Astronomy, space and time

Written by expert researchers, this book covers all the major aspects of research in Jupiter's moon Io, from the interior to its space environment.

* Un viaje por las constelaciones para conocer los progresos de los grandes astrónomos del pasado, las interpretaciones más o menos fantasiosas de los fenómenos celestes y el avance del conocimiento del universo a través de quienes convirtieron su estudio en su razón de vivir.

- El cosmos de cristal de los antiguos griegos, el mar sobre el cielo de la Edad Media, los mensajes secretos ocultos en la luz de las estrellas.

Written by expert researchers, this book covers all the major aspects of research in Jupiter's moon Io, from the interior to its space environment.

In 2017, over 200 million Americans witnessed the spectacular total eclipse of the Sun, and the 2024 eclipse is expected to draw even larger crowds.

This book tells the comprehensive history of cosmography from the 15th Century Age of Discovery onward.

This book treats the subject of gravitational waves (GWs) production in binary stars or black-holes and in the early universe, using tools of quantum field theory which are familiar to graduate students and researchers in particle physics.

The first and only atlas of physical double stars, with charts by celestial cartographer Wil Tirion.

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Almost everything we know about the Universe has come from studying the messages carried by light from outer space.

In 2017, over 200 million Americans witnessed the spectacular total eclipse of the Sun, and the 2024 eclipse is expected to draw even larger crowds.

This books presents a brief review of modern concepts of the Sun-Earth problem and proposed physical mechanisms of solar-terrestrial relations (STR).

This book tells the comprehensive history of cosmography from the 15th Century Age of Discovery onward.

This book treats the subject of gravitational waves (GWs) production in binary stars or black-holes and in the early universe, using tools of quantum field theory which are familiar to graduate students and researchers in particle physics.

Thousands of years ago, humans believed that Earth was the center of the universe, that the world they lived on was all there was.

This volume is one of the most significant results of the conference "e;Science-Technology Synergy for Research in Marine Environment: Challenges for the XXI Century"e; held in Erice and Ustica, Italy, September 1999.

A perfect book for anyone wishing to learn more about our local star, eclipses and the Northern LightsThe Sun is incredibly dynamic and shrouded in mystery, despite its apparent unchanging appearance in the daytime sky.

This catalog is the first in-depth investigation of comets that were reported since the 17th century, but not confirmed and subsequently lost.

En este álbum ilustrado de no ficción Seth Fishman busca hacernos pensar en toda clase de números, desde los más inimaginablemente grandes hasta uno de los más únicos e importantes (al menos para nosotros): el 1.

The Short Story of the Universe is a new introduction to the subject of the universe.

El libro Estudios caldasianos: Ciencia y nación.

This catalog is the first in-depth investigation of comets that were reported since the 17th century, but not confirmed and subsequently lost.

Descubre todos los secretos (y un montón de curiosidades) del sistema solar en este espectacular álbum ilustrado de la colección Los Exploradores del Espacio.

This book provides a concise introduction to the physics of gravitational waves.

Earth has limited material and energy resources, while these resources are virtually unlimited in space.

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

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.

A glass is disordered material like a viscous liquid and behaves mechanically like a solid.

Do you wonder how the sun and stars work and what are subatomic particles ?

Space Science and Public Engagement: 21st Century Perspectives and Opportunities critically examines the many dimensions of public engagement with space science by exploring case studies that show a spectrum of public engagement formats, ranging from the space science community's efforts to communicate developments to the public, to citizenry attempting to engage with space science issues.

Basic Physics of Nanoscience: Traditional Approaches and New Aspects at the Ultimate Level deals with the description of properties at the Nano level and self-organizing quantum processes of Nano systems.

The Trans-Neptunian Solar System is a timely reference highlighting the state-of-the-art in current knowledge on the outer solar system.

Big Data in Radio Astronomy: Scientific Data Processing for Advanced Radio Telescopes provides the latest research developments in big data methods and techniques for radio astronomy.

Ultraviolet Astronomy and the Quest for the Origin of Life addresses the use of astronomical observations in the ultraviolet range to better understand the generation of complex, life-precursor molecules.

Heat Transport and Energetics of the Earth and Rocky Planets provides a better understanding of the interior of the Earth by addressing the processes related to the motion of heat in large bodies.

Experiments in Reduced Gravity: Sediment Settling on Mars is the first book to be published that reflects experiments conducted on Martian geomorphology in reduced gravity.

A committed Lutheran excommunicated from his own church, a friend to Catholics and Calvinists alike, a layman who called himself a "e;priest of God,"e; a Copernican in a world where Ptolemy still reigned, a man who argued at the same time for the superiority of one truth and the need for many truths to coexist-German astronomer Johannes Kepler was, to say the least, a complicated figure.

Galileo's telescopic discoveries, and especially his observation of sunspots, caused great debate in an age when the heavens were thought to be perfect and unchanging.

"e;Skillfully guides us around the awesome night sky through the imagination of different peoples around the world, past and present.

"e;Fred Schaaf is one of the most experienced astronomical observers of our time.

MARS ON OUR MINDS No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own .

Limiting Outer Space propels the historicization of outer space by focusing on the Post-Apollo period.

A picture book about the night sky--activities include finding constellations, planets, the moon, sun, and other heavenly bodies

From two of the world's great physicists-Stephen Hawking and Nobel laureate Roger Penrose-a lively debate about the nature of space and timeEinstein said that the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible.

The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers is a unique and valuable resource for historians and astronomers alike.

This book focuses on the specific mission planning for lunar sample collection, the equipment used, and the analysis and findings concerning the samples at the Lunar Receiving Laboratory in Texas.

Probing the depths of science and faith, scientist Chet Raymo investigates the mysteries of human spirituality and meaning contained in astronomy.

How human communities interpret what they perceive in the sky is vital in fulfilling humankind's most basic need to comprehend the universe it inhabits, both from a modern scientific perspective and from countless other cultural standpoints, extending right back to early prehistory.

Is there a conspiracy of secret societies that intend to control the destiny of the world?