Astronomy

Adaptive optics is a powerful new technique used to sharpen telescope images blurred by the Earth's atmosphere. This authoritative book is the first dedicated to the use of adaptive optics in astronomy. Mainly developed for defence applications, the...

Held up by the heliopause? Floored by the flatness problem? Intimidated by MACHOs? With this dictionary there is no need to be defeated by such astronomical jargon. These terms, along with almost 3,200 more words, names and abbreviations encountered in...

Would you like to discover a comet? Or maybe you would like to be the first person on Earth - perhaps in the Universe - to recognise a celestial newcomer such as a nova or supernova. First published in 1992, this Guide tells you how to become an...

During its five-billion-year history, Earth has been hit countless times by asteroids and meteorites. Over 150 crater-producing events have been identified, and this 1994 book describes all 139 sites worldwide at which evidence of the impacts can be seen...

The Cambridge Dictionary of Space Technology provides a comprehensive source of reference to the most important aspects of this fast-developing field, from basic concepts to advanced applications. With some 2300 entries, it lists the fundamental terms of...

Everyone knows that the universe is extremely old and extremely large. But how did scientists determine just how old and how large? How do astronomers know that there are upwards of 100 billion galaxies in the universe if the nearest one is over 40,000...

Who's Who in the Moon is aimed not only at the beginner or near-beginner, but also at the backyard astronomer who is perhaps experienced in other areas of observation but who has decided to spend more time considering the Moon as an alternative target...

This book describes the possible distribution of life in the Milky Way. Our description is mathematical in order to be extrapolated from what we know that happened on Earth to what might have happened on the huge number of extrasolar planets existing in...

This book is a systematic introduction to astrometry and celestial mechanics. It consists of five parts: Observational astrometry, theoretical astrometry, basics of celestial mechanics, orbital dynamics, and rotational dynamics. The book is unique in...

The millimeter and sub-millimeter wavebands are unique in astronomy in containing several thousands of spectral lines of molecules as well as the thermal continuum spectrum of cold dust. They are the only bands in the electromagnetic spectrum in which we...

A wealth of new experimental and theoretical results has been obtained in solar physics since the first edition of this textbook appeared in 1989. Thus all nine chapters have been thoroughly revised, and about 100 pages and many new illustrations have...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781420834475Author August A. Cenkner Jr.Format PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint AuthorHousePublisher AuthorHouseWeight(grams) 153gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

William Parsons (1800-67), third earl of Rosse, was responsible for building the largest telescope of his time, nicknamed the 'Leviathan'. It enabled the earl to describe the spiral structure of galaxies. This volume reissues two contemporary accounts of...

This book highlights the technological and managerial fundamentals and frontier questions of space science. Space science is a new interdisciplinary and comprehensive subject that takes spacecraft as the main tools to study the planet Earth, the...

This book focuses on the development and implementation of the longitudinal, angular and frequency controls of the Advanced Virgo detector, both from the simulation and experimental point of view, which contributed to Virgo reaching a sensitivity that...

This book offers an essential compendium of astronomical high-resolution techniques. Recent years have seen considerable developments in such techniques, which are critical to advances in many areas of astronomy. As reflected in the book, these...

Radio astronomy is irreversibly moving towards the exabyte era. In the advent of all-sky radio observations, efficient tools and methods to manage the large data volume generated have become imperative. This book brings together the knowledge of...

Take a new look at the world around you.What is a planet? Is there life on Mars? What makes Earth so special?Questions about our Solar System have fascinated us for centuries. Based on the latest scientific research, The Story of the Solar System will...

IAU Symposium 382, Complex Planetary Systems II (CPS II), presented a real opportunity to show the power of interdisciplinary collaboration through gathering astronomers of many disciplines together. Complex systems are those composed of interacting...

Stars forming in clouds of cosmic dust. Jupiter and its moons sharper than we've ever seen them. Galaxies billions of years old. The first images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have electrified the world - and astonished veteran scientists...

Grab your telescope and explore the night sky!Over 200 years ago, the French comet hunter Charles Messier (pronounced Messy-ay) published a list of fuzzy, comet-like objects he saw through his telescope. While to him they were a nuisance, we know them...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816553631Author Karen J. MeechFormat HardbackPage Count 942Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635490336Author Alejandro CookeFormat HardbackPage Count 303Imprint Larsen and Keller EducationPublisher Larsen and Keller EducationWeight(grams)...

The book is about multidisciplinary science education. The challenges of our time, such as improving the length and quality of lives on Earth and short- and long-distance communication and transportation. In this book, we provide readers with the...

Designed to help students better understand how science works and how it impacts their daily lives, What's Up with Astronomy? provides readers with an illuminating discussion of how astronomy became a science, the lived experiences and contributions of...

A question posed by a charming Countess sets Philip Frobisher, a Harvard astronomer, on a quest to make a more important contribution to science and society. Anna Grad, a talented Harvard student, interns in Washington for a Senator known for his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781639870615Author Daniel HarrisFormat HardbackPage Count 247Imprint Murphy & Moore PublishingPublisher Murphy & Moore PublishingWeight(grams)...

Reviewing the fundamental instrumental techniques and current observational results, this book unveils the mysteries of the physical processes in the central parsec of our Milky Way: the super-massive black hole embedded in a central stellar cluster as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781682868546Author Adam PowellFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Syrawood Publishing HousePublisher Syrawood Publishing HouseWeight(grams)...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780750333856Author John GizisFormat HardbackImprint Institute of Physics PublishingPublisher Institute of Physics Publishing

This textbook highlights mechanisms, properties, observations, and research progress of solar and stellar rotation. The rotation of stars is a basic parameter that enters into the dynamo mechanisms that generates stellar activity. The faster stars rotate...

With ESA's upcoming JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE) mission to Jupiter and Ganymede, this book provides a fascinating and timely summary of our current knowledge about Ganymede: the largest moon in the Solar System and the only one with an intrinsic...

This volume provides a wide-ranging introduction to Kepler's work, with essays on his religion, his cosmological theories, his work in astronomy, astrology, optics and mathematics and his interactions with Tycho Brahe and Galileo Galilei.Kepler is a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781639890576Author Hudson PearceFormat HardbackPage Count 242Imprint States Academic PressPublisher States Academic PressWeight(grams) 853gDimensions(mm)...

The concepts of dark matter and the cosmic web are some of the most significant developments in cosmology in the past century. They have decisively changed the classical cosmological paradigm, which was first elaborated upon during the first half of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781955351157Author Lochlainn SeabrookFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Sea Raven PressPublisher Sea Raven PressWeight(grams) 608gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

IAU Symposium 291 features a rich harvest of recent scientific discoveries and looks forward to the many exciting avenues for future neutron-star research. The volume starts with general, lively, comprehensive introductions to three main themes that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936137381Author Page KeeleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 281Imprint National Science Teachers AssociationPublisher National Science Teachers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781639873906Author Hudson PearceFormat HardbackPage Count 247Imprint Murphy & Moore PublishingPublisher Murphy & Moore PublishingWeight(grams)...