Astronomy

This beautiful large-format volume deals with eclipses of all kinds - lunar, solar and even those elsewhere in the Solar System and beyond. Bringing together in one place all aspects of eclipses, and lavishly illustrated throughout, Glorious Eclipses...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780393877137Author Stacy PalenImprint W. W. Norton & CompanyPublisher W. W. Norton & CompanyWeight(grams) 1379gDimensions(mm) 272mm * 240mm * 20mm

We live in a time of extraordinary discovery and progress in astronomy and astrophysics. The next decade will transform our understanding of the universe and humanity's place in it. Every decade the U.S. agencies that provide primary federal funding for...

In this fascinating work, Jean Dietz Moss shows how the scientific revolution begun by Copernicus brought about another revolution as well-one in which rhetoric, previously used simply to explain scientific thought, became a tool for persuading a...

Big Data in Radio Astronomy: Scientific Data Processing for Advanced Radio Telescopes provides the latest research developments in big data methods and techniques for radio astronomy. Providing examples from such projects as the Square Kilometer Array...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781515787372Author Brigid GallagherFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Capstone PressPublisher Capstone PressWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 211mm...

For more than a century, Mars has been at the center of debates about humanity's place in the cosmos. Focusing on perceptions of the red planet in scientific works and science fiction, Dying Planet analyzes the ways Mars has served as a screen onto which...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780750316873Author Professor Artie HatzesFormat HardbackPage Count 328Imprint Institute of Physics PublishingPublisher Institute of Physics...

Two thousand years ago, according to the Bible, a star rose low in the east and stopped high above Bethlehem. Was it a miracle, a sign from God to herald the birth of Christ? Was there a star at all, or was it simply added to the Bible to fulfill the Old...

William A. Wallace demonstrates the importance of two early manuscripts of Galileo dismissed by earlier researchers as juvenile exercises. Analyzing all his scientific writings from the late 1580s to 1610 and from 1610 to 1640, this book illuminates both...

Every 10 years the National Research Council releases a survey of astronomy and astrophysics outlining priorities for the coming decade. The most recent survey, titled New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics, provides overall priorities...

The astronomy science centers established by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to serve as the interfaces between astronomy missions and the community of scientists who utilize the data have been enormously successful in enabling...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780750313308Author Emily M LevesqueFormat HardbackPage Count 100Imprint Institute of Physics PublishingPublisher Institute of Physics...

Modern astrophysics is a mature science that has evolved from its early phase of discovery and classification to a physics-oriented discipline focused on finding answers to fundamental problems ranging from cosmology to the origin and diversity of...

An International Conference entitled "Close Binaries in the 21st Century: New Opportunities and Challenges", was held in Syros island, Greece, from 27 to 30 June, 2005. There are many binary star systems whose components are so close together, that they...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788416720835Author Linda GeddesFormat PaperbackPage Count 235Imprint UranoPublisher UranoWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 150mm * 18mm

Modern astronomy has stretched its domains of exploration tremendously. Not only objects at very large distances and very old states of the Universe can be examined, but also all kinds of radiations and phenomena are now accessible. Astronomers...

This stunning survey explores the solar system and its place in our galaxy and the universe itself. Fascinating and informative sections include: Discovering the Solar System, Beyond the Solar System and Exploring the Solar System. An additional...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781633219656Author Brendon WaltersFormat HardbackPage Count 122Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 356g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781634633017Author Dieter RehderFormat HardbackPage Count 140Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 356g

Expand your horizons and take in the awesome sights of the Universe. Using stunning space photography and easy-to-understand infographics, The Stars takes you to scores of galaxy clusters fantastically far away.Since the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago,...

Our planet exists within a space environment affected by constantly changing solar atmosphere producing cosmic particles and electromagnetic waves. This "space weather" profoundly influences the performance of our technology because we primarily use two...

Fascinating, engaging and extremely visual, STARS AND GALAXIES, 10th Edition, is renowned for its current coverage, reader-friendly presentation and detailed--yet clear--explanations. The authors' goals are to help you use Astronomy to understand...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621000570Author Matteo de RossiFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 568g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781429628167Author Martha E. H. RustadFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Capstone PressPublisher Coughlan Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780393877038Author Stacy PalenImprint W. W. Norton & CompanyPublisher W. W. Norton & CompanyWeight(grams) 1660gDimensions(mm) 274mm * 244mm * 25mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781429679428Author Layne DemarinFormat PaperbackPage Count 16Imprint Capstone PressPublisher Capstone PressWeight(grams) 3gDimensions(mm) 178mm * 152mm * 2mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781543526202Author Tamra OrrFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Capstone PressPublisher Capstone PressWeight(grams) 113gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 246mm * 3mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780393690668Author Stacy PalenFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint W. W. Norton & CompanyPublisher W. W. Norton & CompanyWeight(grams) 572gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780750336215Author Eduardo MartínFormat HardbackPage Count 218Imprint Institute of Physics PublishingPublisher Institute of Physics Publishing

Affecting technological systems at a global-scale, space weather can disrupt high-frequency radio signals, satellite-based communications, navigational satellite positioning and timing signals, spacecraft operations, and electric power delivery with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780750334976Author Benne HolwerdaFormat HardbackPage Count 226Imprint Institute of Physics PublishingPublisher Institute of Physics PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780750321181Author Professor Stephen R KaneFormat HardbackPage Count 140Imprint Institute of Physics PublishingPublisher Institute of Physics...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780750338851Author Sylvain ChatyFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Institute of Physics PublishingPublisher Institute of Physics PublishingWeight(grams)...

The announcement in 2012 that the Higgs boson had been discovered was understood as a watershed moment for the Standard Model of particle physics. It was deemed a triumphant event in the reductionist quest that had begun centuries ago with the ancient...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626178601Author Betsy RathburnFormat HardbackPage Count 24Imprint Bellwether MediaPublisher Bellwether MediaWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 231mm *...

These Transactions provide a record of the organisational and administrative activities of the IAU XXIX General Assembly which took place in Honolulu, Hawai'i, USA, in August 2015. They report and record all of the essential decisions taken by the...

The IAU Centenary Symposium was held at its General Assembly in Vienna in 2018. It starts with plenary lectures, by Malcolm Longair on 100 years of astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology, and by Catherine Cesarsky, who reflects on a century of IAU history...

Recent years have seen a dramatic increase in our understanding of planetary systems. Initially, new exoplanets were discovered through the effects they have on their parent stars - whether through radial velocity, transits or microlensing methods - but...