{"product_id":"the-sun-today-9783030040789","title":"The Sun Today","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere are several billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy. One of them is the middle-aged G2V yellow dwarf that rules our lives. \u003ci\u003eThe Sun Today \u003c\/i\u003ediscusses the Sun's appearance and composition, its internal workings, and the various kinds of radiation it emits, and it puts forward a novel explanation for coronal heating. The book draws on the findings of telescopic observation, space missions, and technical and theoretical advances in many fields, and shows why we need to know more if we are to understand and manage our foothold in the Universe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom the reviews of other books by Claudio Vita-Finzi: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sun - A User's Manual (2008)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e....this, jargon-free, concise, beautifully illustrated and eminently readable book\u003ci\u003e...\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eD.W. Hughes, \u003ci\u003e Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSolar History (2013)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e....a book that is supremely informative, intensely stimulating and enjoyable to read...\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIan Seymour, \u003ci\u003eAstronomy Now\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA History of the Solar System (2016)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ...there is a huge amount of useful information in this book that would benefit anyone who needed more detail than is available in a typical popular science title.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eBrian Clegg, \u003ci\u003ePopular Science\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/31\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783030040789\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 111\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 8.60w x 0.20d","brand":"Claudio Vita-Finzi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43166019649717,"sku":"9783030040789","price":11.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_5eec4f45-48b6-4ca0-85ea-e8dadcf732dc.jpg?v=1696918789","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-sun-today-9783030040789","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}