Stars in Their Courses

James Jeans

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511694431

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James Jeans

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: October 2010
Print publication year:: 2009
First published in:: 1931
Online ISBN:: 9780511694431
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511694431

Subjects:: Physics and Astronomy, Astronomy: General Interest
Series:: Cambridge Library Collection - Astronomy

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Stars in Their Courses is an introduction, originally published in 1934, to astronomy and the wonders of the universe brought to us by the technology of the telescope. The book is illustrated with a large number of photographs, and was especially written for readers with no previous scientific knowledge.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

PREFACE
pp v-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

ILLUSTRATIONS
pp ix-xii

I - The Vault of Heaven
pp 1-23

II - A Preliminary Journey through Space and Time
pp 24-48

III - The Sun's Family
pp 49-67

IV - Weighing and Measuring the Stars
pp 68-85

V - The Variety of the Stars
pp 86-99

VI - The Milky Way
pp 100-117

VII - Out in the Depths of Space
pp 118-134

VIII - The Great Universe
pp 135-153

Appendices

I - Guide to the Sky
pp 154-180

II - The Twenty Apparently Brightest Stars
pp 181-181

III - The Planets
pp 182-182

IV - The Motion of the Planets
pp 183-183

Index
pp 184-188

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