The analysis of starlight : two centuries of astronomical spectroscopy /

This is the story of the analysis of starlight by astronomical spectroscopy, spanning from Joseph Fraunhofer's discovery of spectral lines in the early nineteenth century through to around the year 2000. In addition to the key discoveries, it presents the culture and social history of stellar a...

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Main Author:	Hearnshaw, J. B. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Edition:	Second edition.
Subjects:	Astronomical spectroscopy > History.