The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Sun
by Jay M. Pasachoff

 

Table of Contents

Part 1: What the Sun Looks Like

    1    The Sun Shines On Us

    2    The Active Sun

    3    Seeing the Invisible

    4    The Sun Goes Up; the Sun Goes Down

    5    Our Sun: Looking Good

Part 2: The Sun Through Time

    6    The Sun as a Star

    7    The Sun and Civilization

    8    The Birth of the Sun

    9    The Sun at the Center

    10   The Death of the Sun

Part 3: Eclipses of the Sun

    11   Who Stole the Sun?

    12   Saros and Cycles

    13   Helium: Only on the Sun

    14   To the Ends of the Earth

    15   To Be in the Moon's Shadow

    16   Venus Tries to Cover Immodestly    

Part 4: The Sun from Mountaintops

    17   High Above the Clouds

    18   Sunspot, New Mexico, and the House of the Sun

    19   Canaries and the Big Dog

    20   Ringing Like a Bell

Part 5: The Sun from Space

    21   Above the Air Is Better

    22   Sunbeam

    23   Yo Ho, SOHO

    24   Tracing Out the Loops

    25   Plunging into the Sun

Part 6: The Sun-Earth Connection

    26   Constancy, Thy Name Isn't the Sun

    27   Greenhouses of Salt

    28   The Forecast Today Is Flares

Appendixes

    A    Glossary

    B    Solar Observatories

    C    Astronomy Clubs and Solar Interest Groups

    D    A Word on Temperature

    E    Selected Readings

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