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Nature Guide Stars and Planets
Dorling Kindersley Ltd 2012; Not AvailableHave the world in your hands with these compact, illustrated natural history guides From the planets in our solar system to the constellations that brighten up the night skies, leaf through Nature Guide Stars and Planets , a beautiful guide to our solar system and beyond. Part of a new generation of compact natural history guides, ... more...
The Night Sky Month by Month
Dorling Kindersley Ltd 2011; Not AvailableAn invaluable, user-friendly guide to discovering and navigating the night sky every month The Night Sky Month by Month in ebook format offers directions for observing stars and constellations in both the northern and southern hemispheres at any time of the year. Positions of stars and planet locations for each month are included, plus get... more...
Inflationary Cosmology
World Scientific Publishing Company 1986; US$ 244.00Inflation has revolutionized cosmology primarily because it has eliminated the dependence of cosmological modelling on initial conditions. Thus inflationary cosmology is able to account for the present universe starting from a wide range of initial conditions. This volume reviews the presents state of subject. Each chapter consists of a brief introduction... more...
Future Professional Communication in Astronomy II
Springer 2011; US$ 159.99The present volume gathers together the talks presented at the second colloquim on the Future Professional Communication in Astronomy (FPCA II), held at Harvard University (Cambridge, MA) on 13-14 April 2010. This meeting provided a forum for editors, publishers, scientists, librarians and officers of learned societies to discuss the future of the... more...
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...
Asteroseismology
Springer 2010; US$ 129.99A guide for graduate students and scientists working in stellar astrophysics. It provides a general introduction to asteroseismology, and comprehensive coverage of its various aspects: fundamental theory, observations and observational techniques, and methodology of data analysis. more...
Vavilov-Cherenkov and Synchrotron Radiation
Springer 2004; US$ 309.00The theory of the Vavilov-Cherenkov radiation observed by Cherenkov in 1934 was created by Tamm, Frank and Ginsburg who associated the observed blue light with the uniform charge motion of a charge at the velocity greater than the velocity of light velocity in the medium. On the other hand, Vavilov, Cherenkov's teacher, attributed the observed blue... more...
Exploring the Secrets of the Aurora
Springer 2007; US$ 64.99The Aurora offers plenty of scientific data to explain. This work describes the progress made in auroral science and magnetospheric physics by providing examples of ideas, controversies, struggles, acceptance, and success. It tells the history of pre-space age solar-terrestrial relations. It also includes full-color photos of the aurora. more...
How does the Galaxy Work?
Springer 2004; US$ 259.00This volume presents a multi-disciplinary approach to the physical mechanisms which structure the shape, evolution and fate of the Galaxy. It contains 4 panel sessions (the recording transcripts of the galactic 'tertulias'), an introductory historical overview on the Galaxy research, 17 reviews, and the proceedings of more than 50 oral and poster contributions. ... more...
Star Clusters and How to Observe Them
Springer 2006; US$ 31.99Contains information on using refractors, reflectors, and range of computer-controlled SCT telescopes. This work features a list of suitable clusters to observe according to the instruments available, from binoculars to large-aperture telescopes. more...









