Description: THE ASTROPHYSICAL IMPORTANCE OF ONE OF THE PIONEERING X-RAY OBSERVATORIES IMAGING X-RAY ASTRONOMY: A Decade of Einstein Observatory Achievements Edited by Martin Elvis Many contributed articles by experts on the first decade of imaging x-ray astronomy Illustrated with Images, graphs, and diagrams Description: Martin Elvis, Editor: IMAGING X-RAY ASTRONOMY: A Decade of Einstein Observatory Achievements. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press., 1990 ,7 x 10 in., 248 pp. Many diagrams images and graphs. Condition: Like new condition-hardbound in pictorial binding. Clean, Crisp, unmarked, and tightly bound. Overall NF condition. Information: . We are pleased to offer this collection of essays on the results of the pioneering Einstein X-Ray Observatory, based on a symposium held at Harvard in 1989, the first high-resolution imaging x-ray observatory using grazing-incidence optics, and the predecessor of the Chandra X-Ray observatory. Edited by an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for astrophysics, and containing contributions from many of the premier x-ray astronomers of the era. Among the many contributors: Harvey Tananbaum on the history of X-ray astronomy; Jeff Linsky on Stellar sources of X-Rays (chromospherically active stars and the like); Joe Patterson on Cataclysmic variables; Claude Canizares on Thermal Plamas, I.M. Gioia on sky surveys in the X_ray; R. Giacconi on the future of X-Ray Astronomy; Fred Walter on Low Mass Star Formation; Fred Seward on the Vela Supernova Remnant and other SNR; France Cordova on Active Galactic Nuclei; G. Fabbiano on the EInstein Database; Various other authors. An excellent addition to any astrophysicist's library or a collection on the history and practice of X-Ray astronomy and high-energy astrophysics. VISIT MY EBAY STORE FOR OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST(Click This Link) Shipping: Free media rate shipping in US. Higher international postage as appropriate.(See Shipping and payments tab on this listing page for details). We make every attempt to describe items clearly and completely. Please read our listings carefully, inspect posted images of the item, and let us know if you have any questions before you bid. All buyers must pay according to Ebay policies. If you have any questions about this, please email me. International bidders should contact me for a quote on shipping before bidding. Import duties, taxes and charges are not included in the item price or shipping charges. These charges are the buyer's responsibility. Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding/buying.
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Printing Year: 1990
Year Printed: 1990
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Topic: Astronomy
Binding: Hardcover
Origin: English
Country of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Author: Martin Elvis Editor
Subject: Science & Medicine
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication: Cambridge
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
