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Making Beautiful Deep-sky Images
Springer 2007; US$ 27.99This book is based around the author??'s beautiful and sometimes awe-inspiring color images and mosaics of deep-sky objects. The images were used as the basis of a public exhibition held at the University of Southampton (Summer 2006), attended by the press, local radio and TV interviewers as well as the public. The book describes how similar images... more...
Strategies of Life Detection
Springer 2008; US$ 159.99The search for life outside the Earth has been one of the biggest quests of mankind. We have reached a level in technology that allows the first steps towards a scientific investigation. The aim of this workshop was to take an interdisciplinary look at the signatures that would be indicative for past or present life on another planet, to compare them... more...
The Search for Life Continued
Springer 2008; US$ 23.99Examines, scientifically, the methods for detecting planets around other stars, the possibility that they might support life, and speculates as to what aliens might look like. more...
Imaging planetario:: Guida all'uso della webcam (Le Stelle) (Italian Edition)
Springer 2007; US$ 31.99Le economiche webcam stanno rivoluzionando l?imaging astronomico amatoriale, fornendo un?alternativa conveniente ai CCD raffreddati, quanto meno per i soggetti pił luminosi. Le webcam, che costano solo poche decine di euro, sono in grado di realizzare riprese di pił alta risoluzione rispetto alle macchine fotografiche digitali grazie alla maggiore... more...
Donkere materie
Amsterdam University Press 2006; US$ 10.50Icke gaat in op drie soorten onzichtbare wetenschap: de onzichtbaarheid van wetenschap in de maatschappij, waardoor men zelden beseft welke wetenschappelijke vondsten aan alledaagse zaken ten grondslag liggen; de onzichtbaarheid van de materie in het Heelal, waarnaar Icke onderzoek doet, en ten slotte de onzichtbaarheid van de wetenschappelijke theorie.... more...
Deep-Sky Video Astronomy
Springer 2009; US$ 27.99A guide to using modern integrating video cameras for deep-sky viewing and imaging with the kinds of modest telescopes available commercially to amateur astronomers. It includes an introduction and a brief history of the technology and camera types. It examines the pros and cons of this unrefrigerated yet highly efficient technology. more...
Topological Strings and Quantum Curves
Amsterdam University Press 2009; US$ 55.00This thesis presents several new insights on the interface between mathematics and theoretical physics, with a central role for Riemann surfaces. more...
Eyewitness Companions: Astronomy
Dorling Kindersley 2006; US$ 20.00From origins of the universe to exploration of outer galaxies, this is the essential handbook for the amateur astronomer. Now is your chance to trace the history of astronomy, from the earliest human civilizations to the present day. Tour the Solar System, using a unique visual guide illustrated with the most recent images of the planets. This definitive... more...
Reviews in Modern Astronomy
Wiley 2006; US$ 240.00Volume 18 continues the Reviews in Modern Astronomy with twelve invited reviews and highlight contributions which were presented during the International Scientific Conference of the Astronomical Society on the topic "From Cosmological Structures to the Milky Way", held in Prague, Czech Republic, September 20 to 25, 2004. The contributions to the meeting... more...
Reviews in Modern Astronomy
Wiley 2008; US$ 205.00This 20th volume in the series contains 16 invited reviews and highlight contributions presented during the 2007 International Scientific Conference of the German Astronomical Society on the topic of "Cosmic Matter", held in W?rzburg, Germany. The papers published here discuss a wide range of hot topics, including cosmology, high-energy astrophysics,... more...









