| Title |
Exploring the sun : solar science since Galileo / Karl Hufbauer. |
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| Imprint |
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1991. |
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| Description |
xv, 370 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
New series in NASA history
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-357) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue : the sun in western astronomy to 1610 -- The beginnings of modern solar science, 1610-1810 -- The rise of solar physics, 1810-1910 -- The maturing of solar physics, 1910-1940 -- Solar physics as beneficiary of war, 1939-1957 -- The solar physics community since Sputnik, 1957-1990 -- The solar wind, 1957-1970 -- The inconstant sun, 1964-1990. |
| Subject(s) |
Sun.
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Astronomy -- History -- 19th century.
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Astronomy -- History -- 20th century.
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