Astronomy

This accessible guide presents the astrophysical concepts behind astronomical spectroscopy, covering both the theory and the practical elements of recording, processing, analysing and interpreting your spectra. It covers astronomical objects, such as...

Join David J. Eicher in this fast-paced and entertaining journey through the history, present, and future of these important yet mysterious cosmic bodies. From ancient times, humans have been fascinated by 'broom stars' and 'blazing scimitars' lighting...

Observations from the first spacecraft to orbit the planet Mercury have transformed our understanding of the origin and evolution of rocky planets. This volume is the definitive resource about Mercury for planetary scientists, from students to senior...

Naked-eye comets are far from uncommon. As a rough average, one appears every 18 months or thereabouts, and it is not very unusual to see more than two in a single year. The record so far seems to have been 2004, with a total of five comets visible...

If we send a message into space, will extraterrestrial beings receive it? Will they understand?The endlessly fascinating question of whether we are alone in the universe has always been accompanied by another, more complicated one: if there is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780393336603Author John MasonFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint WW Norton & CoPublisher WW Norton & Co

Exploring the potential for extraterrestrial life and the origins of our own planet, this comprehensive introduction to astrobiology is updated with the latest findings.Informed by the discoveries and analyses of extrasolar planets and the findings from...

This guide to celestial navigation has been popular ever since it first appeared in 1969. Revised in 1982, Celestial Navigation is a quick, easy, and thorough explanation (with realistically worked problems) of the practice of celestial navigation at...

Throughout the history of science, different thinkers, philosophers and scientists postulated the existence of entities that, in spite of their not being visible or detectable in their time, or perhaps ever, were nevertheless useful to explain the real...

This book provides an overview of the origins of the Apollo program and descriptions of the ground facilities, launch vehicles and spacecraft that were developed in the quest to reach - and return from - the surface of the moon. It will serve as an...

This book presents experiments which will teach physics relevant to astronomy. The astronomer, as instructor, frequently faces this need when his college or university has no astronomy department and any astronomy course is taught in the physics...

Thomas William Webb (1807-1885) was an Oxford-educated English clergyman whose deep interest in astronomy and accompanying field observations eventually led to the publication of his Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes in 1859. An attempt 'to furnish...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621480709Author Rudolf SteinerFormat PaperbackPage Count 342Imprint SteinerBooks, IncPublisher SteinerBooks, IncWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588346254Author Michael SummersFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Smithsonian BooksPublisher Smithsonian Books

`splendidly provocative ... enjoy it as a feast for the imagination.' John Gribbin, Sunday Times Why is the future so different from the past? Why does the past affect the future and not the other way round? The universe began with the Big Bang -...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906833176Author Immanuel VelikovskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint Paradigma LtdPublisher Paradigma LtdWeight(grams) 506gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

The first biography of a pioneering scientist who made significant contributions to our understanding of dark matter and championed the advancement of women in science. One of the great lingering mysteries of the universe is dark matter. Scientists...

This second edition has been updated and substantially expanded. Starting with the description of our home galaxy, the Milky Way, this cogently written textbook introduces the reader to the astronomy of galaxies, their structure, active galactic nuclei,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781118147979Author John GribbinFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams) 435gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062508355Author Brian SwimmeFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 454g

Over the past decade, astronomers, planetary scientists, and cosmologists have answered - or are closing in on the answers to - some of the biggest questions about the universe. David J. Eicher presents a spectacular exploration of the cosmos that...

Scientific Astrophotography is intended for those amateur astronomers who are looking for new challenges, once they have mastered visual observing and the basic imaging of various astronomical objects. It will also be a useful reference for...

Former NASA Astronaut Harrison Schmitt advocates a private, investor-based approach to returning humans to the Moon-to extract Helium 3 for energy production, to use the Moon as a platform for science and manufacturing, and to establish permanent human...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780471513377Author Philip S. HarringtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams)...

Our knowledge of Mars has grown enormously over the last decade as a result of the Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Odyssey, Mars Express, and the two Mars Rover missions. This book is a systematic summary of what we have learnt about the geological evolution...

This book tells the story of the catastrophic impact of the giant 10 Km asteroid Chicxulub into the ancient Gulf of Mexico 65.5 million years ago. The book begins with a discussion of the nature of asteroids and the likelihood of future Earth-impacts...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524763626Author Guy ConsolmagnoFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint ImagePublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 266gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 135mm *...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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