Astrophysics Space Science category: 1588 books
by Robert M. Powers
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
Join the crew of space shuttle Enterprise as they prepare to take the first step into the twenty-first century. Step aboard the world’s first reusable space vehicle with science writer Robert M. Powers for a cockpit view of a launch, orbit, re-entry, and return to earth. Preview the scheduled NASA...
Studying Distant Galaxies
A Handbook of Methods and Analyses
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Distant galaxies encapsulate the various stages of galaxy evolution and formation from over 95% of the development of the universe. As early as twenty-five years ago, little was known about them, however since the first systematic survey was completed in the 1990s, increasing amounts of resources...
Astronomy Methods
A Physical Approach to Astronomical Observations
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2003
Astronomy Methods, first published in 2003, is an introduction to the basic practical tools, methods and phenomena that underlie quantitative astronomy. Taking a technical approach, the author covers a rich diversity of topics across all branches of astronomy, from radio to gamma-ray wavelengths....
One Hundred Years of General Relativity
From Genesis and Empirical Foundations to Gravitational Waves, Cosmology and Quantum Gravity(Volume 1)
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2017
The aim of this two-volume title is to give a comprehensive review of one hundred years of development of general relativity and its scientific influences. This unique title provides a broad introduction and review to the fascinating and profound subject of general relativity, its historical development,...
by Wei-Tou Ni
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2017
The aim of this two-volume title is to give a comprehensive review of one hundred years of development of general relativity and its scientific influences. This unique title provides a broad introduction and review to the fascinating and profound subject of general relativity, its historical development,...
Laboratory Astrochemistry
From Molecules through Nanoparticles to Grains
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2014
Written by leading scientists in the field and intended for a broader readership, this is an ideal starting point for an overview of current research and developments. As such, the book covers a broad spectrum of laboratory astrophysics and chemistry, describing recent advances in experiments, as...
by Simon J. Murphy
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2014
Simon Murphy's thesis has significant impact on the wide use of the revolutionary Kepler Mission data, leading to a new understanding in stellar astrophysics. It first provides a deep characterisation and comparison of the Kepler long cadence and short cadence data, with particular insight into the...
by Virginia E. Wotring
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
“Space Pharmacology” is a review of the current knowledge regarding the use of pharmaceuticals during spaceflights. It is a comprehensive review of the literature, addressing each area of pharmacokinetics and each major physiological system in turn. Every section begins with a topic overview,...
by Claude Leroy, Pier-Giorgio Rancoita
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2012
This book addresses the fundamental principles of interaction between radiation and matter, the principles of working and the operation of particle detectors based on silicon solid state devices. It covers a broad scope in the fields of application of radiation detectors based on silicon solid state...
Hawking Radiation
From Astrophysical Black Holes to Analogous Systems in Lab
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2018
The aim of this book is to provide the reader with a guide to Hawking radiation through a dual approach to the problem. After an introductory chapter containing some basic knowledge about black holes and quantum field theory in curved spacetime, the first part of the book consists in a survey of methods...
Exercises in Practical Astronomy
Using Photographs
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2017
Offering a series of well-defined problems supplemented by solutions, Exercises in Practical Astronomy: Using Photographs presents meaningful practical work in elementary astronomy and astrophysics. The book provides authentic astronomical photographs of very high quality on which different types...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2019
Stars are mostly found in binary and multiple systems, with at least 50% of all solar-like stars having companions; this fraction approaches 100% for the most massive stars. A large proportion of these systems interact and alter the structure and evolution of their components, leading to exotic objects...
Escape from Earth
A Secret History of the Space Rocket
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2019
The long-buried truth about the dawn of the Space Age: lies, spies, socialism, and sex magick.
Los Angeles, 1930s: Everyone knows that rockets are just toys, the stuff of cranks and pulp magazines. Nevertheless, an earnest engineering student named Frank Malina sets out to prove the doubters...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2019
Nonlinear dynamo theory is central to understanding the magnetic structures of planets, stars and galaxies. In chapters contributed by some of the leading scientists in the field, this text explores some of the recent advances in the field. Both kinetic and dynamic approaches to the subject are considered,...