Astronomy category: 2403 books
The Ringed Planet
Cassini's Voyage of Discovery at Saturn
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
In September 2017, the Cassini spacecraft will point itself toward the atmoshpere of Saturn and end its 13-year mission of solving many of the mysteries of the ringed planet's system with a crash. This book is a dramatic, beautifully illustrated journey of discovery through the Saturn system. Cassini's...
by Timothy Weinzirl
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2014
Awarded the American Astronomical Society (AAS) Rodger Doxsey Travel Prize, and with a foreword by thesis supervisor Professor Shardha Jogee at the University of Texas at Austin, this thesis discusses one of the primary outstanding problems in extragalactic astronomy: how galaxies form and evolve....
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Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
The Springer Handbook of Spacetime is dedicated to the ground-breaking paradigm shifts embodied in the two relativity theories, and describes in detail the profound reshaping of physical sciences they ushered in. It includes in a single volume chapters on foundations, on the underlying mathematics,...
by John Wilkinson
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2009
Exploration by space probes has revealed many fascinating details about Earth’s planetary neighbours. Today we stand on the threshold of the next phase of planetary exploration and knowledge, with several space probe missions currently underway and others being planned. Probing the New Solar System...
The Stones and the Stars
Building Scotland's Newest Megalith
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2012
There are at least 48 identified prehistoric stone circles in Scotland. In truth, very little is known about the people who erected them, and ultimately about what the stone circles were for. Most stone circles are astronomically aligned, which has led to the modern debate about why the alignment...
Sources and Detection of Dark Matter and Dark Energy in the Universe
Proceedings of the 10th UCLA Symposium on Sources and Detection of Dark Matter and Dark Energy in the Universe, February 22-24, 2012, Marina del Rey, California
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2013
These proceedings provide the latest results on dark matter and dark energy research. The UCLA Department of Physics and Astronomy hosted its tenth Dark Matter and Dark Energy conference in Marina del Rey and brought together all the leaders in the field. The symposium provided a scientific forum...
by Tony Broxton
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2011
Nobody has ever been there, and no one ever will. It is far too far away! So how do we know how it works? The aim of this handbook is to acquaint those interested in the subject with our present knowledge of the Sun, and the methods used by scientists and astronomers to get an understanding of the...
Life on Mars
What to Know Before We Go
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
The story of the search for life on Mars—and the moral issues confronting us as we prepare to send humans there
Does life exist on Mars? The question has captivated humans for centuries, but today it has taken on new urgency. NASA plans to send astronauts to Mars orbit by the 2030s. SpaceX...
Jacobi Dynamics
A Unified Theory with Applications to Geophysics, Celestial Mechanics, Astrophysics and Cosmology
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2011
In their approach to Earth dynamics the authors consider the fundamentals of Jacobi Dynamics (1987, Reidel) for two reasons. First, because satellite observations have proved that the Earth does not stay in hydrostatic equilibrium, which is the physical basis of today’s treatment of geodynamics....
by Ken M. Harrison
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2012
Grating Spectroscopes and How to Use Them is written for amateur astronomers who are just getting into this field of astronomy. Transmission grating spectroscopes look like simple filters and are designed to screw into place on the eyepiece of a telescope for visual use, or into the camera adapter...
by Ken Pilon
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2017
Astro-imaging In a White Zone is an urban astrophotography guide for the amateur astronomer. It identifies setup methods, issues, procedures and recommendations along with the final photographic results. I’ll show you the astro-imaging issues that are typically encountered using common amateur astronomy...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2012
These official final program mission reports issued by the NASA Johnson Space Center cover missions in 1993: STS-54, STS-56, STS-55, STS-57, STS-51, STS-58, and STS-61. In these thorough reports, with information and specifics not available on NASA website mission descriptions, each orbiter system...
by Robert Stawell Ball
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2015
This is the chapter on 16th century Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe from Sir Robert S. Ball's Great Astronomers, second edition, which begins: "The most picturesque figure in the history of astronomy ... Tycho Brahe was alike notable for his astronomical genius and for the extraordinary vehemence...
by David Stevenson
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2015
As with the author’s recent books Extreme Explosions and Under a Crimson Sun, the complex topic of star clusters is broken down and made accessible with clear links to other areas of astronomy in a language which the non-specialist can easily read and enjoy. The full range of topics are addressed...