Astrophysics Space Science category: 1588 books
by Julio A Gonzalo
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2011
Beginning with the famous Olber's paradox, a number of cosmological paradoxes, such as the missing mass, dark energy, and the baryon-to-photon ratio, have been and are today the subject of many scientific controversies. The Big Bang model, anticipated by Lemaitre in 1927 and reformulated twenty years...
by Konstantin V. Kazakov
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2012
Presented in a clear and straightforward analysis, this book explores quantum mechanics and the application of quantum mechanics to interpret spectral phenomena. Specifically, the book discusses the relation between spectral features in mid or rear infrared regions, or in Raman scattering spectrum,...
The Unforgotten Sisters
Female Astronomers and Scientists before Caroline Herschel
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2016
Taking inspiration from Siv Cedering’s poem in the form of a fictional letter from Caroline Herschel that refers to “my long, lost sisters, forgotten in the books that record our science”, this book tells the lives of twenty-five female scientists, with specific attention to astronomers and...
Higgs Force
Cosmic Symmetry Shattered
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2012
Higgs Force: Cosmic Symmetry Shattered by Nicholas Mee is the definitive account of the science leading up to the discovery of the Higgs particle and the researchers involved in this quest. This discovery by what is arguably the world's biggest and most expensive experiment - the Large...
by Michael J. Crowe
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
"There isn't an uninteresting page in it. It is a masterly review of an intriguing subject, erudite and entertaining, clear and all-encompassing reading for anyone interested in 'one of the most wondrous and noble questions in nature' ― does extraterrestrial life exist?" ― New Scientist.
Are...
The Cosmic Web
Mysterious Architecture of the Universe
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
J. Richard Gott was among the first cosmologists to propose that the structure of our universe is like a sponge made up of clusters of galaxies intricately connected by filaments of galaxies—a magnificent structure now called the "cosmic web" and mapped extensively by teams of astronomers....
Life as We Do Not Know It
The NASA Search for (and Synthesis of) Alien Life
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2007
An engrossing and revelatory first look at the search for alien life-on Earth and beyond
For the past twenty years, Peter Ward has been at the forefront of popular science writing, with books such as the influential and controversial Rare Earth. In Life as We Do Not Know It, Ward, with his...
We Are Not Alone
Why We Have Already Found Extraterrestrial Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
This groundbreaking book demonstrates that between the results of the 1976 Viking I lander and the latest scientific discoveries from fertile Martian soil to microbe-ridden meteorites there is a powerful case for life on the Red Planet and beyond. Exploring what forms extraterrestrial life might...
Beyond the Stars
Our Origins and the Search for Life in The Universe
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2012
What is the origin of the universe? Are we alone in the Universe? Using clear and plain language, the author explores these two interesting scientific-philosophical themes with a broad range of studies, including astronomy, cosmology, chemistry, biology, geology and planet science.
The first...
Dispatches from Planet 3
Thirty-Two (Brief) Tales on the Solar System, the Milky Way, and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2018
An award-winning science writer presents a captivating collection of cosmological essays for the armchair astronomer
The galaxy, the multiverse, and the history of astronomy are explored in this engaging compilation of cosmological “tales” by multiple award†‘winning science writer Marcia...
The Earth
From Myths to Knowledge
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2015
How mankind discovered the size, trajectory and age of the Earth
Our planet’s elliptical orbit around the Sun and its billions-of-years existence are facts we take for granted, matters every literate high school student is expected to grasp. But humanity’s struggle towards these scientific...
by Kent C. Condie
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2011
Earth as an Evolving Planetary System, Second Edition, explores key topics and questions relating to the evolution of the Earth's crust and mantle over the last four billion years. This updated edition features exciting new information on Earth and planetary evolution and examines how all subsystems...
From Varying Couplings to Fundamental Physics
Proceedings of Symposium 1 of JENAM 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2011
Nature is characterized by a number of physical laws and fundamental dimensionless couplings. These determine the properties of our physical universe, from the size of atoms, cells and mountains to the ultimate fate of the universe as a whole. Yet it is rather remarkable how little we know about...
by Tatsu Takeuchi
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2010
Aimed at both physics students and non-science majors, this unique book explains Einstein's special theory of relativity pictorially, using diagrams rather than equations. The diagrams guide the reader, step-by-step, from the basics of relativity to advanced topics including the addition of velocities,...