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Talete cadde in un pozzo mentre passeggiava guardando la Luna. Tycho Brahe girava con un naso finto perché aveva perso quello vero in un duello. Keplero scoprì le leggi del moto dei pianeti ma facev……続きを見る

Il cielo notturno da sempre suscita ammirazione ed è fonte di ispirazione per artisti, poeti, scrittori e amanti, ma rappresenta anche un'occasione incomparabile di conoscenza per gli astrofisici ch……続きを見る

In an expanding world with limited resources, optimization and uncertainty quantification have become a necessity when handling complex systems and processes. This book provides the foundational mat……続きを見る

Edmond Halley,(1656–1742) was an English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist who is best known for computing the orbit of the eponymous Halley's Comet. He was the s……続きを見る

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution. His achievements include improvements to the te……続きを見る

Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) was a mathematician and astronomer who formulated a comprehensive heliocentric model which placed the Sun, rather than the Earth, at the center of the universe, contr……続きを見る

German astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) derived his mathematical laws of planetary motion from astronomical data meticulously collected by Tycho Brahe, who, as he was dying, beseeched young Ke……続きを見る

James Bradley (1693–1762) was the English astronomer who served as Astronomer Royal from 1742, succeeding Edmund Halley. He is best known for two fundamental discoveries in astronomy, the aberration……続きを見る

A concise examination of that age old question: Is the Universe infinite in scale and eternal, or, as modern science would have us believe, finite? It cuts to the heart of the matter by avoiding rel……続きを見る

Desde el espacio-tiempo descrito por Einstein hasta la detección de ondas gravitacionales, en poco más de un siglo hemos asistido a una incesante sucesión de descubrimientos astronómicos. Como resul……続きを見る

Fifty years ago, the Apollo programme put a man on the Moon. Alongside the Manhattan Project, which had delivered the atomic bomb, it was probably the most complex and ambitious mobilisation of stat……続きを見る

This proceedings volume contains selected and expanded contributions presented at the 6th International Symposium of Space Optical Instruments and Applications, held in Delft, the Netherlands on Sep……続きを見る

In a lively investigation into the boundaries between popular culture and early-modern science, Sara Schechner presents a case study that challenges the view that rationalism was at odds with popula……続きを見る

"If you buy just one guide...you won't do better than this" - BBC Sky at Night Magazine "I will continue to enjoy 'Philip's Stargazing' as the months go by" - Helen Sharman, Astronaut "Very useful i……続きを見る

Discover the incomparable beauty of the Northern Lights with this accessible guide for aspiring astronomers and seasoned night sky observers. Covers the essential equipment needed for observation an……続きを見る

Very few even of the most savage tribes are content to take the world just as it is without speculating as to how it came to be. For time has three dimensionsーpast, present, and futureーand we can ……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

Earth, a planet in which we humans have lived for centuries, but till date we have not been fully aware of it and will not be able to know. This Earth is a small part of the universe. Universe, a pl……続きを見る

Angelo Secchi was a key figure in 19th century science. An Italian Jesuit and scientist, he helped lead the transition from astronomy to astrophysics and left a lasting legacy in the field. Secchi’s……続きを見る

This book offers a vision of how evolutionary life processes can be modelled. It presents a mathematical description that can be used not only for the full evolution of life on Earth from RNA to mod……続きを見る

Thirty years ago, the only planets we knew were the ones orbiting our own sun; we now know of thousands of other worlds orbiting distant stars. In this book, astronomer Niall Deacon journeys to twen……続きを見る

Nimeni nu ştie sigur dacă amintirea lui Newton despre măr a fost corectă, dar perspectiva lui aceasta este. Filosofii au crezut încă de la greci că mişcarea "naturală" a stelelor, planetelor, Soarel……続きを見る

**"We choose to go to the Moon not because it is easy but because it is hard!"- President John F. Kennedy, 12 September, 1962. What if there had been today's social media during the incredible Apoll……続きを見る

The last of the five naked-eye planets discovered in ancient times, Mercury has long been an elusive, enigmatic world. As seen from the Earth, it never emerges far from the Sun, and astronomers in t……続きを見る

The Secret World of Stargazing is the ultimate guide to set you on your epic journey around the cosmos - it's a simple guide to the skies and makes stargazing fun, easy and enjoyable for all - absol……続きを見る

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La forma más sencilla para medir la distancia entre los objetos es el método geométrico. La distancia de las estrellas fue una incógnita desde los comienzos de las observaciones de los astros. A pes……続きを見る

“George Ellery Hale [1868-1938] is the subject of this impressive biography... Wright charts Hale’s steady progress towards leadership in the nascent field of astrophysics from his childhood experim……続きを見る

This book provides a systematic reading of Martin Heidegger’s project of “fundamental ontology,” which he initially presented in Being and Time (1927) and developed further in his work on Kant. It s……続きを見る

We are all taught in grammar school that the Solar System consists of nine planets (although Pluto's status has changed) and some moons. Maybe the Asteroid Belt is mentioned too. However, this is a ……続きを見る