Astronomy, space and time

This book offers a study of the three evolutions in a circle (cosmos, life, and knowledge) with the aim of discussing human social behavior, a metaphor of the general behavior of nature (from which man derives) within the fluctuating equilibrium between the opposite tendencies to cohesion and shredding; a circularity revealing an indefinite and probably never conclusive run-up of human beings to the knowledge of nature; an analysis that demonstrates any theoretical/practical impossibility to formulate absolute certainties, since it depicts a situation in which man finds himself hovering between a rational way of living and the contradictory modus operandi of mythos.

This book provides a brief and pedagogic introduction to a variety of topics, with a common motif that they all occur, in some way or other, in "e;the sky"e;, and involve some sort of "e;rhythm"e;.

Did the universe start with a bang, or has it existed always?

The fullest account ever written of the fascinating nexus between Islam and Time, this is a major contribution to the wider history of ideas and religion.

In the spring of 1500, at the apex of the Renaissance, a papal secretary to the Borgia Pope, Alexander VI, wrote that "e;All the world is in Rome.

Aimed at engineering students and professionals working in the field of mechanics of space flight, this book examines space tether systems - one of the most forward-thinking directions of modern astronautics.

Aimed at students, faculty and professionals in the aerospace field, this book provides practical information on the development, analysis, and control of a single and/or multiple spacecraft in space.

The essays in Copernirus and his Successors deal both with the influences on Copernicus, including that of Greek and Arabic thinkers, and with his own life and attitudes.

Published over a period of 20 years the essays collected together in this volume all relate to the lasting human preoccupation with cosmological matters and modern responses to them.

Each night, millions of stars light up the dark skies.

Known as the red planet, Mars is the closest planet to the sun.

During the formation of the solar system, not all of the materials in the vast could of dust and gas were used.

For over two and a half millennia human beings have attempted to invent strategies to "e;discover"e; the truth of time, to determine whether time is infinite, whether eternity is the infinite duration of a continuous present, or whether it too rises and falls with the cycles of universal creation and destruction.

The Heavens on Earth explores the place of the observatory in nineteenth-century science and culture.

For more than a century, Mars has been at the center of debates about humanity's place in the cosmos.

In this pathbreaking philosophical work, Elizabeth Grosz points the way toward a theory of becoming to replace the prevailing ontologies of being in social, political, and biological discourse.

In Placing Outer Space Lisa Messeri traces how the place-making practices of planetary scientists transform the void of space into a cosmos filled with worlds that can be known and explored.

We have entered a new era of nature.

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This volume reviews conceptual conflicts at the foundations of physics now and in the past century.

Direct involvement with the subject area of the present work dates from my years with NASA at its Electronics Research Center (ERC) in Cambridge, M- sachusetts, in the 1960s.

Fuchsian reduction is a method for representing solutions of nonlinear PDEs near singularities.

The one thing for which this century will be remembered 500 years from now was: This was the century when we began the exploration of space.

The universe literally encompasses everything we were, are and will be, everything we knew, know and can know.

Month-by-month information on meteor showers and how to make the most of watching them.

A guide to viewing stars, the moon, planets, meteors, comets, and more through binoculars.

Unraveling the Mysteries of the Night Sky.

In the mid-1990s, astronomers made history when they began to find planets orbiting stars in the Milky Way.

Was, wenn der Urknall weniger eine unumstößliche Wahrheit als vielmehr eine gedankliche ›Erfindung‹ ist?

The Hubble telescope captures stunning new images of our universe.

This book delves into the complexities of space governance, offering innovative solutions for a sustainable future.

Die großen Mysterien des Weltalls und unserer Erde: faszinierende Rätsel der Wissenschaft vom Autor des Sachbuch-Bestsellers »(Fast) Alles einfach erklärt«, Niklas Kolorz Was war vor dem Urknall?

Melville's passion for things astronomical is visible throughout his canon.

Does the universe have the character it has because of design?

More than 200 rare scientific manuscripts, books, maps, amulets, and magical texts have been brought together from renowned collections in Europe, Canada, Israel, Great Britain, and the United States specifically for this exhibition.

Did an enormous collision in the Asteroid Belt, orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter, bombard Earth with meteorites 470 million years ago?

The Mythology of Venus is a collection of essays that summarizes the archaeoastronomy, calendar associations, religious and cultural icons, and myths identified with the planet Venus.

Cada mes un ciclo ocurre en el cielo.

Los lectores principiantes aprenderán sobre los patrones básicos del Sol y la Tierra y lo que causa día y noche.

Twelve-year-old Clyde Tombaugh stepped up and took his first look through a telescope.

Americans are divided over the future of the U.

What's longer than a football field, weighs more than 450 cars, yet flies miles above Earth's surface?

How long does it take to get into outer space?

How can robots help us explore space?

Could there be other planets in the universe similar to those in our solar system?

Have objects from space ever hit Earth?