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The Story of the Solar System
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 55.00The Story of the Solar System explains how our solar system came into existence, how it has evolved and how it might end billions of years from now. Fully illustrated with beautiful, astronomically accurate paintings, this book will fascinate anyone with an interest in our solar system. more...
The Physics and Chemistry of the Interstellar Medium
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 42.00This work provides a comprehensive overview of our current theoretical and observational understanding of the interstellar medium of galaxies. Emphasis is on the microscopic physical and chemical processes in space, and their influence on the macroscopic structure of the interstellar medium of galaxies. more...
The Hutchinson Dictionary of Space Exploration
Helicon Publishing 2005; US$ 35.35Milestones in the exploration of space and all aspects of the technology involved. more...
Solar Magnetic Phenomena
Springer 2006; US$ 139.99The book contains lecture papers and contributed papers on different aspects of magnetic phenomena in the solar atmosphere. The main topics addressed are the physics of solar flares, prominences, coronal mass ejections, magnetic helicity, high-energy radiation from the Sun, observations of the photosphere and chromosphere as well as highlights from... more...
The Moon and How to Observe It
Springer 2006; US$ 31.99Intended for amateur astronomers. This book deals with the Moon itself - its formation, geology, and history - as well as the practical aspects of observation. It presents a description of the Moon's origin, history and geology; and considers how best to observe and record it with telescopes. more...
Optics in Astrophysics
Springer 2006; US$ 84.99Gives reviews of detectors and of spectrographs, as well as forefront R&D in the field of optical coatings and of guided optics. This book addresses possible ways to handle photons, based on quantum physics. It also gives two reviews about wavefront processing and about image restoration and deconvolution algorithms for ill conditioned cases. more...
Solar System Update
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG 2006; US$ 179.99Consists of reviews of a number of carefully selected topics in solar system science. Contributions, in form of reviews, are mainly aimed at professional astronomers and planetary scientists wishing to inform themselves about progress in fields closely related to their own field of expertise. more...
Observing the Moon
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 40.00A 'hands-on' primer for the aspiring observer of the Moon, written by an experienced and well-known lunar observer. more...
Ice, Rock, and Beauty
Springer 2008; US$ 39.95Imaging techniques from Earth continue to improve, while missions such as Voyager, Galileo and the Hubble Space Telescope have yielded many excellent images. This book collects some 72 main images, showing objects heretofore little seen, to tell a story of the Solar System. more...
Robotic Exploration of the Solar System
Springer 2007; US$ 31.99Presents the history of unmanned missions exploring our Solar System. This book provides technical descriptions of the spacecraft, of their mission designs and of instrumentations. It discusses scientific results, together with details of mission management. more...









