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Comet
Springer 2007; US$ 149.99In 1908, an atmospheric explosion in northern Siberia released energy equivalent to 15 Mton of TNT. Can a comparable or larger NEO affect us again? When the next NEO strikes Earth, will it be large enough to destroy a city? This volume provides a necessary link between various disciplines and comet/asteroid impacts. more...
Origin and Early Evolution of Comet Nuclei
Springer 2008; US$ 159.99Comet nuclei are the most primitive bodies in the solar system. This book brings together representatives of several scientific communities in the fields of interstellar clouds, star-forming regions, the solar nebula, and comets. It is suitable for researchers and graduate students working in the field of planetology and solar system exploration. more...
New Quests in Stellar Astrophysics II
Springer 2009; US$ 159.00This book presents an up-to-date collection of reviews and contributed articles in the field of ultraviolet astronomy. Its content has been mainly motivated by the recent access to the rest frame UV light of distant red galaxies, gained through large optical facilities. This driveway has derived in a renewed interest on the stars that presumably dominate... more...
New Horizons
Springer 2009; US$ 139.99The New Horizons mission is the first spacecraft to reconnoitre the Pluto-Charon System and the Kuiper belt. This mission explores the outer edge of the solar system, arguably the last frontier of planetary exploration. This book contains articles that describe the mission, its objectives, expected results, payload and data products. more...
The Fallen Sky
Penguin Group US 2009; US$ 16.95In this acclaimed volume, prizewinning poet and nature writer Christopher Cokinos takes us on an epic journey from Antarctica to outer space, weaving together natural history, memoir, and in-depth profiles of amateur researchers, rogue scientists, and stargazing dreamers to tell the riveting tale of how the study of meteorites became a modern science.... more...
How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming
Random House Publishing Group 2010; US$ 15.00The solar system most of us grew up with included nine planets, with Mercury closest to the sun and Pluto at the outer edge. Then, in 2005, astronomer Mike Brown made the discovery of a lifetime: a tenth planet, Eris, slightly bigger than Pluto. But instead of adding one more planet to our solar system, Brown?s find ignited a firestorm of controversy... more...
Physical Processes in the Interstellar Medium
Wiley 2008; US$ 105.00Physical Processes in the Interstellar Medium discusses the nature of interstellar matter, with a strong emphasis on basic physical principles, and summarizes the present state of knowledge about the interstellar medium by providing the latest observational data. Physics and chemistry of the interstellar medium are treated, with frequent references... more...
The Dark Matter Problem
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 53.00Describing the development of dark matter theory for cosmologists, astronomers and particle physicists. more...
Meteorite Impact
Springer 2010; US$ 84.99The impact of large extraterrestrial bodies (asteroids and comets) with Earth is an ever-present danger that humanity has only recently begun to recognise. Of the 175 impact craters found thus far on Earth, three giants stand out - Chicxulub in Mexico, Sudbury in Canada, and the Vredefort Impact Structure in South Africa. Each of these impact events... more...
Modern Cosmology and the Dark Matter Problem
Cambridge University Press 1994; US$ 49.00This book shows how modern cosmology has led to the idea of dark matter in the universe, and presents a new theory to explain it. more...









