1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791975303321

Titolo

Physical processes in circumstellar disks around young stars [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Paulo J.V. Garcia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago ; ; London, : University of Chicago Press, 2011

ISBN

1-283-09757-5

9786613097576

0-226-28230-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (437 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GarciaPaulo J. V

Disciplina

523.8

Soggetti

Disks (Astrophysics)

Stars - Formation

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.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- 1. Circumstellar Disks around Young Stars -- 2. Protoplanetary Disk Structure and Evolution -- 3. The Chemical Evolution of Protoplanetary Disks -- 4. Dust Processing and Mineralogy in Protoplanetary Accretion Disks -- 5. Disk Hydrodynamics -- 6. Magnetohydrodynamics of Protostellar Disks -- 7. The Effects of Large-Scale Magnetic Fields on Disk Formation and Evolution -- 8. The Dispersal of Disks around Young Stars -- Acknowledgments -- List of Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

Circumstellar disks are vast expanses of dust that form around new stars in the earliest stages of their birth. Predicted by astronomers as early as the eighteenth century, they weren't observed until the late twentieth century, when interstellar imaging technology enabled us to see nascent stars hundreds of light years away. Since then, circumstellar disks have become an area of intense study among astrophysicists, largely because they are thought to be the forerunners of planetary systems like our own-the possible birthplaces of planets. This volume brings



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910830396903321

Autore

Richetti John J.

Titolo

The life of Daniel Defoe : a critical biography / / John Richetti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015

©2005

ISBN

1-119-11800-X

1-280-23742-2

9786610237425

0-470-70030-0

0-470-75466-4

1-4051-5034-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (419 p.)

Collana

Blackwell Critical Biographies

Disciplina

823.5

823.5B

823/.5 B

Soggetti

Authors, English - 18th century

Journalists - Great Britain

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

The Life of Daniel Defoe: A Critical Biography; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Dissenter, Merchant, Speculator, Writer; 2 Early Writings 1697-1703: Projects, Dissent, Poems; 3 Political Journalism: 1697-1710; 4 Political Agent and Journalist:Queen Anne to the Hanoverians; 5 Moral, Social, and Economic Writings 1714-31; 6 Robinson Crusoe; 7 Travel, Politics, and Adventure; 8 Crime and Narrative; 9 Roxana: A Novel of Crime and Punishment; 10 History, Facts, and Literature; 11 Political Journalist and Moral Censor: 1715-31; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Life of Daniel Defoe examines the entire range of Defoe's writing in the context of what is known about his life and opinions. A critical study of the writing of Daniel Defoe. Features extended and detailed commentaries on Defoe's political and religious journalism, as well as on his narrative fictions. Places emphasis on Defoe's distinctive style



and rhetoric.