Abstract
THIS is not in the strict sense a popular book. It is, however, an account by a group of well qualified German astronomers of some of the recent researches and outstanding problems in their subject, written for readers with a reasonable knowledge of mathematics and physics. The authors' names are a sufficient guarantee of the quality of the volume. The subjects discussedmethods of astrometry, the physical condition of the stars, their inner constitution and evolution, the structure of the stellar system, the sunreflect a sound choice from the whole range of astronomical knowledge. The volume arose from a series of eight lectures given to a circle of engineers at Charlottenburg in 1933. It is freely and well illustrated and attractively set out. It fills what is probably a real need in astronomical literature.
Zur Erforschung des Weltalls: acht Vorträge über Probleme der Astronomic und Astrophysik
P. ten
Bruggencate
E. F.
Freundlich
W.
Grotrian
H.
Kienle
A.
Kopff
Von. Herausgegeben von W. Grotrian und A. Kopff. Pp. x + 286. (Berlin: Julius Springer, 1934.) 19.80 gold marks.
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Zur Erforschung des Weltalls: acht Vorträge über Probleme der Astronomic und Astrophysik. Nature 136, 51 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136051c0
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