Astronomy 89

A description of an unmanned experimental mission to Alpha Centauri, plus commentary on astronomical phenomenons and mysteries such as planetary polar tilts. 続きを見る

The first American woman to walk in space recounts her experience as part of the team that launched, rescued, repaired, and maintained the Hubble Space Telescope The Hubble Space Telescope has revol……続きを見る

Providing a broad overview of foundational concepts, this second edition of Fundamentals of Astronomy covers topics ranging from spherical astronomy to reference systems, and celestial mechanics to ……続きを見る

The solution to Universal Gravity, discovery of light and sound creation, Law of the Conservation of Mass and Universal Energy, UE Formula Wheel, and other proposed Scientific Laws. "Great work, Dan……続きを見る

Twintigduizend jaar geleden werden de eerste kalenders gemaakt die waren gebaseerd op de bewegingen van de maan. Als de prehistorische mens naar de hemel keek, zag hij dezelfde maan als wij vandaag ……続きを見る

This book, the first of a two-volume set, focuses on the basic physical principles of blackbody radiometry and describes artificial sources of blackbody radiation, widely used as sources of optical ……続きを見る

Everybody gets thrilled when hearing about an eclipse happening. It gets broadcasted in the news and people actually look up at the sky, waiting. But for children to better appreciate what an eclips……続きを見る

Radio and radar astronomy are powerful tools when studying the wonders of the universe, yet they tend to mystify amateur astronomers. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to newcomers, co……続きを見る

Neutron stars, whether isolated or in a binary system, display a varied and complex phenomenology, often accompanied by extreme variability of many time scales, which takes the form of pulsations du……続きを見る

Since the 1960s, astrophysical discoveries have blossomed, due to the emergence of powerful and new observational tools. Among them, a fantastic improvement of the sharpness of astronomical images, ……続きを見る

Accretion disks are ubiquitous in our universe, and produce intense brightening. How does the gas in the disk lose its angular momentum to release massive amounts of gravitational energy? This is on……続きを見る

In recent years an enormous amount of cosmological data has come from well known projects such as the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE). This book explains and m……続きを見る

There are many books covering different facets of astrophotography, but few of them contain all the necessary steps for beginners in one accessible place. Astrophotography is Easy! fills that void, ……続きを見る

El primer calendari lunar conegut és de fa 18.000 anys, i va ser pintat pels primers artistes paleolítics, a Lascaux. En els escrits més antics de la humanitat, s'hi parla de la Lluna. És a l'origen……続きを見る

Highlights the most recent developments in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), and advocates a diverse range of approaches to make SETI increasingly more powerful and effective in t……続きを見る

Is this author crazy or not? Daniel F Celovsky asks that you help him make that determination. The exploration into our Universe has many theories - but few actually add to the dimensions our Univer……続きを見る

Mientras que la mayor parte de los científicos pueden realizar experimentos para poner a prueba sus teorías, el astrónomo ha de limitarse a observar el cielo y confiar en encontrar en él pistas para……続きを見る

This book presents the latest researches on hypersonic steady glide dynamics and guidance, including the concept of steady glide reentry trajectory and the stability of its regular perturbation solu……続きを見る

This book is based on an in-depth conversation between Howard Burton and Justin Khoury, Professor of Physics at the University of Pennsylvania. This thoughtful, extensive conversation gives a window……続きを見る

This SpringerBrief explores the technological, economic, physiological, and psychological comparisons between a journey to the Moon versus a journey to Mars, taking into consideration the national a……続きを見る

This book highlights selected contributions presented at the 15th annual international symposium Frontiers of Fundamental Physics (FFP15), with the aim of informing readers about the most important ……続きを見る

'It is strongly biased towards the author's speciality of galaxy morphology, and particularly to bars and rings. To be fair, these are often given fairly short shrift in other textbooks, so this is ……続きを見る

This is a textbook for undergraduate courses on radio astronomy. Written by an active professor and researcher in the field, it begins by explaining why conducting observations at radio frequencies ……続きを見る

The major issues relating to environmental sustainability such as a heavy dependency on fossil fuels, increased greenhouse gas emissions, pollution, global warming and climate change have prompted m……続きを見る

How Vera Rubin convinced the scientific community that dark matter might exist, persevering despite early dismissals of her work. We now know that the universe is mostly dark, made up of particles a……続きを見る

This volume on astrobiology of the Springer Briefs in Life Sciences book series addresses the three fundamental questions on origin, evolution, distribution and future of life in the universe: how d……続きを見る

Since the earliest times one of the brightest lights in the heavens has been that of Jupiter, mythical king of the gods and the largest planet in the solar system. It was only natural that peoples f……続きを見る

In 2003 my partner Kathleen, proposed a bungalow with a great view of the night sky. December 2005 and one year into telescopes, the optics of the length halved again 8” Cape-Newise got me tasting m……続きを見る

La presente obra brinda un acercamiento al maravilloso mundo de la Astronomía, a través de explicaciones sencillas, descifrando a través de la lectura algunas preguntas que a diario cualquier person……続きを見る

ANTOINE LAURENT LAVOISIER is heralded as the founder of modern chemistry whose genius was cut short by the brutal Revolutionary terror of the French Revolution. "Only a moment to chop off that head,……続きを見る