Astronomy, space and time

Presenting some of the most recent results of Russian research into shock compression, as well as historical overviews of the Russian research programs into shock compression, this volume will provide Western researchers with many novel ideas and points of view.

I wrote this book because I wanted to learn more about interstel- lar flight.

This book deals with stars during a short episode before they undergo a ma- jor, and fatal, transition.

Recent discoveries of planet-like objects circling other sun-like stars have stirred enormous interest in what other planets may exist in the universe, and whether they support intelligent life, or at least could do so.

We are at the dawn of a new era in the study of space, all thanks to the Galileo space probe.

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Have you ever stopped at a construction project on the way to your office and the day's astrophysics?

Twenty-five years have passed since the first edition of Astrophysical Concepts appeared.

This volume considers the role comets may have played in the origins and evolution of life, particularly in light of recent investigations of Halley's comet, of new insights into organic synthesis in meteorites and comets, and of new results of numerical simulations of cometary orbits and impacts on Earth.

to the Second Edition The development of astronomy in the last ten years has been nothing short of explosive.

In 1879, while a graduate student under Henry Rowland at the Physics Department of The Johns Hopkins University, Edwin Herbert Hall discovered what is now universally known as the Hall effect.

I was introduced to Tiisi: and his Tadhkira some 19 years ago.

My principal aim in writing this book was to present a wide range of astrophysical topics in sufficient depth to give the reader a general quantitative understanding of the subject.

Optics is reborn.

Few figures loom as large as Albert Einstein in our contemporary culture.

In The Moon David Whitehouse explains how our nearest celestial neighbor was created (and what moonrocks tell us of its earth-shattering origins), and how its existence may have been a crucial factor in mankind being here at all.

In The Sun, David Whitehouse takes us on a journey to the heart of our local star and beyond, relating how it was born, the many ways it influences life on Earth and how it will die.

Introduction by Professor Stephen Hawking.

What's the nature of reality?

There's a whole universe out there.

Astronomy: A Complete Introduction will ensure you recognize what you are seeing in the night sky.

What would happen if you fell into a Black Hole?

'Masterly' New York Times'Riveting' Scott Kelly'Remarkable' The TimesWhen Richard Branson founded Virgin Galactic in 2004, his goal was simple: to offer paying customers a trip to space by the end of the decade.

One of the world's most celebrated cosmologists presents her breakthrough explanation of our origins in the multiverse.

What is time?

It is said that fact is sometimes stranger than fiction, and nowhere is that more true than in the case of black holes.

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***AS READ ON BBC RADIO 4***Travel the night sky and discover the stories in the stars.

This text contains a collection of poetry written by Alfred Noyes, first published in 1922.

This wonderful book contains a translation of Plutarch's 'Lives' told in simple language with a special topic index.

This old work contains a comprehensive treatise on shooting-stars, fire-balls, and aerolites.

This antiquarian book contains a fascinating treatise on astronomy, with directions for practical experiments and telescopic work.

In this compelling work on Flat Earth Theory, David Waldo Scott uses a collection of scripture, reason, and fact to argue against the idea that the earth is a planet.

This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to Heliocentric Astrology with an outline of the essentials of Solar Mentality.

A tour of the Solar System's tallest, hottest, coldest and weirdest volcanoes and a look inside what makes them erupt.

Opens a window into a previously dark and secret time in our universe's history: when the first stars were born.

'Astonishing' - New ScientistIcy, rocky, sometimes dusty, always mysterious comets and asteroids are among the Solar System's very oldest inhabitants, formed within a swirling cloud of gas and dust in the area of space that eventually hosted the Sun and its planets.

Everything you ever wanted to know about the red planet revealed in an up-close and personal tour of MarsMars is ingrained in our culture, from David Bowie's extra-terrestrial spiders to H.

'Highly recommended' Financial TimesToday we know of only a single planet that hosts life: the Earth.

Twenty years ago, the search for planets outside the Solar System was a job restricted to science-fiction writers.

Kepler is a key figure in the development of modern astronomy.

Aristotle believed that the outermost stars are carried round us on a transparent sphere.

One of the arguments in Aristotle's On the Heavens propounds that the world neither came to be nor will perish.

Have you ever wanted to explore the Milky Way?

Be swept away by this powerful New Adult novel set amongst the sandy beaches and sparkling stars of Puerto Rico.

With a blend of exciting discoveries and important scientific theory, this innovative and readable introduction to astronomy is ideal for anyone who wants to understand what we know about the universe, and how we know it.

I could have done with a copy of Ad Astra in December 2015!

Dr Carrie Nugent is an asteroid hunter - one of the select group of scientists working diligently to map our cosmic neighbourhood.

An extraterrestrial civilization created human civilization and all other life on Earth.

This is the definitive work on Nostradamus and how his predictions relate to known historical fact.