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Practical Statistics for Astronomers
Cambridge University Press 2012; US$ 40.00Bringing together relevant statistical and probabilistic techniques, a practical manual for advanced undergraduate and graduate students and professional astronomers. more...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Astronomy, 2E
Penguin Group US 2001; US$ 18.95Astronomy is an ancient science on the cutting edge. Although it's been around for over 5,500 years, astronomers say that we have learned more than 90 percent of what we know in only the last 50 years--a disproportionate amount in just the past decade. Each new year seems to yield more information than the last, not to mention advances in the technology... more...
Destiny or Chance Revisited
Cambridge University Press 2012; US$ 24.00An exciting tour of our Universe exploring our current knowledge of exoplanets and the search for another Earth-like planet. more...
Universet
Aarhus University Press 2003; US$ 19.88Kosmologi er et fag i rivende udvikling. Inden for de seneste år har man eksempelvis opdaget, at vores univers udvider sig hurtigere og hurtigere, i modsætning til hvad man tidligere troede. Bogen indeholder kapitler om vores nuværende viden om universets egenskaber, fra stjerner og galakser til den kosmiske baggrundsstråling, den sidste rest af stråling... more...
Great Astronomers
ReadHowYouWant 2006; US$ 3.99This work enlists the services of men who worked in the field of Astronomy. Ball has chronicled the lives of all great astronomers and provided glimpses of their personal lives as well as their interests and their era. This gives a deep understanding of their work and discoveries. more...
21st Century Astronomy (Full Third Edition)
W. W. Norton & Company 2010; US$ 39.99With 21st Century Astronomy , students see the universe through the eyes of a scientist. 21st Century Astronomy ?s distinctive writing style, superior art, and supporting media package all work together to teach students how science works, help students visualize basic concepts and physical processes, and keep students focused on the ?big picture.?... more...
Heavenly Intrigue
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2005; US$ 16.95Heavenly Intrigue is the fascinating, true account of the seventeenth-century collaboration between Johannes Kepler and Tycho Brahe that revolutionized our understanding of the universe?and ended in murder.One of history?s greatest geniuses, Kepler laid the foundations of modern physics with his revolutionary laws of planetary motion. But his beautiful... more...
National Security Space Launch Report
RAND Corporation 2006; US$ 9.95This report analyzes the major findings and recommendations of the National Security Space Launch Requirements Panel, which was established by the Department of Defense through congressional mandate and facilitated by RAND with the purpose of bringing together experts with extensive space launch and operations background to deliberate the future requirements... more...
Expounding the Mathematical Seed
Springer 2006; US$ 109.99In the 5th century the Indian mathematician Aryabhata wrote a famous work on astronomy, the "Aryabhatiya", which gives in its second chapter a summary of Hindu mathematics. This volume contains an introduction and the literal translation of the commentary of Bhaskara, an Indian astronomer, on this mathematical chapter of the "Aryabhatiya". more...
Discovering the Solar System
Wiley 2007; US$ 220.00Discovering the Solar System, Second Edition covers the Sun, the planets, their satellites and the host of smaller bodies that orbit the Sun. This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the subject for science students, and examines the discovery, investigation and modelling of these bodies. Following a thematic approach, chapters... more...









