Astronomy, space and time

This book is for amateur astronomers who would like to know the mythology behind the names of astronomical objects in the night sky.

This book traces the development of Kepler's ideas along with his unsteady wanderings in a world dominated by religious turmoil.

This volume of the series Springer Briefs in Space Life Sciences explains the physics and biology of radiation in space, defines various forms of cosmic radiation and their dosimetry, and presents a range of exposure scenarios.

This book consolidates the latest research on the Hadean Eon - the first 500 million years of Earth history - which has permitted hypotheses of early Earth evolution to be tested, including geophysical models that include the possibility of plate tectonic-like behavior.

Unofficially they called themselves the TFNG, or the Thirty-Five New Guys.

This book describes the discovery of quasicrystals (icosahedral and decagonal) in an extraterrestrial rock from the Koryak Mountains of Far Eastern Russia.

Translated from the original French and annotated with figures, historical maps and commentary from the translators, this work is Jean-Charles Houzeau's account of his escape from Texas during the American Civil War.

Unlike most traditional introductory textbooks on relativity and cosmology that answer questions like "e;Does accelerated expansion pull our bodies apart?

Astrobiology not only investigates how early life took hold of our planet but also life on other planets - both in our Solar System and beyond -  and their potential for habitability.

There are many books covering different facets of astrophotography, but few of them contain all the necessary steps for beginners in one accessible place.

This book focuses on one mechanism in black hole physics which has proven to be universal, multifaceted and with a rich phenomenology: rotational superradiance.

This is a second edition of a textbook that provides the first comprehensive, easy-to-read, and up-to-date account of the fascinating discipline of archaeoastronomy, in which the relationship between ancient constructions and the sky is studied in order to gain a better understanding of the ideas of the architects of the past and of their religious and symbolic worlds.

These three lectures cover a certain aspect of complexity and black holes, namely the relation to the second law of thermodynamics.

This work is an introduction to the totality of the metaphysical philosophy of nature of Hedwig Conrad-Martius (1888-1966).

The revised and updated 2nd edition of this established textbook provides a self-contained introduction to the general theory of relativity, describing not only the physical principles and applications of the theory, but also the mathematics needed, in particular the calculus of differential forms.

This edited volume charts the history of celestial navigation over the course of five centuries.

The observational component of astronomy is an exciting and vital part of any astrophysics degree.

The development of science has been an ideological struggle that lasted over three millennia.

Dawkin's militant atheism is well known; his profound faith less well known In this book, atheist philosopher Eric Steinhart explores the spiritual dimensions of Richard Dawkins' books, which are shown to encompass:*       the meaning and purpose of life*       an appreciation of Platonic beauty and truth*       a deep belief in the rationality of the universe*       an aversion to both scientism and nihilism As an atheist, Dawkins strives to develop a scientific alternative to theism, and while he declares that science is not a religion, he also proclaims it to be a spiritual enterprise.

In this comprehensive and interdisciplinary volume, former NASA Chief Historian Steven Dick reflects on the exploration of space, astrobiology and its implications, cosmic evolution, astronomical institutions, discovering and classifying the cosmos, and the philosophy of astronomy.

Modern research has demonstrated that many stars are surrounded by planets-some of which might contain the right conditions to harbor life.

This book presents a collection of chapters, which address various contexts and challenges of the idea of human enhancement for the purposes of human space missions.

Catadioptric telescopes (CATs) such as the Schmidt Cassegrains remain popular among amateur astronomers for their ability to reveal thousands of beautiful deep-space wonders.

This book serves two main purposes: firstly, it shows, in a simple way, how the possible existence of an extra-spatial dimension would affect the predictions of four-dimensional General Relativity, a model known as the Brane world; secondly, it explains, step-by-step, a new technique called Minimal Geometric Deformation, which was introduced for the purpose of solving the correspondingly modified Einstein field equations.

This book is an original study aimed at understanding how vacuum magnetic fields change with time.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of the role space is playing in unlocking Latin America's developmental aspirations.

The goal of this essay is to discuss the future of discovery in particle physics.

This book provides a novel perspective on the concept of memetics as applied to the development and evolution of intelligent robots and robotic communities/cultures.

This book provides an extensive overview of the protection of cultural heritages sites on the Moon (humanity's lunar heritage) and the various threats they face.

This book presents a collection of focused review papers on the advances in topics in modern astronomy, astrophysics,  cosmology and planetary science.

This book describes the future of the Artemis Lunar Program from the years 2017 to about 2030.

This book examines the background and context of Latin America's political and socioeconomic landscape with a focus on space activities.

Julius Schmidt was one of the finest astronomical observers of his time, and his detailed map of the Moon surpassed anything that had come before.

In the past decade, the field of small satellites has expanded the space industry in a powerful way.

The Central Andean Altiplane represents a unique extreme environment due to its high altitude, closed basins that modulate the salt pans and saline wetlands surrounded by deserts, as well as the considerable influence of volcanic activity.

This book derives and analyzes all solutions to the Kepler problem with dark energy (DE), presenting significant results such as: (a) all radial infinite motions obey Hubble's law at large times; (b) all orbital infinite motions are asymptotically radial and obey Hubble's law; (c) infinite orbital motions strongly dominate the finite ones.

This book stems from the worrying scale and intensity of conflicts, humanitarian crises, and human rights violations around the world, which can be seen in a wide range of global hotspots including Venezuela, Yemen, Syria, Myanmar, Sudan, Eritrea, and numerous others.

This book offers an enlightening analysis of the ways in which the communication of space explorations has evolved in response to political and social developments and the availability of new media and communication tools.

This book provides detailed insights into how space and its applications are, and can be, used to support the development of the full range and diversity of African societies, as encapsulated in the African Union's Agenda 2063.

This fascinating book provides an accessible and up-to-date overview of modern cosmology.

This Palgrave Pivot investigates the efforts of five aerospace companies-SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic, Orbital Sciences, and the Boeing Company-to launch their entry into the field of commercial space transportation.

Since ancient times, humans have been engaged in a continual quest to find meaning in and make sense of sights and events in the night sky.

Based on a Simons Symposium held in 2018, the proceedings in this volume focus on the theoretical, numerical, and observational quest for dark matter in the universe.

This book presents two important new findings.

The European Space Agency has a long history of human spaceflight, working with both NASA and the Soviet/Russian space agencies over the years.

The wealth of recent cosmic microwave background and large-scale structure data has transformed the field of cosmology.

This book produces convincing evidence that exploiting the potential of space could help solve many environmental and social issues affecting our planet, such as pollution, overcrowding, resource depletion and conflicts, economic inequality, social unrest, economic instability and unemployment.

This book is for amateur astronomers who would like to know the mythology behind the names of astronomical objects in the night sky.

How does Einstein's description of space and time compare with Doctor Who?

This book presents a collection of focused review papers on the advances in topics in modern astronomy, astrophysics,  cosmology and planetary science.