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Early Universe cosmology is an active area of research and cosmic inflation is a pillar of modern cosmology. Among predictions of inflation, observationally the most important one is the generation ……続きを見る

With ninety per cent of visible matter in the universe existing in the plasma state, an understanding of magnetohydrodynamics is essential for anyone looking to understand solar and astrophysical pr……続きを見る

Edwin Hubble: Mariner of the Nebulae is both the biography of an extraordinary human being and the story of the greatest quest in the history of astronomy since the Copernican revolution. The book i……続きを見る

In terms of the scale of the galaxy, both in space and time, we humans are new comers. Though we are newly on the scene, we are already thinking about how to create large structures in space. Recent……続きを見る

Failure is always an option... For more than 50 years, NASA's Mission Control has been known for two things: perfect decision making in extreme situations and producing generations of steely-eyed mi……続きを見る

Sir Arthur Eddington here formulates mathematically his conception of the world of physics derived from the theory of relativity. The argument is developed in a form which throws light on the origin……続きを見る

«L’antologia dei più importanti lavori pubblicati in campo astronomico tra il 1900 e il 1975 contiene ben sei articoli di Eddington contro i quattro di Einstein e Hubble. Nessuno lo supera e nessuno……続きを見る

Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this unique book reproduces important government documents, reports, and studies dealing with spaceflight nuclear power……続きを見る

A prize-winning popular science writer uses mathematical modeling to explain the cosmos. In Calculating the Cosmos, Ian Stewart presents an exhilarating guide to the cosmos, from our solar system to……続きを見る

'The first two editions of this textbook have received well-deserved high acclaims, and this ー the third edition ー deserves no less. Its explanations of the whole gamut of atomic and molecular spe……続きを見る

Have you ever wondered what is the universe? How does it work? What are you made of? In part 2 of his 3 part series, Oliver explains complex topics in simple terms using informative graphics. Writte……続きを見る

This is a follow-on book to the introductory textbook "Physics of the Solar Corona" previously published in 2004 by the same author, which provided a systematic introduction and covered mostly scien……続きを見る

Just like Richard P. Feynman, winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, who thrived on outrageous adventures. In this lively work that "can shatter the stereotype of the stuffy scientist" (SUSP Science ……続きを見る

For readers of The Astronaut Wives Club, The Mercury 13 reveals the little-known true story of the remarkable women who trained for NASA space flight. In 1961, just as NASA launched its first man in……続きを見る

Dark matter is a frequently discussed topic in contemporary particle physics. Written strictly in the language of particle physics and quantum field theory, these course-based lecture notes focus on……続きを見る

A coronal mass ejection (CME), if directed at Earth after a period of Solar Flares, would shut down electric communications across the planet. The damage to electric and electronic systems from comp……続きを見る

Laureatosi in ingegneria all'Università di Torino nel 1854, studiò astronomia all'Osservatorio di Berlino, sotto Johann Franz Encke, e all'Osservatorio Imperiale russo di Pulkovo (S. Pietroburgo), s……続きを見る

'This book is recommended to those interested in knowing how TeV astronomy began, evolved, and remains a growth area.The author has captured the difficulties of being a pioneer, amply demonstrating ……続きを見る

A revised and updated edition of the classic work to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the first moon landing 'It left me spellbound ... belongs to the same tradition as Tom Wolfe's The Right ……続きを見る

In the Holy Grail of modern physics , theoretical physicist Balungi Francis provocatively argues that the problems which have bedeviled quantum physics since its inception are due to Bohr's wrong so……続きを見る

When scientists peer through a telescope at the distant stars in outer space or use a particle-accelerator to analyze the smallest components of matter, they discover that the same laws of physics g……続きを見る

Choice Highly Recommended Title, January 2020 This special edition of ***Apollo in Perspective***marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing in 1969. Updated and revised throughout, it ……続きを見る

This book is the first thorough and overdue biography of one of the giants of science in the twentieth century, Jan Hendrik Oort. His fundamental contributions had a lasting effect on the developmen……続きを見る

The book covers intimately all the topics necessary for the development of a robust magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) code within the framework of the cell-centered finite volume method (FVM) and its applic……続きを見る

This textbook presents an introduction to the use of probability in physics, treating introductory ideas of both statistical physics and of statistical inference, as well the importance of probabili……続きを見る

Integrating both scientific and philosophical perspectives, this book provides an informed analysis of the challenges of formulating a universal theory of life. Among the issues discussed are crucia……続きを見る

This report, issued in September 2019, has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. This report provides a long-term perspective on possible space futures ……続きを見る

Quando incontro nuove persone e dico loro che sono un’astrofisica, ottengo più o meno la stessa reazione. “Oh wow, che fico! Ma allora tu potresti spiegarmi quella cosa...”. E non mi dispiace nemmen……続きを見る

Kepler published in 1609 his empirical laws of planetary motions about the Sun. Kepler's first law says that each planet (or comet) moves on a conic with the Sun as its focus. Newton published in 16……続きを見る

I pianeti del sistema solare sono tra gli oggetti che più alimentano le fantasie degli aspiranti astronomi. In quanti non hanno sognato, da bambini, di diventare astronauti e di essere la prima pers……続きを見る