Eclipses of the Sun
Auteur : Samuel Alfred Mitchell
Date de publication : 1951
Éditeur : Columbia University Press
Nombre de pages : 425
Résumé du livre
Examines the historical accounts and scientific accomplishments related to solar eclipses. Specifically examines the prediction and verification of eclipses, the spectroscope, the surface of the sun, the structure of the atom, the flash spectrum, the importance of ionization, coronal theories, Einstein's theory of relativity, shadow bands, and related problems such as solar rotation, sun spot vortices, polarities, and others.