Space Science

Since the Cold War, outer space has become of strategic importance for nations looking to seize the ultimate high ground. World powers establishing a presence there must consider, among other things, how they will conduct warfare in orbit. Leaders must...

This is a thorough, very readable and excellently illustrated biography of Willem de Sitter (1872-1934), one of the most influential astronomers of his time, and also a co-author and correspondent of Einstein. Authored by a physicist and skilled writer,...

There are 'voids' obscuring all kinds of objects in the cosmos. Voids may be within an object, or between an object and us. Dark Nebulae, Dark Lanes, and Dust Lanes looks out into the deep sky at those apparent dark regions in space, which are among the...

Scientists will often tell you that now is the most exciting time for a particular interest. We will always have just discovered or invented something that will "revolutionize" something or the other. The computer on which I am typing this, for example,...

Marvel at the wonders of the universe, from stars and planets to black holes and nebulae, in this exploration of our solar system and beyond.Universe opens with a look at astronomy and the history of the Universe, using 3D artworks to provide a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816549504Author Louis FriedmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona Press

In spite of the Challenger and Columbia disasters, the US Space Shuttle, which entered service in 1981, remains the most successful spacecraft ever developed. Conceived and designed as a reusable spacecraft to provide cheap access to low Earth orbit, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593443842Author Hayley ArceneauxFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint ConvergentPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 352gDimensions(mm) 217mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525432173Author Brian GreeneFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 323gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

White dwarfs, each containing about as much mass as our Sun but packed into a volume about the size of Earth, are the endpoints of evolution for most stars. Thousands of these faint objects have now been discovered, though only a century ago only three...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780750330497Author M Coleman MillerFormat HardbackPage Count 290Imprint Institute of Physics PublishingPublisher Institute of Physics...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632650580Author Donald L. ZygutisFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint New Page Books,USPublisher Red Wheel/Weiser

It is a pleasure to present this work, which has been well received in German-speaking countries through four editions, to the English-speaking reader. We feel that this is a unique publication in that it contains valuable material that cannot easily-if...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400032259Author John BarrowFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 327gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

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Astronomy and Astrophysics is a comprehensive, fundamental, up-to-date reference book. It is filled with vital information and basic facts for amateur astronomers and professional astrophysicists, and for anyone interested in the Universe, from the Earth...

"Once upon a time there was no Universe," began the Storyteller. . . ." First Snow White encounters one of the Little People, then one of the Even Smaller People, and finally one of the Truly Infinitesimal People. And no matter how diligently she...

Join Bonnie J. Buratti, a leading planetary astronomer, on this personal tour of NASA's latest discoveries. Moving through the Solar System from Mercury, Venus, Mars, past comets and asteroids and the moons of the giant planets, to Pluto, and on to...

String theory has played a highly influential role in theoretical physics for nearly three decades and has substantially altered our view of the elementary building principles of the Universe. However, the theory remains empirically unconfirmed, and is...

The F/A-18 Hornet is a single- and two-seat, twin engine, multi-mission fighter/attack aircraft that can operate from either aircraft carriers or land bases. The F/A-18 fills a variety of roles: air superiority, fighter escort, suppression of enemy air...

This book comprehensively covers the history and current developments of space programme of China. It presents the complete story of China's space programme from its origins through to present day activities on the International Space Station. This...

This book presents key works of Boris Hessen, outstanding Soviet philosopher of science, available here in English for the first time. Quality translations are accompanied by an editors' introduction and annotations. Boris Hessen is known in history of...

Over 500 color images and engaging text provide insight into these interesting collectibles from "out of this world." Meteorites link back to the early stages of the Milky Way galaxy and are the oldest items one can touch, some dating back to before the...

The aim of this book is to demonstrate to a wider audience, as well as to a more skilled audience, the many fascinating aspects of modern celestial mechanics. It sets out to do this without the use of mathematics. After giving the reader the technical...

Amateur astronomers interested in learning more about astronomical spectroscopy now have the guide they need. It provides detailed information about how to get started inexpensively with low-resolution spectroscopy, and then how to move on to more...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781319115098Author Roger FreedmanFormat PaperbackImprint W.H.Freeman & Co LtdPublisher Macmillan Learning

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780871692504Author David PingreeFormat HardbackPage Count 277Imprint American Philosophical Society PressPublisher American Philosophical Society Press

This book describes some of the frontier problems of cosmology: our almost total ignorance of what the Universe is made up of, the mystery of its origin and its end. The book starts with a description of the historical events that led to the construction...

Four centuries ago, Galileo first turned a telescope to look up at the night sky. His discoveries opened the cosmos, revealing the geometry and dynamics of the solar system. Today's telescopic equipment, stretching over the whole spectrum from visible...

The purpose of the book is a dual one: to detail the nature and results of Tunguska investigations in the former USSR and present-day CIS, and to destroy two long-standing myths still held in the West. The first concerns alleged "final solutions" that...

The book is about the "space race", starting from the earliest steps of astronautics to the Moon landings of Armstrong and Aldrin. The conquest of space began as a by-product of an exquisitely military project, the rapid, and efficient delivery of...

Though astrophysicists have developed a theoretical framework for understanding how the first stars and galaxies formed, only now are we able to begin testing those theories with actual observations of the very distant, early universe. We are entering a...

Most amateur astronomers yearn to observe more frequently. Many of them, however, live in urban and highly developed suburban areas that are heavily light polluted. Due to this light pollution, they are under the impression that deep sky objects -...

Have you ever wondered what is the most distant source of light we can see, or how a star shines? Did you know that black holes can blaze like cosmic beacons across intergalactic space, and that ancient radio waves might herald the ignition of the very...

"Telescopes and Techniques" has proved itself in its first edition, having become probably one of the most widely used astronomy texts, both for numerate amateur astronomers and for astronomy and astrophysics undergraduates. The first and second editions...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781603770965Author Earl R MiltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Metron PublicationsPublisher Metron PublicationsWeight(grams) 426gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780924608230Author Robert HandFormat PaperbackPage Count 606Imprint Whitford Press,U.S.Publisher Whitford Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 1542g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781473320390Author VariousFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint Read BooksPublisher Read BooksWeight(grams) 118gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 5mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948986618Author Willy LeyFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Commonwealth Book Company, Inc.Publisher Commonwealth Book Company, Inc.Weight(grams)...

This book introduces the reader to the wonders of Mars, covering all aspects from our past perceptions of the planet through to the latest knowledge on its history, its surface processes such as impact cratering, volcano formation, and glaciation, and...