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  • Die Spur des Abendsternsby

    WBG - Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft 2012; US$ 26.08

    Hauptbeschreibung Am 6. Juni 2012 findet ein astronomisches Ereignis statt, das keiner von uns ein weiteres Mal erleben wird. Die Bahn der Venus führt an diesem Tag genau zwischen Erde und Sonne hindurch, so dass die Venus für mehrere Stunden als kleiner dunkler Punkt vor der Sonne zu sehen ist. Dies nennt man den Venustransit, der teilweise auch... more...

  • Plotting the Globeby AVRAHAM ARIEL; NORA ARIEL BERGER; JOHN WRIGHT

    ABC-CLIO 2005; US$ 73.00

    People use concepts such as time and date to structure their lives on a daily basis. They often measure their travel by marking points arranged along great circles on the globe. Yet most do not understand the origin and history of these terms and the stories of the intrepid adventurers, scientists, and seafarers who shaped our picture of the world... more...

  • Gravitational N-Body Simulationsby Sverre J. Aarseth; P. V. Landshoff; D. R. Nelson; D. W. Sciama; S. Weinberg

    Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 73.00

    This book presents basic methods for numerical simulation of gravitational systems, demonstrating how to develop clear and elegant algorithms. It explains the fundamental mathematical tools needed to describe the dynamics of a large number of mutually attractive particles, and the techniques needed to model various known planetary and astrophysical... more...

  • Inflationary Cosmologyby Lewis F. Abbott; So-Young Pi

    World Scientific Publishing Company 1986; US$ 244.00

    Inflation 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 IIby Alberto Accomazzi; Andre Heck

    Springer 2011; US$ 159.99

    The 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 noteby Angelo Adamo

    Springer 2010; US$ 23.99

    Una 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...

  • Cosmic Updateby Fred Adams; Thomas Buchert; Laura Mersini-Houghton

    Springer 2011; US$ 54.99

    "...The Multiversal book series is equally unique, providing book-length extensions of the lectures with enough additional depth for those who truly want to explore these fields, while also providing the kind of clarity that is appropriate for interested lay people to grasp the general principles involved." - Lawrence M. Krauss Cosmic Update... more...

  • Catastrophic Events Caused by Cosmic Objectsby V.V. Adushkin; I.V. Nemchinov

    Springer 2007; US$ 109.99

    Many times all of us could hear from mass media that an asteroid approached and swept past the Earth. Such an asteroid or comet will inevitably strike the planet some day. This volume considers hazards due to collisions with cosmic objects, particularly in light of recent investigations of impacts by the authors. Each chapter written by an expert contains... more...

  • Asteroseismologyby C. Aerts

    Springer 2010; US$ 129.99

    A 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...

  • Astrophysics at Very High Energiesby Felix Aharonian; Lars Bergström; Charles Dermer; Roland Walter; Marc Türler

    Springer 2013; US$ 69.95

    With the success of Cherenkov Astronomy and more recently with the launch of NASA’s Fermi mission, very-high-energy astrophysics has undergone a revolution in the last years. This book provides three comprehensive and up-to-date reviews of the recent advances in gamma-ray astrophysics and of multi-messenger astronomy. Felix Aharonian and Charles... more...