Classifying the Cosmos: How We Can Make Sense of the Celestial Landscape
暫譯: 分類宇宙:我們如何理解天體景觀

Dick, Steven J.

  • 出版商: Springer
  • 出版日期: 2019-04-02
  • 售價: $1,980
  • 貴賓價: 9.5$1,881
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 458
  • 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
  • ISBN: 303010379X
  • ISBN-13: 9783030103798
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商品描述

Since the invention of the telescope 400 years ago, astronomers have rapidly discovered countless celestial objects. But how does one make sense of it all?

Astronomer and former NASA Chief Historian Steven J. Dick brings order to this menagerie by defining 82 classes of astronomical objects, which he places in a beginner-friendly system known as "Astronomy's Three Kingdoms." Rather than concentrating on technicalities, this system focuses on the history of each object, the nature of its discovery, and our current knowledge about it.

The ensuing book can therefore be read on at least two levels. On one level, it is an illustrated guide to various types of astronomical wonders. On another level, it is considerably more: the first comprehensive classification system to cover all celestial objects in a consistent manner.

Accompanying each spread are spectacular historical and modern images. The result is a pedagogical tour-de-force, whereby readers can easily master astronomy's three realms of planets, stars, and galaxies.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

自從400年前望遠鏡的發明以來,天文學家迅速發現了無數的天體。然而,如何理解這一切呢?

天文學家及前NASA首席歷史學家史蒂芬·J·迪克(Steven J. Dick)通過定義82類天文物體,為這個雜亂無章的世界帶來了秩序,他將這些物體放入一個對初學者友好的系統,稱為「天文學的三個王國」。這個系統不專注於技術細節,而是著重於每個物體的歷史、發現的性質以及我們目前對它的了解。

因此,這本書可以從至少兩個層面來閱讀。一方面,它是一本各類天文奇觀的插圖指南;另一方面,它的意義更為深遠:這是第一個以一致的方式涵蓋所有天體的綜合分類系統。

每一頁都配有壯觀的歷史和現代圖像。最終的結果是一場教學的盛宴,讀者可以輕鬆掌握天文學的三個領域:行星、恆星和星系。

作者簡介

Steven J. Dick held the 2014 Baruch S. Blumberg NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology at the Kluge Center of the Library of Congress. In 2013 he testified before Congress on the subject of astrobiology. He served as the Charles A. Lindbergh Chair in Aerospace History at the National Air and Space Museum from 2011-2012, and as the NASA Chief Historian and Director of the NASA History Office from 2003-2009. Prior to that, he worked as an astronomer and historian of science at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. for 24 years, including three years on a mountaintop in New Zealand. He obtained his B.S. in astrophysics (1971), and MA and PhD (1977) in history and philosophy of science from Indiana University.

Among his books are Plurality of Worlds: The Origins of the Extraterrestrial Life Debate from Democritus to Kant (Cambridge University Press, 1982) (translated into French), The Biological Universe: The Twentieth Century Extraterrestrial Life Debate and the Limits of Science (Cambridge University Press, 1996), and Life on Other Worlds (Cambridge University Press, 1998), the latter translated into Chinese, Italian, Czech, Greek and Polish. He has also authored (with James Strick) The Living Universe: NASA and the Development of Astrobiology (2004), and a comprehensive history of the U. S. Naval Observatory, Sky and Ocean Joined: The U. S. Naval Observatory, 1830-2000 (Cambridge University Press, 2003). The latter received the Pendleton Prize of the Society for History in the Federal Government. He is also editor of Many Worlds: The New Universe, Extraterrestrial Life and the Theological Implications (2000), and (with Keith Cowing) Risk and Exploration: Earth, Sea and Stars (NASA SP-2005-4701 (Washington, D.C., 2005), and numerous volumes in the NASA History series. His book Discovery and Classification in Astronomy: Controversy and Consensus was published by Cambridge University Press in 2013. He is editor of the The Impact of Discovering Life Beyond Earth, published by Cambridge University Press in November, 2015, and Historical Studies in the Societal Impact of Spaceflight (NASA, 2015). Dr. Dick's recent book, Astrobiology, Discovery and Societal Impact (Cambridge University Press, 2018) won the the 2019 PROSE award for Cosmology & Astronomy.

Dr. Dick is the recipient of the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Medal, the NASA Group Achievement Award for his role in NASA's multidisciplinary program in astrobiology, the NASA Group Achievement Award for the book America in Space, and the 2006 LeRoy E. Doggett Prize for Historical Astronomy of the American Astronomical Society. In 2012 he was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He has served as Chairman of the Historical Astronomy Division of the American Astronomical Society, as President of the History of Astronomy Commission of the International Astronomical Union, and as President of the Philosophical Society of Washington. He is a member of the American Astronomical Society, the International Astronomical Union, and a corresponding member of the International Academy of Astronautics. In 2009 the International Astronomical Union designated minor planet 6544 stevendick in his honor.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

史蒂芬·J·迪克(Steven J. Dick)於2014年擔任美國國會圖書館克盧格中心的巴魯克·S·布倫伯格(Baruch S. Blumberg)NASA/國會圖書館天體生物學講座。2013年,他在國會就天體生物學主題作證。他於2011年至2012年擔任國家航空航天博物館的查爾斯·A·林德伯格(Charles A. Lindbergh)航空歷史講座,並於2003年至2009年擔任NASA首席歷史學家及NASA歷史辦公室主任。在此之前,他在美國海軍天文台(U.S. Naval Observatory)擔任天文學家和科學歷史學家,工作了24年,其中包括在紐西蘭的一座山頂上工作三年。他在印第安納大學獲得了天體物理學學士學位(1971年),以及科學史和科學哲學的碩士和博士學位(1977年)。

他的著作包括《世界的多樣性:從德莫克利特到康德的外星生命辯論起源》(Plurality of Worlds: The Origins of the Extraterrestrial Life Debate from Democritus to Kant,劍橋大學出版社,1982年,已翻譯成法語)、《生物宇宙:20世紀外星生命辯論與科學的界限》(The Biological Universe: The Twentieth Century Extraterrestrial Life Debate and the Limits of Science,劍橋大學出版社,1996年)以及《其他世界的生命》(Life on Other Worlds,劍橋大學出版社,1998年,已翻譯成中文、意大利文、捷克文、希臘文和波蘭文)。他還與詹姆斯·斯特里克(James Strick)合著了《活著的宇宙:NASA與天體生物學的發展》(The Living Universe: NASA and the Development of Astrobiology,2004年),以及美國海軍天文台的綜合歷史《天空與海洋的結合:美國海軍天文台,1830-2000》(Sky and Ocean Joined: The U. S. Naval Observatory, 1830-2000,劍橋大學出版社,2003年)。後者獲得了美國聯邦政府歷史學會的彭德爾頓獎(Pendleton Prize)。他還編輯了《多重世界:新宇宙、外星生命與神學意涵》(Many Worlds: The New Universe, Extraterrestrial Life and the Theological Implications,2000年),以及與基思·考寧(Keith Cowing)合編的《風險與探索:地球、海洋與星星》(Risk and Exploration: Earth, Sea and Stars,NASA SP-2005-4701,華盛頓特區,2005年),以及NASA歷史系列的多部著作。他的書《天文學中的發現與分類:爭議與共識》(Discovery and Classification in Astronomy: Controversy and Consensus)於2013年由劍橋大學出版社出版。他是《發現地球以外生命的影響》(The Impact of Discovering Life Beyond Earth)的編輯,該書於2015年11月由劍橋大學出版社出版,以及《太空飛行的社會影響歷史研究》(Historical Studies in the Societal Impact of Spaceflight,NASA,2015年)。迪克博士最近的著作《天體生物學、發現與社會影響》(Astrobiology, Discovery and Societal Impact,劍橋大學出版社,2018年)獲得了2019年PROSE獎的宇宙學與天文學類別。

迪克博士獲得了NASA卓越服務獎章、海軍優異平民服務獎章、NASA團體成就獎(因其在NASA的多學科天體生物學計劃中的角色)、書籍《美國在太空中的成就》(America in Space)的NASA團體成就獎,以及2006年美國天文學會的歷史天文學勒羅伊·E·道格特獎(LeRoy E. Doggett Prize for Historical Astronomy)。2012年,他被選為美國科學促進會(AAAS)的會士。他曾擔任美國天文學會歷史天文學部的主席、國際天文聯合會天文學歷史委員會的主席,以及華盛頓哲學學會的主席。他是美國天文學會、國際天文聯合會的成員,並且是國際宇航科學院的通訊成員。2009年,國際天文聯合會以他的名字命名小行星6544 stevendick以示敬意。