Download “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to The Sun”, written by Jay M. Pasachoff in pdf format.
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.
Contents
- What the Sun Looks Like
- The Sun Through Time
- Eclipses of the Sun
- The Sun from Mountaintops
- The Sun from Space
- The Sun-Earth Connection
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