15 Million Degrees: A Journey to the Centre of Sun Penguin 9780241963555 110

110 times wider than Earth
15 million degrees at its core
an atmosphere so huge that Earth is actually within it: come and meet the star of our solar system Light takes eight minutes to reach Earth from the surface of the Sun. But its journey within the Sun takes hundreds of thousands of years. What is going on in there? What are light and heat? How does the Sun produce them and how on earth did scientists discover this? In this astonishing and enlightening adventure, you'll travel millions of miles from inside the Sun to its surface and to Earth, where the light at the end of its journey is allowing you to read right now. You'll discover how the Sun works (including what it sounds like), the latest research in solar physics and how a solar storm could threaten everything we know. And you'll meet the groundbreaking scientists, including the author, who pieced this extraordinary story together.

Магазин: Podpisnie

ISBN: 9780241963555
Язык: Английский
Объем: 304
Автор: Green L.,Green L.
Формат: Мягкий,130x200
Издательство: Penguin
Год: 2017
Количество страниц: 304
Переплет: Мягкий
Count: 2
Авторы: Green L.
Год публикации: 2017
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