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The Origins of the Universe for Dummies
Wiley 2011; US$ 29.95Do you want to learn about the physical origin of the Universe, but don’t have the rest of eternity to read up on it? Do you want to know what scientists know about where you and your planet came from, but without the science blinding you? ‘Course you do – and who better than For Dummies to tackle the biggest, strangest and most... more...
Exoplaneten
Springer 2011; US$ 39.95Bisher wurden ber 450 sogenannte extrasolare Planeten entdeckt, Planeten, die sich au erhalb unseres Sonnensystems befinden. Weltweit anerkannte Experten f hren in dem Band in die Thematik ein und werfen einen Blick auf zuk nftige Entwicklungen. Sie geben detailliert Einblick in die Methodik, die Missionen und Ergebnisse des rasch voranschreitenden... more...
Space
DK Publishing 2010; US$ 40.00Featuring a wealth of incredible astronomical photographs, Space takes us on an imaginary journey that starts from a launchpad on Earth. From there, we go in toward the center of our Solar System to see the inner planets and the Sun. We then fly outward, past the outer planets and on to the fringes of the Solar System. After a brief pause to look... more...
Amazing Space Q&A
DK Publishing 2010; US$ 12.99Amazing Space Q&A explores the final frontier, from cosmic dust to supergiant stars. Bursting with eye-opening questions and revealing answers, the book tells tell you everything you ever wanted to know about the universe (but were afraid to ask!). 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...
Modern Questions of Celestial Mechanics
Springer 2011; US$ 39.99C. Agostinelli: Sul problema delle aurore boreali e il moto di un corpuscolo elettrizzato in presenza di un dipolo magnetico.- G. Colombo: Introduction to the theory of earth's motion about its center of mass.- E.M. Gaposchkin: The motion of the pole and the earth's elasticity as studied from the gravity field of the earth by means of artificial... more...
New Methods of Celestial Mechanics
Bentham Science Publishers 2010; US$ 49.00The book is trying to explain the main features of Celestial Mechanics using a new technique (in this, it is very unique). Its emphasis, in terms of applications, is on the Solar System, including its most peculiar properties (such as chaos, resonances, relativistic corrections, etc.). All results are derived in a reasonably transparent manner, so... more...
Advanced Amateur Astronomy
Cambridge University Press 1997; US$ 50.00This 1997 book is for telescope owners wanting to improve their skills and make observations of real and lasting scientific value. more...
The Farthest Things in the Universe
Cambridge University Press 1994; US$ 28.00The excitement and challenge of studying the most distant and powerful objects, and their embryonic Universe, in four lucid and stimulating chapters. more...
Heavenly Errors
Columbia University Press 2001; US$ 27.99One of the great paradoxes of modern times is that the more scientists understand the natural world, the more we discover that our everyday beliefs about it are wrong. Astronomy, in particular, is one of the most misunderstood scientific disciplines. With the participation of thousands of undergraduate students, Neil F. Comins has identified and... more...









