Astronomy, space and time

In this book, all physical laws are derived from a small number of invariant integrals which express the conservation of energy, mass, or momentum.

Although there is a chance that certain planets may be habitable for life, the moons of planets might have even more to offer.

This SpringerBrief summarizes the latest relevant research and discoveries that have been made in the area of ringed small bodies and small body taxonomy, including those that lay the groundwork for future discoveries.

This is a book about rocket science: what it is and what it does.

This book is primarily concerned with the computational aspects of predictability of dynamical systems - in particular those where observations, modeling and computation are strongly interdependent.

This book follows the development of research on the origin of the Moon from the late 18th century to the present.

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

This book contains a systematic exposition of the theory of spinors in finite-dimensional Euclidean and Riemannian spaces.

This textbook develops Special Relativity in a systematic way and offers problems with detailed solutions to empower students to gain a real understanding of this core subject in physics.

This second, revised and thoroughly updated edition of the successful textbook by Claus Grupen describes the branch of astrophysics known as astroparticle physics.

This book gathers selected and expanded contributions presented at the 5th Symposium on Space Optical Instruments and Applications, which was held in Beijing, China, on September 5-7, 2018.

The book introduces the latest methods and algorithms developed in machine and deep learning (hybrid symbolic-numeric computations, robust statistical techniques for clustering and eliminating data as well as convolutional neural networks) dealing not only with images and the use of computers, but also their applications to visualization tasks generalized by up-to-date points of view.

Astrophysical observations implying the existence of Dark Matter and Dark Energy, which are not described by the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics, have led to extensions of the SM predicting new particles that could be directly produced at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN.

This textbook offers a readily comprehensible introduction to classical Newtonian gravitation, which is fundamental for an understanding of classical mechanics and is particularly relevant to Astrophysics.

This book reports on the extraordinary observation of TeV gamma rays from the Crab Pulsar, the most energetic light ever detected from this type of object.

Building from foundations of modern science and cosmic evolution, as well as psychological and philosophical perspectives of value and meaning, this book explores some of humanity's biggest questions:          Is the Universe about something ?

It is now clear that a binary evolutionary pathway is responsible for a significant fraction of all planetary nebulae, with some authors even going so far as to claim that binarity may be a near requirement for the formation of an observable nebula.

This book shows how anthropology can provide an innovative perspective on the human movement into space.

Intended for a one- or two-semester course, this text applies basic, one-variable calculus to analyze the motion both of planets in their orbits as well as interplanetary spacecraft in their trajectories.

This thought-provoking book looks at the nature of red dwarf systems as potential homes for life.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the chemistry of CO2 in relation to surface interactions and photocatalytic transformation by UV radiation.

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This book provides detailed insights into how space and popular culture intersect across a broad spectrum of examples, including cinema, music, art, arcade games, cartoons, comics, and advertisements.

Welcome to the first comprehensive guide to one of the world's most popular telescopes: the ShortTube 80 refractor.

This book covers solar energy and the use of solar radiation in connection with lighting.

This book describes how and why the early modern period witnessed the marginalisation of astrology in Western natural philosophy, and the re-adoption of the cosmological view of the existence of a plurality of worlds in the universe, allowing the possibility of extraterrestrial life.

This book explores the dynamics of planetary and stellar fluid layers, including atmospheres, oceans, iron cores, and convective and radiative zones in stars, describing the different theoretical, computational and experimental methods used to study these problems in fluid mechanics, including the advantages and limitations of each method for different problems.

This book, edited by the European Space Policy Institute, is the first international publication, following UNISPACE+50, to analyze how space capacity building can empower the international community towards fully accessing all the economic and societal benefits that space assets and data can offer.

This book includes the proceedings of the conference "e;Problems of the Geocosmos"e; held by the Earth Physics Department, St.

Despite the success of general relativity in explaining classical gravitational phenomena, several problems at the interface between gravitation and high energy physics still remain open.

This book presents the fundamental principles of Classical thermodynamics, supplemented by  an overview of Statistical Thermodynamics, and explores their applications to a wide variety of problems in the Earth and Planetary sciences, spanning the range from the Earth's core, mantle and crust, aqueous solutions and fluid-rock interactions to solar nebula, terrestrial planets and asteroids.

Colloidal plasmas - a still emerging field of plasma physics - enable the study of basic plasma properties on a microscopic kinetic level and allow the visualization of collective plasma phenomena, like oscillations and waves.

This guide is specifically aimed at those who are using-or want to use-Sequence Generator Pro.

This book serves as both a primer to astronomical polarimetry and an authoritative overview of its application to various types of astronomical objects from AGN, compact stars, binary systems, stars across the HR diagram, transients, the interstellar medium and solar system bodies.

In the late 20th and beginning 21st century high-precision astronomy, positioning and metrology strongly rely on general relativity.

In 2019, China astonished the world by landing a spacecraft and rover on the far side of the Moon, something never achieved by any country before.

After an extensive introduction to the asymptotic safety approach to quantum gravity, this thesis explains recent key advances reported in four influential papers.

This volume aims to make Stephen of Pisa and Antioch's work on the celestial sciences accessible to a wider readership, providing not just the text but a translation and introduction as well.

This comprehensive atlas explains the genesis and evolution of impact known craters on Earth, presenting a wealth of radar images from the Italian COSMO-SkyMed satellites that were acquired at the same frequency, spatial resolution, operating mode, and illumination, allowing excellent comparison of different impact structures.

Due to steadily improving experimental accuracy, relativistic concepts - based on Einstein's theory of Special and General Relativity - are playing an increasingly important role in modern geodesy.

Regarding his discoveries, Sir Isaac Newton famously said, "e;If I have seen further it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.

This book is the first thorough and overdue biography of one of the giants of science in the twentieth century, Jan Hendrik Oort.

Cosmology describes the evolution of the Universe and is based on a description of its beginning from quantum fluctuations.

This book proposes a framework for assessing countries' levels of compliance with international space law and norms.

A true revolution has rocked the space industry, as Silicon Valley and new startup companies around the world have shaken up the status quo.

It is commonly held that there is no place for the 'now' in physics, and also that the passing of time is something subjective, having to do with the way reality is experienced but not with the way reality is.

This book provides a unique insight into the research and recent developments undertaken among the African Remote Sensing community in regard to the environment.

July 2019 marks 50 years since Neil Armstrong took his famous first steps on the surface of the Moon.

In 2008, the European FP6 JETSET project ended.

This is a follow-on book to the introductory textbook "e;Physics of the Solar Corona"e; previously published in 2004 by the same author, which provided a systematic introduction and covered mostly scientific results from the pre-2000 era.