.2017
Seiten240 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 123 mm, Höhe 203 mm, Dicke 30 mm
Gewicht332 g
Artikel-Nr.4987000
KatalogBuchzentrum
Datenquelle-Nr.20710186
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Frank Close is an eminent research theoretical physicist in nuclear and particle physics. Currently Professor of Physics at Oxford University and a Fellow of Exeter College, he was formerly the Head of the Theoretical Physics Division at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. He served as Chair of the UK Space Exploration Working Group 2007 which culminated with Tim Peake's launch to the ISS. He is the author of several books, including the best-selling Lucifer's Legacy (OUP, 2000), and was the winner of the Kelvin Medal of the Institute of Physics for his 'outstanding contributions to the public understanding of physics'. His other books include The Cosmic Onion (1983), The Particle Explosion (1987), End (1988), Too Hot to Handle (1991), and The Particle Odyssey (OUP, 2002). In 2013 Professor Close was awarded the Royal Society Michael Faraday Prize for communicating science.