Space Science

An "intriguing and accessible" (Publishers Weekly) interpretation of the life of Galileo Galilei, one of history's greatest and most fascinating scientists, that sheds new light on his discoveries and how he was challenged by science deniers. "We really...

What can you measure and what are your limits when orbiting in space? Learn about what physical quantities you can measure and what types of sensors you can buy or build. We cover the 5 essential design limits as well: power, bandwidth, resolution,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692378694Author AwodeleFormat PaperbackPage Count 86Imprint Bekh, LLCPublisher Bekh, LLCWeight(grams) 127gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 5mm

Gravitational lensing is a consequence of general relativity, where the gravitational force due to a massive object bends the paths of light originating from distant objects lying behind it. Using very little general relativity and no higher level...

In the 1960s and 1970s deep space missions were dispatched in pairs in case one was lost in launch or failed during its journey. Following the triumphs of the Viking landings on Mars in 1976 and both Voyagers spacecraft successfully surveying the outer...

Inflationary cosmology has been developed over the last twenty years to remedy serious shortcomings in the standard hot big bang model of the universe. This textbook, first published in 2005, explains the basis of modern cosmology and shows where the...

This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license.The third edition of this indispensable book in radio interferometry provides extensive updates to the second edition, including results and technical advances from the past decade; discussion of...

On 21 March 2013, the European Space Agency released a map of the afterglow of the Big Bang. Taking in 440 sextillion kilometres of space and 13.8 billion years of time, it is physically impossible to make a better map: we will never see the early...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906069025Author Angela MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint The Squeeze PressPublisher The Squeeze Press

On July 21, 1969, the first man set foot on The Moon. When Neil Armstrong was asked if this made him feel big, he answered: "No, it made me feel really, really small." 50 years later, this publication celebrates that special moment that put life on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780750330336Author Francoise CombesFormat HardbackPage Count 116Imprint Institute of Physics PublishingPublisher Institute of Physics...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781648914829Author HowexpertFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint HowexpertPublisher HowexpertWeight(grams) 172gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 9mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556054600Author Niamh BrennanFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Wyndham Hall PressPublisher Wyndham Hall PressWeight(grams) 186gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Initially composed by Poe as a public lecture towards the end of his career and considered by him the culmination of all his life's work, Eureka is an extended treatise about the creation, existence and the ultimate end of the world. An idiosyncratic...

Professor Herman Bondi, one of the proponents of the Steady State Theory, presented this volume as an account that would establish cosmology as a distinct branch of physics. First published in 1952, just a few years after the term 'the Big Bang' was...

Dark energy, the mysterious cause of the accelerating expansion of the universe, is one of the most important fields of research in astrophysics and cosmology today. Introducing the theoretical ideas, observational methods and results, this textbook is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994281135Author Roy H SachFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Barrallier BooksPublisher Superscript PublishingWeight(grams) 658gDimensions(mm) 254mm *...

Peter Bond describes the development and evolution of space stations, with particular emphasis on the International Space Station, beginning with the revolution that began in 1970, when Salyut 1, the world's first space station was sent into orbit by the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307889157Author Deepak ChopraFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Harmony BooksPublisher Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/RodaleWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm)...

This book, written for a general readership, reviews and explains the three-body problem in historical context reaching to latest developments in computational physics and gravitation theory. The three-body problem is one of the oldest problems in...

The beginning astronomical observer passes through a series of stages. The initial stage is hugely exciting and gives the beginner a real buzz as he discovers some of the faint fuzzy objects, markings on the planets, rings around Saturn and the craters...

The brilliant German mathematician Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), one of the founders of modern astronomy, revolutionized the Copernican heliocentric theory of the universe with his three laws of motion: that the planets move not in circular but elliptical...

Is the universe fine-tuned for complexity, life, or something else? This comprehensive overview of fine-tuning arguments in physics, with contributions from leading researchers in their fields, sheds light on this often used but seldom understood topic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262044295Author Linda SchweizerFormat HardbackPage Count 312Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781591026587Author Ray SpangenburgFormat PaperbackPage Count 182Imprint Prometheus BooksPublisher Prometheus BooksWeight(grams) 155g

Praise for the previous edition 'A relaxed, well-written and information-packed expedition discovering the history of eclipses' - The Sky at Night A complete guide to the most stunning of celestial sights, a total eclipse of the Sun Totality: The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486432656Author Henry C.KingFormat PaperbackPage Count 456Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

The recent discoveries of extrasolar planets and possible microfossils in Martian meteorite ALH 84001 are only the latest developments in a debate that spans millennia, and that has been especially heated in the twentieth century. From the furore over...

Throughout history, people have tried to construct 'theories of everything': highly ambitious attempts to understand nature in its totality. This account presents these theories in their historical contexts, from little-known hypotheses from the past to...

Can you spot the Big Dipper in the night sky? Or Orion's Belt? Or Cassiopeia? Even in cities, and without the aid of a telescope, these are a few of the easier constellations to find. In fact, a great deal can be seen in the night sky with the naked eye...

In this enthralling cosmic journey through space and time, astrophysicist Jillian Scudder locates our home planet within its own 'family tree'. Our parent the Earth and its sibling planets in our solar system formed within the same gas cloud. Without our...

What force do the Big Bang, the expansion of the Universe, dark matter and dark energy, black holes, and gravitational waves all have in common? This book uncovers gravity as a key to understanding these fascinating phenomena that have so captivated...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590793916Author Ervin LaszloFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Select Books IncPublisher Select Books IncWeight(grams) 557g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783749451784Author Wolfgang SteinickeFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Books on DemandPublisher Books on DemandWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781941983355Author Fred EspenakFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Astropixels PublishingPublisher Astropixels PublishingWeight(grams) 277gDimensions(mm)...

A Spectroscopic Atlas of the Stars: A Pocket Field Guide is a standard reference book for all amateur astronomers interested in practical spectroscopy or spectrography. For the first time in one place, it identifies more than 70 (northern hemisphere)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783948298128Author Maria BurobkinaFormat PaperbackPage Count 36Imprint Power of YetPublisher Power of YetWeight(grams) 109gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 216mm * 2mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262538435Author Wade RoushFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 178mm * 127mm * 16mm

The birth and evolution of our solar system is a tantalizing mystery that may one day provide answers to the question of human origins. This book tells the remarkable story of how the celestial objects that make up the solar system arose from common...

First published in 1999, this much expanded and updated edition of the best-selling handbook Astrophotography for the Amateur provides a complete guide to taking pictures of stars, galaxies, the Moon, the Sun, comets, meteors and eclipses, using...