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  • A Skywatcher's Yearby Jeff Kanipe

    Cambridge University Press 1999; US$ 35.00

    An observing project for every week of the year! Guides you to celestial events and phenomena that occur or are visible with the naked eye and binoculars. Find prominent stars and constellations, bright star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies. more...

  • The Role of VLBI in Astrophysics, Astrometry and Geodesyby Franco Mantovani

    Springer 2005; US$ 189.00

    A masterly survey of the last 13 years of Very Long Baseline Interferometry, reviewed in light of the most advanced astronomical observations. Topics covered include: Nonthermal emission from extragalactic radio sources; Principles of synchrotron emission in relation to astrophysics; Theory of relativistic jets; Young, powerful radio sources and their... more...

  • Introduction to Spectropolarimetryby Jose Carlos del Toro Iniesta

    Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 50.00

    Spectropolarimetry embraces the most complete and detailed measurement and analysis of light, as well as its interaction with matter. This book provides an introductory overview of the area, and will be a valuable reference for graduates and researchers in astrophysics, solar physics and optics. more...

  • The Many Scales in the Universeby J.C. Iniesta; E.J. Alfaro; J.G. Gorgas; E. Salvador-Solé; H. Butcher

    Springer 2006; US$ 139.99

    Gathers the invited talks to the XIII JENAM conference. This book is accompanied by a CD-ROM, including the remaining contributions of the meeting in PDF format, hence opening a panorama of what is going on in astrophysics. more...

  • Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomyby T.C. Weekes

    CRC Press 2003; US$ 199.95

    Gamma rays of the highest energies are a challenge for the experimentalist to detect and the theoretician to explain. This book presents the techniques, observations and the theories of this expanding frontier. more...

  • Europa - The Ocean Moonby Richard Greenburg

    Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG 2009; US$ 139.99

    Europa - The Ocean Moon tells the story of the Galileo spacecraft probe to Jupiter's moon, Europa. It provides a detailed description of the physical processes, including the dominating tidal forces that operate on Europa, and includes a comprehensive tour of Europa using images taken by Galileo's camera. The book reviews and evaluates the interpretative... more...

  • From Eudoxus to Einsteinby C. M. Linton

    Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 65.00

    Since Babylonian times, a great deal of effort has been put into trying to predict and explain the motions of the sun, moon, and planets. This book describes the theories of planetary motion that have been developed through the ages, emphasizing the interaction between progress in astronomy and mathematics. more...

  • The Restless Universeby Eric M. Schlegel

    Oxford University Press 2002; US$ 44.99

    This title tells the story of the development and launch of a major space-based telescope, and explains the discoveries of the nature of the universe in the X-ray spectre. The author looks at the brief history of X-ray astronomy to explore what can and has been learnt by using X-ray. more...

  • Non-accelerator Astroparticle Physics - Proceedings Of The 7th Schoolby R. A. Carrigan; G Giacomelli

    World Scientific Publishing Company 2005; US$ 159.00

    This comprehensive volume of articles from the seventh school on non-accelerator astroparticle physics presents a timely coverage of this interesting and rapidly expanding subject. The contributions enlarge and complement the earlier volumes prepared for the fourth, fifth and sixth schools. An informative, pedagogical approach has been maintained so... more...

  • Cosmic Ray Interactions, Propagation, and Acceleration in Space Plasmasby Lev Dorman

    Springer 2006; US$ 199.99

    Explores key problems in cosmic ray astrophysics and geophysics. This book provides a description of the main properties of space plasmas and primary CR, and considers different types of CR interactions with space plasmas. It offers a review of energetic particles interactions, and propagation and acceleration in space plasma. more...