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The Sun from Space

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  • © 2009

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Authors:
  1. Kenneth R. Lang

    1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tufts University, Medford, USA

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  • Main text free of formulas and therefore suitable for general reader
  • Formulas concentrated in "Focus sections" providing condensed physics for students
  • Each Chapter ends with a bullet type summary of highlights and a chronological listing of key events
  • Thousands of fundamental references keyed
  • Comprehensive and up-to-date account of the current knowledge of the sun
  • Lavishly illustrated with many color figures
  • K. Lang is a well-known author ("Astrophysical Formulae", "Sun, Earth and Sky", "Wanderers in Space") and as a collaborator of NASA especially an expert on the Sun
  • Gleaming reviews of first edition in CHOICE, Sciene Magazine, The Observatory
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library (AAL)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXX
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  2. Instruments for a Revolution

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    Pages 1-50

  3. Discovering Space

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    Pages 51-104

  4. Exploring Unseen Depths of the Sun

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    Pages 105-159

  5. Solving the Sun’s Heating Crisis

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    Pages 161-196

  6. Winds Across the Void

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    Pages 197-251

  7. Our Violent Sun

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    Pages 253-336

  8. Space Weather

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    Pages 337-405

  9. Appendix

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    Pages 407-410

  10. References

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    Pages 411-522

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 523-556
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The First Edition of The Sun from Space, completed in 1999, focused on the early accomplishments of three solar spacecraft, SOHO, Ulysses, and Yohkoh, primarily during a minimum in the Sun’s 11-year cycle of magnetic activity. The comp- hensive Second Edition includes the main ndings of these three spacecraft over an entire activity cycle, including two minima and a maximum, and discusses the signi cant results of six more solar missions. Four of these, the Hinode, RHESSI, STEREO, and TRACE missions were launched after the First Edition was either nished or nearly so, and the other two, the ACE and Wind spacecraft, extend our investigations from the Sun to its varying input to the Earth. The Second Edition does not contain simple updates or cosmetic patch ups to the material in the First Edition. It instead contains the relevant discoveries of the past decade, integrated into chapters completely rewritten for the purpose. This provides a fresh perspective to the major topics of solar enquiry, written in an enjoyable, easily understood text accessible to all readers, from the interested layperson to the student or professional.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tufts University, Medford, USA

    Kenneth R. Lang

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