Astronomy, space and time

This book dissects the hype and hubris of the Mars One venture.

This is the first comprehensive book on the European Hermes program.

Have you ever wondered what could happen when we discover another communicating species outside the Earth?

This thesis describes the search for Dark Matter at the LHC in the mono-jet plus missing transverse momentum final state, using the full dataset recorded in 2012 by the ATLAS Experiment.

In this compendium of essays, some of the world's leading thinkers discuss their conceptions of space and time, as viewed through the lens of their own discipline.

This book covers the possible manned mission to Mars first discussed in the 1950s and still a topic of much debate, addressing historic and future plans to visit the Red Planet.

This thesis reports on the search for dark matter in data taken with the ATLAS detector at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

Based on the latest missions results and supported by commissioned artwork, this book explores the possible lessons we may learn from exoplanets.

This book deals with an effect in celestial mechanics that has become quite important in exoplanet research.

This monograph traces the development of our understanding of how and where energetic particles are accelerated in the heliosphere and how they may reach the Earth.

This thesis offers an excellent, comprehensive introduction to the physics of the quark-gluon plasma.

This thesis presents the first measurement of charmed D0 meson production relative to the reaction plane in Pb-Pb collisions at the center-of-mass energy per nucleon-nucleon collision of vsNN = 2.

This book provides an overview of solar wind turbulence from both the theoretical and observational perspective.

This classically styled, chilling murder mystery about an expedition under the ice of Jupiter's ocean moon Europa, backed up by the latest scientific findings on this icy satellite.

Aliens, flying saucers, ESP, the Bermuda Triangle, antigravity .

This book comprises a fascinating collection of contributions on the Merz telescopes in Italy that collectively offer the first survey on historical large refracting telescopes in the country, drawing on original documents and photographs.

This thesis presents several significant new results that shed light on two major puzzles of modern cosmology: the nature of inflation, the very early phase of the universe that is thought to have given rise to the large-scale structures that we observe today; and that of the current accelerated expansion.

This comprehensive textbook is devoted to classical and quantum cosmology, with particular emphasis on modern approaches to quantum gravity and string theory and on their observational imprint.

This anthology contains fourteen intriguing stories by active research scientists and other writers trained in science.

"e;Modern physics is rife with provocative and fascinating ideas, from quantum mechanics to the multiverse.

This volume, written by a highly cited author, presents the history of quantum theory together with open questions and remaining problems in terms of the plausibility of quantum chemistry and physics.

This book shows how our new-found ability to observe the Earth from "e;the necessary distance"e; has wide and profound cultural and ethical implications.

This book develops a general approach that can be systematically refined to investigate the statics and dynamics of deformable solid bodies.

This thesis describes in detail a search for weakly interacting massive particles as possible dark matter candidates, making use of so-called mono-jet events.

This thesis develops new and powerful methods for identifying planetary signals in the presence of "e;noise"e; generated by stellar activity, and explores the physical origin of stellar intrinsic variability, using unique observations of the Sun seen as a star.

This book explores humanity's thoughts and ideas about extraterrestrial life, paying close attention to the ways science and culture interact with one another to create a context of imagination and discovery related to life on other worlds.

The creation and utilization of the International Space Station (ISS) is a milestone in space exploration.

This book combines elementary theory from computer science with real-world challenges in global geodetic observation, based on examples from the Geodetic Observatory Wettzell, Germany.

Canada's space efforts from its origins towards the end of the Second World War through to its participation in the ISS today are revealed in full in this complete and carefully researched history.

This book aims to contribute significantly to the understanding of issues of value (including the ultimate value of space-related activities) which repeatedly emerge in interdisciplinary discussions on space and society.

This book offers an essential compendium of astronomical high-resolution techniques.

This book discusses the notion that quantum gravity may represent the "e;breakdown"e; of spacetime at extremely high energy scales.

This book tells the story of the catastrophic impact of the giant 10 Km asteroid Chicxulub into the ancient Gulf of Mexico 65.

This book captures the most exciting advances in the harnessing of space as a global resource.

This book brings together and integrates contributions on water quality modeling, monitoring and assessment techniques; wastewater treatment technologies; and sociological approaches in a single text.

This book addresses the complex technical challenges presented by remote space mining in terms of robotics, remote power systems, space transport, IT and communications systems, and more.

Written by a former Aerodynamics Officer on the space shuttle program, this book provides a complete overview of the "e;new"e; U.

This book tells the fascinating stories of the valiant women who broke down barriers to join the space program.

The proceedings of the 2014 Reinventing Space conference present a number of questions in the context of a constantly innovating space industry, from addressing the future of global cooperation, investigating the impact of cuts in US government spending on the private space sector, and probing the overall future of the commercial launch sector.

Bob Mizon, one of the world's best known campaigners against the veil of light pollution that has taken away the starry sky from most of the world's population, takes readers to a hundred places in the UK and the USA where the wonders of the night sky might still be enjoyed in perfect or near-perfect night skies.

This well illustrated book presents a compact history of the Solar System from its dusty origins 4,600,000 years ago to the present day.

This unique thesis covers all aspects oftheories of gravity beyond Einstein s General Relativity, from setting up theequations that describe the evolution of perturbations, to determining thebest-fitting parameters using constraints like the microwave backgroundradiation, and ultimately to the later stages of structure formation usingstate-of-the-art N-body simulations and comparing them to observations ofgalaxies, clusters and other large-scale structures.

This book explores a wide range of topics relating to scientific and religious learning in the work of Bishop Robert Grosseteste (c.

This book enables anyone with suitable instruments to undertake an examination of nebulae and see or photograph them in detail.

Johann Bode developed a so-called law of planetary distances best known as Bode's Law.

Based on extensive primary sources, many never previously translated into English, this is the definitive account of the discovery of Pallas as it went from being classified as a new planet to reclassification as the second of a previously unknown group of celestial objects.

This book focuses on all of the major problems associated with the absence of body weight in space, by analyzing effects, adaption, and re-adaptation upon returning to Earth, using sound scientific principles embedded in a historical context.

This book presents a modern scholarly analysis of issues associated with England's most famous astronomer, William Herschel.

Reinventing Space is the largest global conference and exhibition for one of the space industry's fastest growing sectors.

For those with access to even a modest telescope and CCD camera, this new and improved guide delivers all the information needed to take part in the scientific study of asteroids and variable stars.