1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458721203321

Autore

Hartquist T. W

Titolo

Blowing bubbles in the cosmos [[electronic resource] ] : astronomical winds, jets, and explosions / / T.W. Hartquist, J.E. Dyson, and D.P. Ruffle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c2004

ISBN

1-280-47255-3

0-19-535143-6

0-19-518615-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (188 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DysonJ. E <1941-> (John Edward)

RuffleD. P

Disciplina

523.01

Soggetti

Solar wind

Astrophysical jets

Stars, New

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. The First Discoveries of Astronomical Winds; 2. The Magnitudes of Astronomical Quantities; 3. Stellar Evolution; 4. Basic Structures of Winds and Windblown Bubbles; 5. Star Formation and Low-Mass Young Stellar Objects; 6. Regions of High-Mass Star Formation; 7. Winds from Main-Sequence and Post-Main-Sequence Stars; 8. Supernovae and Their Remnants; 9. Galactic Winds, Starburst Superwinds, and the Epoch of Galaxy Formation; 10. Active Galaxies and Their Nuclei; 11. Some Other Windy and Explosive Sources; Epilogue; Glossary; Mathematical Appendix; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Many astrophysical bodies produce winds, jets or explosions, which blow bubbles. From a nonmathematical perspective, based on the understanding of bubbles, this book addresses various topics in astrophysics including supernovae, the production of structure in the Early Universe, the environments of supermassive black holes and gamma-ray bursts.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910467800603321

Autore

Meyer William B.

Titolo

Americans and their weather / / William B. Meyer [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2020

ISBN

0-19-755950-6

0-19-021282-9

Edizione

[Updated edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 pages) : illustrations (black and white)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

551.6973

Soggetti

Climatic changes - Social aspects - United States

Climatic changes - Economic aspects - United States

Electronic books.

United States Climate

United States Social conditions

United States Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

This edition previously issued in print: 2014.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This updated edition synthesizes research from many fields to offer a complete history of the roles played by weather and climate in American life from colonial times to the present. Author William B. Meyer characterizes weather events as neutral phenomena that are inherently neither hazards nor resources, but can become either depending on the activities with which they interact.