A concise history of Venus from the earliest pre-telescopic observations, to the often fraught efforts of 18th century astronomers to observe transits, to the robotic probes of the Space Age. This 1……続きを見る
A concise history of Jupiter from the earliest pre-telescopic observations, to Galileo's discovery of four large moons, to the robotic probes of the Space Age. This 12,000 word ebook Short Read desc……続きを見る
An eBook short read (7,500 words)
Theories concerning the origin and fate of our world go back to the writings of the earliest civilisations. However, for most of that time, there was no attempt to ……続きを見る
A concise history of Uranus in a 12,000 work eBook short read. Uranus is the first 'modern' planet, not having been discovered until 1781. Despite this, it is visible to the naked eye and possible s……続きを見る
A concise history of Mars from the earliest pre-telescopic observations to the robotic probes of the Space Age. Humanity's fascination with the Red Planet goes back to antiquity. Its movements were ……続きを見る
A 12,000-word short read eBook introduction to the Solar System's smaller members.
The minor planets are the remnants left over from the formation of the Solar System. As their name implies, they ar……続きを見る
A concise history of Saturn from Galileo's discovery of of the rings, to the robotic probes of the Space Age. This 12,000 word eBook short read describes how the Cassini-Huygens mission has transfor……続きを見る
This eBook short read (12,000 words) tells the story of this fascinating little world on the edges of the Solar System: from its discovery in 1930 by American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh to its contro……続きを見る
For billions of years, asteroids have pursued their silent paths around the Solar System. From time to time, these paths, disrupted by close encounters with larger bodies, end in collision. We now k……続きを見る
An eBook Short Read (7,500 words)
Between 28 August and 5 September 1859, Earth experienced the most signifcant geomagnetic storm of the last two hundred years. Now known as the Carrington Event aft……続きを見る
This 12,000 work eBook short read tells the story of Neptune's discovery and what we have learned in the 180 years since then. Neptune was discovered in 1846 after two mathematicians - John Couch Ad……続きを見る
A concise 12,000-word eBook short read about Mercury, which has now regained its place as the Solar System's smallest planet. It is a world of extremes: surface temperatures range from 427 °C, hot e……続きを見る
The story of how we learned about the Universe, from the earliest prehistoric observations to the first telescopes.
Early astronomy ranks among the greatest achievements of the human intellect – but……続きを見る
Stars and Atoms by Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington is a seminal work that bridges the realms of astronomy and atomic physics, offering readers a profound exploration of the universe from the smallest p……続きを見る
著者:Arthur Eddington
出版社: Literature and Knowledge Publishing
発売日: 2018年04月12日
"Every one now admits that the Ptolemaic system, which regarded the earth as the centre of all things, belongs to the dark ages. But to our dismay we have discovered that the same geocentric outlook……続きを見る
著者:Wilfried Domainko
出版社: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
発売日: 2025年08月08日
Die Entdeckung von Leben auf anderen Himmelskörpern würde nahelegen, dass es mehrere Wege zur Entstehung und Entwicklung von komplexen Wesen gibt und würde damit unsere Sicht auf das Universum drama……続きを見る
著者:Wilfried Domainko
出版社: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
発売日: 2024年09月23日
In diesem Buch wird die Suche nach extraterrestrischen Strukturen diskutiert, die möglicherweise künstlichen Ursprungs sind. Die Fahndung nach künstlichen, extraterrestrischen Objekten wird jedoch d……続きを見る
著者:David Geddes
出版社: G2 Rights Ltd
発売日: 2016年11月14日
This little guide will encourage more people to take a greater interest in the sky above them. Even in these light polluted days, much can be seen with the naked eye and a simple telescope is not an……続きを見る
著者:Francis Reddy
出版社: Springer New York
発売日: 2011年11月12日
Celestial Delights is essentially a 'TV Guide' for teh sky. This will be its third edition. This title, which has aggregated sales of about 20,000 copies to date in its two previous editions and has……続きを見る
著者:Wilfried Domainko
出版社: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
発売日: 2022年07月21日
Dieses Buch erzählt vom Suchen und Finden überraschender Phänomene im Licht der Gammastrahlenastronomie - und zeigt, was wir von noch rätselhaften Himmelsobjekten über das Universum und die Grenzen ……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
Stratospheric balloons are powerful tools used to study the Earth and its atmosphere, as well as the greater cosmos beyond. This book describes the science and technology behind modern stratospheric……続きを見る
This book explores the practicality of using the existing subsurface geology on the Moon and Mars for protection against radiation, thermal extremes, micrometeorites and dust storms rather than buil……続きを見る
This is the comprehensive story of NASA’s pioneering Mars 2020 mission, which at this moment continues to break ground on the surface of the Red Planet.
The book takes readers through every stage of……続きを見る
By his theory of relativity Albert Einstein has provoked a revolution of thought in physical science.
The achievement consists essentially in this:|Einstein has succeeded in separating far more comp……続きを見る
Em textos inéditos, o físico e autor do best-seller Uma breve história do tempo nos presenteia com seus pensamentos finais sobre as maiores perguntas da humanidade.
Desde Einstein, o mundo não via u……続きを見る