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The Sun: One Thousand Years of Scientific Imagery
•A fascinating and informative look at studies of the Sun throughout history, beautifully illustrated with images from the Science Museum's collection
•The combination of historic and modern studies and accessible text ensure there is something here for every reader
•Cloth binding with foil details make this a beautiful addition to any bookshelf
Dazzling, beautiful, powerful, mysterious - the Sun has fascinated people throughout history. This book charts our changing understanding of the Sun through a rich collection of scientific from from a 10th-century manuscript drawing of an earth-centered universe, to awe-inspiring close-ups of our turbulent star taken by orbiting spacecraft. Each image tells a story of evolving scientific understanding and techniques, as well as the personal dedication of the theologians, artists and astronomers who made them.
Foreword; Introduction; The sun and planets; The solar surface; Eruptions; Sunlight; Eclipsed; Glossary; Further reading.
Published to accompany the special exhibition The Living with Our Star, running at the Science Museum from 6 October 2018 to 6 May 2019.
•The combination of historic and modern studies and accessible text ensure there is something here for every reader
•Cloth binding with foil details make this a beautiful addition to any bookshelf
Dazzling, beautiful, powerful, mysterious - the Sun has fascinated people throughout history. This book charts our changing understanding of the Sun through a rich collection of scientific from from a 10th-century manuscript drawing of an earth-centered universe, to awe-inspiring close-ups of our turbulent star taken by orbiting spacecraft. Each image tells a story of evolving scientific understanding and techniques, as well as the personal dedication of the theologians, artists and astronomers who made them.
Foreword; Introduction; The sun and planets; The solar surface; Eruptions; Sunlight; Eclipsed; Glossary; Further reading.
Published to accompany the special exhibition The Living with Our Star, running at the Science Museum from 6 October 2018 to 6 May 2019.
120 pages, Hardcover
Published January 6, 2019
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March 7, 2022
As you'd expect for a Science Museum book this is authoritative and accompanied by easily understandable descriptions. The selection of drawn pictures illustrates a good range and evolution in our understanding of the Sun. The usual suspects are present.
The 1860 & 1870 period lithographs of solar eclipses are impressive, not just for their technical brilliance of the time, but also for the contribution to answering some basic questions about a solar eclipse.
The more recent photographs are naturally beautiful and stunning. The picture of the full visible spectrum from red to violet with absorption is (to me) more impressie that the close up corona or false colour spectral images. A beautiful book.
The 1860 & 1870 period lithographs of solar eclipses are impressive, not just for their technical brilliance of the time, but also for the contribution to answering some basic questions about a solar eclipse.
The more recent photographs are naturally beautiful and stunning. The picture of the full visible spectrum from red to violet with absorption is (to me) more impressie that the close up corona or false colour spectral images. A beautiful book.
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