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‎Introductory Astronomy and Astrophysics‎

‎W.B. Saunders Company Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1973 Book condition, Etat : Moyen hardcover, editor's blue illustrated binding small In-4 1 vol. - 576 pages‎

‎many black and white text-figures and photographies Contents, Chapitres : Preface, Contents, xii, Text, 564 pages - 1. Introduction : Astronomy and astrophysics - Aspects of the celestial sphere - 2. The Solar System : Celestial mechanics - Motions of the Earth - The Solar System in perspective - The Earth-Moon system - Inferior and superior planets - 3. Basic stellar characteristics : Electromagnetic radiation and matter - The Sun - Stellar distances and magnitudes - Binary stars - Spectral classification and the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram - 4. The structure and content of our galaxy : Our galaxy, an introductory view - Stellar motions - The structure and evolution of stars - Variable and unusual stars - The interstellar medium - Our galaxy, a summary - 5. The Universe : Extragalactic objects - Our Universe and cosmology - 6. Appendices : Bibliography, tables, atomic elements, elementary particles, constants and units, Greek alphabet, mathematical appendix and index the spine-end are lightly used and had been repared inside the binding, else very good copy, inside is clean, no markings, it remains a very good reading copy, complete‎