A Companion to Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2006
Chronology and Glossary with Data Tables

Astronomy and Astrophysics is a comprehensive, fundamental, and up-to-date reference book. It is filled with vital information and basic facts for amateur astronomers and professional astrophysicists, and for anyone interested in the Universe, from the Earth and other planets to the stars, galaxies and beyond. An exceptionally thorough Index cross-references concepts, discoveries and individuals in both the Timeline section and Dictionary section. The combined result is a unique stand-alone reference volume in which the reader can quickly locate information, while also discovering new and unexpected knowledge.

Kenneth R. Lang is known for his famous, widely used reference books Astrophysical Formulae I, II, published in their third edition in 1995 by Springer-Verlag. He is also a writer of prize-winning science books that have a broad readership, including amateurs, experts and the educated layperson. Some of these popular books, which include Sun, Earth and Sky, Wanderers in Space, the Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Sun and the Cambridge Guide to the Solar System, have been translated into seven languages.

A unique, comprehensive, fundamental, and up-to-date reference book

Filled with vital information and basic facts for amateur astronomers and professional astrophysicists, and for anyone interested in the Universe

Kenneth R. Lang is known for his widely used reference books Astrophysical Formulae I, II published in their third edition in 1995 by Springer-Verlag

Lang has also written prize-winning general interest books including Sun, Earth and Sky