Astronomy, space and time

This book contains the lectures delivered at the Second Paris Cosmology Colloquium (second 'Journee Cosmologie') held at the Observatoire de Paris from June 2 to 4, 1994.

These proceedings sample new results derived from extended-objected IR observations and explore the capabilities of large-aperture, low-scattered-light instrumentation.

This proceedings volume focuses on new methods of image and signal analysis in a wide range of energies (from radio to gamma ray astronomy) and advanced methodologies regarding problems and solutions in information fusion and retrieval, statistical pattern recognition, vision and advances in computing technology.

This volume contains original material and fresh ideas from the world's leading specialists on a wide range of topics in general relativity, astrophysics and cosmology.

As a country with 5000 years of history, China has made tremendous contributions to astronomy.

Together with Virgo, the Coma Berenices cluster is one of the most well-studied clusters at all wavelengths and in all aspects, from the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect to star formation in galaxies.

Thermal field theory is the study of quantum field theory at non-zero temperature.

The construction of large interferometers for gravitational wave detection is now in progress in Europe and in the United States.

A special forum on critical issues in cosmology in celebraton of Princeton University's 250th birthday.

Since the successful refurbishment mission, the Hubble Space Telescope has made dramatic and exciting progress in unravelling the nature of sources at high redshift.

This book focuses on nucleosynthesis and chemical evolution of the universe.

There can be little doubt now that 90-99% of the Universe comprises dark matter.

This volume contains the talks presented at the International Workshop on Aspects of Dark Matter in Astro- and Particle Physics (DARK '96).

The Sixth Moscow Quantum Gravity Seminar was a continuation of the series of seminars which has played an important role in the consolidation of the international quantum gravity community and which has greatly affected the development of the field.

This book is devoted to one of the most relevant problems of modern cosmology: the formation of structures in the framework of big bang cosmology.

This volume contains the proceedings of the 12th Italian Conference on General Relativity and Gravitational Physics, held in Rome in September 1996.

The purpose of this meeting was to cover selected topics of high current interest in the interplay between cosmology and fundamental physics.

These proceedings will contain both general reviews on particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology and detailed discussions on some specific topics.

The Proceedings contain lectures given at the 8th annual Physics Summer School held at The Australian National University.

This proceedings volume contains contributions from leading scientists working on modelling and numerical simulation of flows through porous media and on mathematical analysis of the equations associated to the modelling.

This volume documents the theoretical and observational results and arguments in favour of (or against) the most preferred models of structure formation.

This volume is devoted mainly to one of the more relevant subjects of the last two decades, namely, Inhomogeneous Cosmological Models.

This book contains the lectures delivered at the Fourth Paris Cosmology Colloquium held at the Observatoire de Paris from June 4 - 9, 1997.

The main goal and impact of modern string theory is to provide a consistent quantum theory of gravity.

In this volume recent developments in the nonperturbative aspects of string theory, duality in N = 1 string compactifications, orientifolds and F-theory as well as the matrix model description of M-theory are reported.

Since 1963, the Texas Symposia have been a biennial, peripatetic forum for forefront developments on a wide range of topics in relativistic astrophysics, from pulsars to string theory, from the birth of the universe to the death of stars.

Understanding the largest physical structures in the universe is essential for the comprehension of the cosmos as a whole.

This volume outlines the status of fundamental physics at the threshold of the 21st century.

These proceedings provide a summary of the state-of-the-art in the understanding of physical processes which control galaxy formation.

This volume presents introductory lectures on the Standard Model and Higgs physics, as well as QCD.

The book collects 29 papers which have been particularly influential in the development of accretion theory.

This is a most important review volume providing a summary of black hole physics in the last 25 years.

Inflation has revolutionized cosmology primarily because it has eliminated the dependence of cosmological modelling on initial conditions.

This volume comprises lectures delivered at the First Equatorial School of Relativistic Astrophysics.

This book presents methods of studying transonic flows applicable to various astrophysical circumstances.

This volume deals with the fundamental concepts of space, time and matter.

The first of its kind, the Symposium on the Future of the Universe and the Future of our Civilization examined the current status and future evolution of the Universe, the Galaxy, the stars and the Sun.

The book's principal aim is to clarify fundamental concepts, decipher mathematical structures used to model space-time and relativistic worlds, and to disclose their physical meaning.

This is a book that fills the gap between Newtonian gravitation and sophisticated, relativistic theories.

The main topics covered by the book regard the new developments of the methods and computer architectures in the field of Data Analysis in Astronomy and Astrophysics.

This book describes in a non-technical language, one of the success stories of modern (twentieth-century) astronomy.

Accretion disks in compact stellar systems containing white dwarfs, neutron stars or black holes are the principal laboratory for understanding the role of accretion disks in a wide variety of environments from proto-stars to quasars.

At a moderately advanced level, this book seeks to cover the areas of clustering and related methods of data analysis where major advances are being made.

At present, although most of the optical design processes are automated with the aid of computer software, the fundamental question of how we can generate the initial optical configuration such that it can be dealt with by the computer remains.

This book offers an original hypothesis capable of unifying evolution in the physical universe with evolution in biology; herewith it lays the conceptual foundations of "e;transdisciplinary unified theory"e;.

Time is considered as an independent entity which cannot be reduced to the concept of matter, space or field.

This book gives an exposition of both the old and new results of spin and torsion effects on gravitational interactions with implications for particle physics, cosmology etc.

This volume of important papers by one the world's leading astrophysicists provides a sweeping survey of the incisive and exciting applications of nuclear and particle physics to a wide range of problems in astrophysics and cosmology.

The series of Oskar Klein Memorial Lectures is a must-read for those keenly involved or simply interested in exploring the many fascinating aspects of Physics.