Astrophysics

This book presents an overview of the current understanding of gravitation, with a focus on the current efforts to test its theory, especially general relativity.

Fred Hoyle was one of the most widely acclaimed and colourful scientists of the twentieth century, a down-to-earth Yorkshireman who combined a brilliant scientific mind with a relish for communication and controversy.

The Sunday Times BestsellerIn Wonders of the Solar System - the book of the acclaimed BBC TV series - Professor Brian Cox will take us on a journey of discovery where alien worlds from your imagination become places we can see, feel and visit.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

This book summarizes the recent progress in the physics and astrophysics of neutron stars and, most importantly, it identifies and develops effective strategies to explore, both theoretically and observationally, the many remaining open questions in the field.

Este libro se ocupa del desarrollo de las nueas y las precipitaciones, omitiendo otras partes importantes de la Física de las nubes, tales omo la transferencia radiactiva en las nubes o los fenómenos ópticos y eléctricos que dan lugar.

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The prospectus of humans living, working, and establishing communities in space can no longer be dismissed as the romantic notions of science fiction writers and space buffs.

Predicting Motion presents the core ideas of Newtonian mechanics, starting from Newton's laws and the idea that changes in motion are predictable given the forces that cause them.

Astronomie, Astrophysik und Weltraumforschung haben innerhalb weniger Jahrzehnte eine geradezu explosive Entwicklung genommen.

Modulational Interactions in Plasmas is the first book to present all the basic considerations relevant to the topic.

A stimulating introduction for undergraduates in astronomy, physics and mathematics, this second edition contains two new chapters and new exercises.

This book marks the centenary of the remarkable invention of an opto-mechanical planetarium projector, the Zeiss Mk I.

Helping readers understand the complicated laws of nature, Advanced Particle Physics Volume I: Particles, Fields, and Quantum Electrodynamics explains the calculations, experimental procedures, and measuring methods of particle physics.

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Special relativity is the basis of many fields in modern physics: particle physics, quantum field theory, high-energy astrophysics, etc.

This volume is dedicated to Jiri Bicak on the occasion of his 60th birthday.

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

Astronomy is the field of science devoted to the study of astronomical objects, such as stars, galaxies, and nebulae.

This book provides an accessible introduction to radioactivity.

Once you have looked at the night sky on a moonless night it is not hard to realise why so much of our science and religion has its roots in the stars.

Infrared Solar Physics contains the proceedings of the 154th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union held in Tucson, Arizona, March 2--5, 1992.

This book provides an overview of the basic concepts and new methods in the emerging scientific area known as quantum plasmas.

This book addresses various aspects of physics, using Quantum oscillation (QO) as a common denominator.

This book takes a reader on a tour of astronomical phenomena: from the vastness of the interstellar medium, to the formation and evolution of stars and planetary systems, through to white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes, the final objects of the stellar graveyard.

THE THE KYOTO KYOTO COLLOQUIUM COLLOQUIUM It It has has almost almost become become a a tradition tradition to to periodically periodically review review the the progress progress of of our our knowledge knowledge of of interplanetary interplanetary dust dust at at an an interdisciplinary interdisciplinary level.

Designed as a textbook for teaching astrophysics to physics students at advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate level.

This book presents the proceedings of the IVth Azores International Advanced School in Space Sciences entitled "e;Asteroseismology and Exoplanets: Listening to the Stars and Searching for New Worlds"e;.

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Encompasses the Lectured Works of a Renowned Expert in the FieldPlasma Physics: An Introduction is based on a series of university course lectures by a leading name in the field, and thoroughly covers the physics of the fourth state of matter.

Modern astronomical research faces a vast range of statistical issues which have spawned a revival in methodological activity among astronomers.

Progress in the fields of science and technology is again the reason for updat- ing this text most changes occur in Chaps.

Updated and revised throughout, this new edition of The Science of Soccer applies scientific analysis to football, giving us the answers to questions like "e;what's the chance of a team that wins the Premiership also winning the Cup?

Many large-scale projects for detecting gravitational radiation are currently being developed, all with the aim of opening a new window onto the observable Universe.

In 1988, in an article on the analysis of the measurements of the variations in the radial velocities of a number of stars, Campbell, Walker, and Yang reported an - teresting phenomenon;the radial velocity variations of Cephei seemed to suggest the existence of a Jupiter-like planet around this star.

This book takes the reader for a short journey over the structures of matter showing that their main properties can be obtained even at a quantitative level with a minimum background knowledge.

The book is aimed at description of recent progress in studies of light scattering in turbid media In particular, atmospheric optics and remote sensing research community will greatly benefit from the publication of this book.

This thesis presents theoretical and numerical studies on phenomenological description of the quark-gluon plasma (QGP), a many-body system of elementary particles.

Dealing with astrophysics derived from the radiation emitted by radioactive atomic nuclei, this book describes the different methods used to measure cosmic radio-isotopes.

Over a half century of exploration of the Earth s space environment, it has become evident that the interaction between the ionosphere and the magnetosphere plays a dominant role in the evolution and dynamics of magnetospheric plasmas and fields.

Creative Lives and Works: Antony Hewish, Martin Rees and Neil Turok is a collection of interviews conducted by one of England's leading social anthropologists and historians, Professor Alan Macfarlane.

This textbook is a unique and ambitious primer of nuclear physics, which introduces recent theoretical and experimental progresses starting from basics in fundamental quantum mechanics.

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

This latest edition of the proven and comprehensive treatment on the topic -- from the bestselling author of "e;Tapestry of Modern Astrophysics"e; -- has been updated and revised to reflect the newest research results.

For every astronomical topic that I have approached there has turned out to be a broader realm of possibilities than is commonly accepted or acknowledged.

Dieses Lehrbuch ist ein Grundkurs im besten Sinne: Beginnend mit den physikalischen und technischen Grundlagen, die fur das Verstandnis der weiteren astrophysikalischen Ausfuhrungen benotigt werden, vermittelt es solides Wissen fur die moderne Astrophysik, ist klar geschrieben, reich bebildert und auch in den mathematischen Teilen jederzeit verstandlich.