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A Skywatcher's Year
Cambridge University Press 1999; US$ 35.00An 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 Geodesy
Springer 2005; US$ 189.00A 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 Spectropolarimetry
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 50.00Spectropolarimetry 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 Universe
Springer 2006; US$ 139.99Gathers 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 Astronomy
CRC Press 2003; US$ 199.95Gamma 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 Moon
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG 2009; US$ 139.99Europa - 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 Einstein
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 65.00Since 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 Universe
Oxford University Press 2002; US$ 44.99This 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 School
World Scientific Publishing Company 2005; US$ 159.00This 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 Plasmas
Springer 2006; US$ 199.99Explores 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...









