Astrophysics

Learn about planets, stars and black holes in The Astronomy Book.

From the world-renowned physicist and bestselling author of The Elegant Universe and The Fabric of the Cosmos, a captivating exploration of deep time and humanity's search for purposeIn both time and space, the cosmos is astoundingly vast, and yet is governed by simple, elegant, universal mathematical laws.

This book highlights stories of the most important 13 ground-based observatories and 14 space probes in human history, leading readers through each significant step of human's astronomical observation journey.

Written by one of today's most highly respected astrophysicists, Foundations of High-Energy Astrophysics is an introduction to the mathematical and physical techniques used in the study of high-energy astrophysics.

Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity describes the effect of gravitation on the shape of space and the flow of time.

Popular science readers embrace epics-the sweeping stories that claim to tell the history of all the universe, from the cosmological to the biological to the social.

If scientists can't touch the Sun, how do they know what it's made of?

Circumstellar disks are vast expanses of dust that form around new stars in the earliest stages of their birth.

According to the theory of relativity, we are constantly bathed in gravitational radiation.

In theory, at least, gravitational waves do exist.

With over 150 alphabetically arranged entries about key scientists, concepts, discoveries, technological innovations, and learned institutions, the Oxford Guide to Physics and Astronomy traces the history of physics and astronomy from the Renaissance to the present.

The success of any space flight mission depends not only on advanced technology but also on the health and well-being of crew members.

Expanding upon the ideas first proposed in his seminal book Cosmical Magnetic Fields, Eugene N.

Spacecraft such as the Pioneer, Vela, and Voyager have explored the interplanetary medium between the orbits of Mercury and Pluto.

The magnetosphere is the region where cosmic rays and the solar wind interact with the Earth's magnetic field, creating such phenomena as the northern lights and other aurorae.

Many astrophysical bodies produce winds, jets or explosions, which blow spectacular bubbles.

A Modern Primer in Particle and Nuclear Physics provides a cohesive introduction to the fundamentals of the field and is designed to be accessible to undergraduate students.

'An incredible tour of our universe's greatest mysteries' Professor Dan Hooper This cutting-edge book investigates the extraordinary potential of multimessenger astronomy to revolutionise our understanding of the universe The spectacular advances of modern astronomy have opened our horizon on an unexpected cosmos: a dark, mysterious universe, populated by enigmatic entities we know very little about, like black holes, or nothing at all, like dark matter and dark energy.

Black holes present one of the most fascinating predictions of Einstein's general theory of relativity.

This book is an introduction to gravitational waves and related astrophysics.

Not long ago, the Solar System was the only example of a planetary system - a star and the bodies orbiting it - that we knew.

Not long ago, the Solar System was the only example of a planetary system - a star and the bodies orbiting it - that we knew.

The Sun, as our nearest star, is of enormous importance for life on Earth - providing the warm radiation and light which allowed complex life to evolve.

The Sun, as our nearest star, is of enormous importance for life on Earth - providing the warm radiation and light which allowed complex life to evolve.

The Cosmic Mystery Tour takes us on a lightning tour of the mysteries of the universe enlivened by brief stories of the colourful characters who created modern science.

The Les Houches Summer School in August 2015 covered the emerging fields of cavity optomechanics and quantum nanomechanics.

Since humans first looked up at the stars, astronomy has had a particular ability to stir the imagination and challenge the thinking of scientists and non-scientists alike.

Scientific and popular literature on modern cosmology is very extensive; however, scholarly works on the historical development of cosmology are few and scattered.

Einstein's general theory of relativity -- currently our best theory of gravity -- is important not only to specialists, but to a much wider group of physicists.

This graduate textbook on optimal spacecraft trajectories demonstrates the theory and applications of using the minimum amount of propellant possible to reach a target destination.

The discovery of a new elementary particle at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in 2012 made headlines in world media.

The discovery of a new elementary particle at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in 2012 made headlines in world media.

This book introduces quantum field theory, together with its most important applications to cosmology and astroparticle physics, in a coherent framework.

What force do the Big Bang, the expansion of the Universe, dark matter and dark energy, black holes, and gravitational waves all have in common?

What force do the Big Bang, the expansion of the Universe, dark matter and dark energy, black holes, and gravitational waves all have in common?

What is the origin of the universe?

What is the origin of the universe?

If the discovery of life elsewhere in the universe is just around the corner, what would be the consequences for religion?

If the discovery of life elsewhere in the universe is just around the corner, what would be the consequences for religion?

This book describes the fundamentals of particle detectors as well as their applications.

This textbook on the nature of space and time explains the new theory of Space Dynamics, which describes the dynamics of gravity as the evolution of conformal 3-dimensional geometry.

The cycle of day and night and the cycle of seasons are two familiar natural cycles around which many human activities are organized.

The cycle of day and night and the cycle of seasons are two familiar natural cycles around which many human activities are organized.

Relativity Made Relatively Easy presents an extensive study of Special Relativity and a gentle (but exact) introduction to General Relativity for undergraduate students of physics.

Relativity Made Relatively Easy presents an extensive study of Special Relativity and a gentle (but exact) introduction to General Relativity for undergraduate students of physics.

La Caille was one of the observational astronomers and geodesists who followed Newton in developing ideas about celestial mechanics and the shape of the earth.

La Caille was one of the observational astronomers and geodesists who followed Newton in developing ideas about celestial mechanics and the shape of the earth.

Spectroscopy and radiative transfer are rapidly growing fields within atmospheric and planetary science with implications for weather, climate, biogeochemical cycles, air quality on Earth, as well as the physics and evolution of planetary atmospheres in our solar system and beyond.

Every atom of our bodies has been part of a star.

Every atom of our bodies has been part of a star.