The enigma of sunspots
Subtitle: a story of discovery and scientific revolution
By: Judit Brody
Publisher: Floris Books
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
Subjects: Sunspots; Sun -- Observations -- History
Description: Sunspots are dark areas on the Sun's surface, some as large as 50,000 miles in diameter. This text charts the history of our efforts to understand them, and the lives and quarrels of those astronomers who first charted their mysterious patterns and whose records are still of vital importance.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-188) and index