Astronomy 97

The sun has gone down, but that doesn’t mean that family fun has to come to an end. On A Starry Night is an inspiring collection of 52 things to do, make and play when there’s very little or no natu……続きを見る

Have you ever wanted to explore the Milky Way? Are you curious about how black holes form (and what really happens if you get stuck in one)? Do you want to learn how to read the night sky from your ……続きを見る

“…a large planet stood above the North Pole for a very long time.” That is what all the mythology throughout the world uniformly states. Mythology from every nation, region, tribe, and period, in th……続きを見る

Fueron los filósofos griegos los primeros que desde el s. VII a.C., intentaron acompañar sus observaciones astronómicas con una teoría que las sustentara. Así, afirmaron que la Tierra no era una sup……続きを見る

Con questo volume si vogliono presentare le conoscenze più aggiornate nel settore, soprattutto sulla base delle più recenti ricerche osservative e dei modelli teorici atte a spiegarne i risultati. U……続きを見る

What Eric Temple Bell calls “The Last Problem” is the problem of proving 'Fermat's Last Theorem', which Fermat wrote in the margin of a book almost 350 years ago. The original text of The Last Probl……続きを見る

Bookchin wrote Our Synthetic Environment under the pseudonym Lewis Herber. This was one of the first books of the modern period in which an author espoused an ecological and environmentalist worldvi……続きを見る

The European Space Agency has a long history of human spaceflight, working with both NASA and the Soviet/Russian space agencies over the years. This book tells the story of the ESA astronauts who ha……続きを見る

The observational component of astronomy is an exciting and vital part of any astrophysics degree. With the advent of low-cost astronomical cameras and remote and robotic operation, more students th……続きを見る

L’Éternité par les astres est un livre écrit par le révolutionnaire républicain socialiste français Auguste Blanqui (1805 – 1881). Ce livre numérique présente l'édition intégrale et comporte une tab……続きを見る

Wie viele Planeten hat unser Sonnensystem wirklich? Was nach einer Fangfrage klingt, hat eine überraschende Antwort: Wir wissen es nicht. Noch nicht. Die heutige Planetenanordnung bereitet der Wisse……続きを見る

In this comprehensive and interdisciplinary volume, former NASA Chief Historian Steven Dick reflects on the exploration of space, astrobiology and its implications, cosmic evolution, astronomical in……続きを見る

There is one key question that burns away in the hearts of many of those interested in UFOs; are they real, and are there really aliens out there? This question is one of the most important ever pos……続きを見る

This book describes the future of the Artemis Lunar Program from the years 2017 to about 2030. Despite the uncertainty of the times and the present state of space exploration, it is likely that what……続きを見る

For centuries humankind has fantasized about life on Mars, whether it’s intelligent Martian life invading our planet (immortalized in H.G. Wells’s The War of the Worlds) or humanity colonizing Mars ……続きを見る

Why Earth’s life-friendly climate makes it exceptional-and what that means for the likelihood of finding intelligent extraterrestrial life We have long fantasized about finding life on planets other……続きを見る

In the vein of Randall Munroe's What If? meets Brian Green's Elegant Universe, a senior writer from Space.com leads readers on a wild ride of exploration into the final frontier, investigating what'……続きを見る

Perfect for stargazers and armchair astronomers of all ages, CONSTELLATIONS is a beautifully illustrated, fascinating guide to all 88 constellations, including an illustrated star map for each. In C……続きを見る

Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness globally. Early detection and treatment can prevent its progression to avoid total blindness. This book discusses and reviews current approaches for……続きを見る

While mathematics itself may be a formidable subject for many, the lives and accomplishments of history’s greatest mathematiciansーfrom Pythagoras to Cantorーoffer fascinating reading. In this delig……続きを見る

"Emoções, ideias, medos, desejos, espiritualidade... e tantos outros aspectos da nossa vida que nos caracterizam como seres humanos derivam das complexíssimas operações do nosso cérebro. Quando nos ……続きを見る

The redshifted 21-cm signal is set to transform astrophysical cosmology, bringing a historically data-starved field into the era of Big Data. Corresponding to the spin-flip transition of neutral hyd……続きを見る

NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory has ushered in a revolution in X-ray astronomy. Over the last two decades Chandra has captured stunning celestial X-ray images, measured spectra and monitored light ……続きを見る

'Extremely authoritative. The best book I have read on space travel since Arthur C. Clarke's classic, The Promise of Space.' Marcus Chown In an era of rapidly developing technology and renewed ambit……続きを見る

Catadioptric telescopes (CATs) such as the Schmidt Cassegrains remain popular among amateur astronomers for their ability to reveal thousands of beautiful deep-space wonders. Additionally, their com……続きを見る

A guide to understanding the formation of life in the Universe The revised and updated second edition of Astrobiology offers an introductory text that explores the structure of living things, the fo……続きを見る

The hero's journey monomyth is at the core of stories worldwide among indigenous peoples, the ancients, and our modern society. Before Orion explores a deeper root for this monomyth by looking at ho……続きを見る

ORIGINE DES MONDES. Cette théorie a un côté faible pourtant… le même toujours, la question d’origine, esquivée cette fois par une réticence. Malheureusement, omettre n’est pas résoudre. Laplace a to……続きを見る

En la década de 1940 un astrónomo tuvo una de esas ideas que suelen terminar convertidas en un hermoso bollo de papel para jugar al básquet en la oficina: si en la Tierra hay tanta luz y la atmósfer……続きを見る

Siglo XXI, año 2010, en San Francisco: Steve Jobs sorprende al mundo con su primera generación de tablets. Siglo III a.C., en la soleada Sicilia: un tal Arquímedes de Siracusa dice "eureka" y causa ……続きを見る