About this title: Four hundred years after Kepler discovered his third law of planetary motion, disproving the Pythagorean notion of 'the music of the spheres', music was discovered in the Sun. With this discovery the science of helioseismology was born. Just as we can see the face of a foetus in the womb via ultrasound, and as bats can 'see' their way around using sonar, helioseismologists can now see inside the depths of the sun simply by listening to it. In "The Music of the Sun", renowned helioseismologist William Chaplin tells the story of this discipline's origins and gives us invaluable insight into its ...
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Description: Very Good. 1851684514 Oneworld hardcover w/dustjacket, 2006, clean/unmarked, one bumped corner otherwise like New....Bubble-wrapped and mailed in a Box w/delivery confirmation. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: ONE WORLD
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781851684519ISBN:1851684514
Description: In The Music of the Sun, renowned academic William J. Chaplin unveils numerous solar secrets through the enlightening new science of helioseismology. The Sun, earth's nearest star, is of vital importance not only to our existence, but to our general... read more
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