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Pianeti tra le note
Springer 2010; US$ 23.99Una stella, otto pianeti, un centinaio di lune e una miriade di corpi minori tra plutini, asteroidi, comete, satelliti artificiali. E per ognuno di questi oggetti, spiegazioni scientifiche che condividono la scena con narrazioni dettate dal mito, con visioni della fanstascienza e con suggestioni sonore scaturite dalla penna di grandi compositori. L'autore... more...
Astronomers Anonymous
Springer 2010; US$ 23.99This collection of 'typical' astronomy questions and hilarious answers, compiled from Ringwood's own experiences in the world of astronomy, has been written to entertain and amuse amateur (and professional) astronomers as well as armchair astronomers. In this parody of a typical 'Lonely Hearts column', specifically for troubled... more...
High Energy Astrophysics
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 72.00The third edition of this well-established textbook is ideal for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate courses in high energy astrophysics. more...
Titan Unveiled
Princeton University Press 2010; US$ 19.95For twenty-five years following the Voyager mission, scientists speculated about Saturn's largest moon, a mysterious orb clouded in orange haze. Finally, in 2005, the Cassini-Huygens probe successfully parachuted down through Titan's atmosphere, all the while transmitting images and data. In the early 1980s, when the two Voyager spacecraft skimmed... more...
Dynamics of Astrophysical Discs
Cambridge University Press 1989; US$ 54.00Recent developments in both theory and observations of astrophysical discs. more...
Relativistic Fluids and Magneto-fluids
Cambridge University Press 1990; US$ 65.00Introductory account which has applications in astrophysics and plasma physics. more...
New Perspectives on Aristotle's De caelo
BRILL 2009; US$ 147.00Aristotle's great ambition in his De caelo was to determine the nature and structure of the geocentric universe. This collection of essays addresses key epistemological and methodological issues raised by the numerous arguments that Aristotle offers. more...
Spectroscopy of Astrophysical Plasmas
Cambridge University Press 1987; US$ 49.00A group of acknowledged experts describe the use of spectroscopy as a diagnostic probe of astronomical environments. The broad sweep of the book enables good coverage to be given to all the situations in which plasmas are encounteres in astronomical investigations. Specifically, the articles include quasars, Seyfert galaxies, active galactic nuclei,... more...
Astronomical Polarimetry
Cambridge University Press 1996; US$ 38.00Clear, comprehensive and concise introduction to astronomical polarimetry at all wavelengths - for graduate students and practising astronomers. more...
Astrophysical Spectropolarimetry
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 126.00Lectures by prestigious astrophysics researchers given at the XII Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics. more...









