Astronomy category: 2403 books
Choosing and Using a New CAT
Getting the Most from Your Schmidt Cassegrain or Any Catadioptric Telescope
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2009
Choosing and Using the New CAT will supersede the author’s successful Choosing and Using a Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope, which has enjoyed enthusiastic support from the amateur astronomy community for the past seven years.
Since the first book was published, a lot has changed in the technology...
The Heavens on Earth
Observatories and Astronomy in Nineteenth-Century Science and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2010
The Heavens on Earth explores the place of the observatory in nineteenth-century science and culture. Astronomy was a core pursuit for observatories, but usually not the only one. It belonged to a larger group of “observatory sciences” that also included geodesy, meteorology, geomagnetism, and...
by George Darwin
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2013
A mathematical argument is, after all, only organized common sense, and it is well that men of science should not always expound their work to the few behind a veil of technical language, but should from time to time explain to a larger public the reasoning which lies behind their mathematical notation....
Solar System Astrophysics
Background Science and the Inner Solar System
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
The second edition of Solar System Astrophysics: Background Science and the Inner Solar System provides new insights into the burgeoning field of planetary astronomy. As in the first edition, this volume begins with a rigorous treatment of coordinate frames, basic positional astronomy, and the celestial...
Echoes of the Ancient Skies
The Astronomy of Lost Civilizations
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
"It should be read by anyone even remotely interested in the long saga of the universe's profound and lasting influence on mankind’s development." — New Scientist
"A grand book." — Publishers Weekly
"Dr. Krupp teaches us once more to look up at the stars and marvel."...
by Daniel Kirkwood
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2015
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
by James Goodman
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
10 top things you cannot see with the aid of a telescope….
While the star, planets, moon and so on can be seen with the aid of our telescope. Little minds, like the mind of Amy; a four year old girl might be wondering if there are things in our world that the telescope cannot help us to see.
This...
by Heather Couper, Nigel Henbest
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2015
The Secret Life of Space is the definitive guide to understanding the key breakthroughs and discoveries mankind has made to unravel the mysteries of the Cosmos. This engaging and fast-paced narrative debunks the urban myths of astronomy, revealing the true stories behind our biggest breakthroughs....
by Carol Christian, Jean-René Roy
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2017
Are we alone in the Universe? Was there anything before the Big Bang? Are there other universes? What makes stars shine? Where does Earth's water come from? Why is the night sky dark? Was there ever life on Mars? How do telescopes work? This engaging guide book answers all these questions and hundreds...
by David Wardlaw Scott
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
This classic is organized as follows: I. Introductory Remarks 1. A Few Words About Gravitation 2. Fundamental Difference of Opinion Among Modern Astronomers 3. Testimony of Some Able Men Against the Copernican Theory 4. Quotations Showing Some of the Atheistical Results of Modern Astronomy II. The...
Under the Radar
The First Woman in Radio Astronomy: Ruby Payne-Scott
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2009
It is rare for a complete biography of an Australian scientist, particularly of an Australian woman scientist, to be published. It is rarer for such a book to be co-authored by an American. Although scientists have written discourses on the history of their discipline, it is most unusual for a scientist...
Astronavigation
A Method for Determining Exact Position by the Stars
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
This book acts as a manual for the ancient methods of navigating by the stars, which continue to provide the sailor or pilot with a timeless means of determining location. Despite the prevalence of GPS, a comprehensive set of formulae that can be evaluated on any inexpensive scientific calculator...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2018
This book presents contributions from an internal symposium organized to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Specola Vaticana, or Vatican Observatory, in the Papal Palace of Castel Gandolfo. The aim is to provide an overview of the scientific and cultural work being undertaken at the Observatory...
Searching the Heavens and the Earth
The History of Jesuit Observatories
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Jesuits established a large number of astronomical, geophysical and meteorological observatories during the 17th and 18th centuries and again during the 19th and 20th centuries throughout the world. The history of these observatories has never been published in a complete form. Many early European...