Astronomy, space and time

Over the last few decades inversion concepts have become an integral part of experimental data interpretation in several branches of science.

The study of the magnetic fields of the Earth and Sun, as well as those of other planets, stars, and galaxies, has a long history and a rich and varied literature, including in recent years a number of review articles and books dedicated to the dynamo theories of these fields.

Starting with the description of our home galaxy the Milky Way, this cogently written textbook introduces the reader to the astronomy of galaxies, their structure, active galactic nuclei, evolution and large scale distribution.

Fundamental Astronomy gives a well-balanced and comprehensive introduction to the topics of classical and modern astronomy.

This book addresses all scientists and others interested in the origins, development and fate of intelligent species in the observable part of our universe.

Utilization of space, what for?

This book has two goals.

The hydrogen Lyman-alpha line is of utmost importance to many fields of astrophysics.

Have you ever looked at the stars and felt a question deeper than words?

Zwischen 1904 und 1907 nahm Friedrich Küstner Spektren verschiedener Sterne auf, um mithilfe des Doppler-Effekts die Astronomische Einheit zu bestimmen und auf diesem Weg die Genauigkeit seines Spektrographen zu testen.

Zwischen 1904 und 1907 nahm Friedrich Küstner Spektren verschiedener Sterne auf, um mithilfe des Doppler-Effekts die Astronomische Einheit zu bestimmen und auf diesem Weg die Genauigkeit seines Spektrographen zu testen.

Originally published in 1988, this dictionary explores the origins of a large number of astronomical names, including the better-known stars, the constellations, all the planets and many of their satellites.

Originally published in 1988, this dictionary explores the origins of a large number of astronomical names, including the better-known stars, the constellations, all the planets and many of their satellites.

Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, fifth edition, is the official reference for the field of the IAU, which serves as the internationally recognised authority for assigning designations to celestial bodies and any surface features on them.

This richly illustrated book is unique in bringing Einstein's relativity to a higher level for the non-specialist than has ever been attempted before, using nothing more than grade-school algebra.

This thesis is based on the first data from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN.

This book follows the evolutionary trail all the way from the Big Bang 13.

The updated and expanded third edition of this book focuses on the multi-disciplinary coupling between flight-vehicle hardware alternatives and enabling propulsion systems.

In the third edition a number of minor misprints that appeared in the second edition have have been corrected.

Wussten Sie, dass pro Sekunde mehr als hundert Billionen Neutrinos durch Ihren Körper rauschen?

This volume shows how collective magnetic excitations determine most of the magnetic properties of itinerant electron magnets.

Expanding on the concept of the authors' previous book "e;Electroweak Processes in External Electromagnetic Fields, this new book systematically describes the investigation methods for the effects of external active media, both strong electromagnetic fields and hot dense plasma, in quantum processes.

Essential Astrophysics is a book to learn or teach from, as well as a fundamental reference volume for anyone interested in astronomy and astrophysics.

Where do most stars (and the planetary systems that surround them) in the Milky Way form?

The updated and expanded third edition of this book focuses on the multi-disciplinary coupling between flight-vehicle hardware alternatives and enabling propulsion systems.

The existence of blue straggler stars, which appear younger, hotter, and more massive than their siblings, is at odds with a simple picture of stellar evolution.

Even today flying into space is an undertaking at the borderline of what is curreiitly feasible.

The book describes current mission analysis and design techniques that may be applied to a very wide range of interplanetary missions from those targeting the inner planets to those destined for the outer planets and Solar System escape trajectories.

Einstein's Enigma or Black Holes in My Bubble Bath is a humourous and informal rendition of the story of gravitation theory from the early historic origins to the latest developments in astrophysics, focusing on Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity and black-hole physics.

The first book on the subject, this monograph examines the phenomenon of a huge sealed, freshwater lake, isolated from the rest of the world by kilometers' thick ice.

Europa - The Ocean Moon tells the story of the Galileo spacecraft probe to Jupiter's moon, Europa.

This book is an abbreviated, partly re-written version of "e;Under the Radar - The First Woman in Radio Astronomy: Ruby Payne-Scott.

Analyses of photometric time series obtained from the MOST, CoRoT and Kepler space missions were presented at the 20th conference on Stellar Pulsations (Granada, September 2011).

The modern mind is trapped in a graveyard spiral, mistaking the stabilization behavior of a dying medium for the laws of reality.

Excitation of Atoms and Broadening of Spectral Lines povides a survey of elementary processes and mechanisms.

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This book presents research perspectives and open questions on the intersections between astronomy and chronometry.

Engineers need to acquire "e;Back-of-the-Envelope"e; survival skills to obtain rough quantitative answers to real-world problems, particularly when working on projects with enormous complexity and very limited resources.

Still today, turbulence in fluids is considered as one of the most difficult problems of modern physics.

This book presents research perspectives and open questions on the intersections between astronomy and chronometry.

This is the eleventh volume in the series Light Scattering Reviews, devoted to current knowledge of light scattering problems and both experimental and theoretical research techniques related to their solution.

In Future Spacecraft Propulsion Systems the authors demonstrate the need to break free from the old established concepts of expendable rockets, using chemical propulsion, and to develop new breeds of launch vehicle capable of both launching payloads into orbit at dramatically reduced cost, and for sustained operations in low-Earth orbit.

The revised edition of this practical, hands-on book discusses the range of launch vehicles in use today throughout the world, and includes the very latest details of some of the advanced propulsion systems currently being developed.

From prehistoric times, mankind has looked up at the night sky, and puzzled at the changing positions of the stars.