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Close, Frank

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9780190902476: Eclipses: What Everyone Needs to Know®
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2019

Synopsis

100 questions about eclipses--each answered succinctly to create a comprehensive description of the wonder of this natural phenomena.

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About the Author

Frank Close is an eminent research theoretical physicist in nuclear and particle physics. He is Emeritus Professor of Physics at Oxford University and a Fellow of Exeter College, and was formerly the Head of the Theoretical Physics Division at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. He served as Chair of the UK Space Exploration Working Group 2007 which culminated with Tim Peake's launch to the ISS. He is the author of several books, including the best-selling Lucifer's Legacy (OUP, 2000), and was the winner of the Kelvin Medal of the Institute of Physics for his "outstanding contributions to the public understanding of physics." His other books include The Cosmic Onion (1983), The Particle Explosion (1987), End (1988), Too Hot to Handle (1991), and The Particle Odyssey (OUP, 2002). In 2013 Professor Close was awarded the Royal Society Michael Faraday Prize for communicating science.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
2019
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0190902477
ISBN 13 
9780190902476
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
200
Rating
  • 3.67 out of 5 stars
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