The story of unmanned space exploration, from Viking to todayDreams of Other Worlds describes the unmanned space missions that have opened new windows on distant worlds.
Drawing on his vast knowledge and direct experience of most of the key events in astronomy and space exploration during this century, Patrick Moore takes a sideways look at the historical reports and contemporary thought behind a wide range of astronomical topics.
This accessible and entertaining biography chronicles the life and triumphs of astronomer Jan Hendrik Oort, who helped lay the foundations of modern astronomy in the 20th century.
Starting out from humankind's earliest ideas about the cosmos, this book gives the reader a clear overview of our current understanding of the universe, including big bang theories and the formation of stars and galaxies, as well as addressing open questions.
Since the earliest times one of the brightest lights in the heavens has been that of Jupiter, mythical king of the gods and the largest planet in the solar system.
This book provides an up-to-date, self-contained account of deep inelastic scattering in high-energy physics, intended for graduate students and physicists new to the subject.
Introductory Astrochemistry: From Inorganic to Life-Related Materials provides a detailed examination of the origins of planets, their satellites, and the conditions that led to life itself.
These lectures give an elementary introduction to the important recent developments of the applications of N=1 supergravity to the construction of unified models of elementary particle interactions.
Sudden Ionospheric Disturbances resulting from an interaction of the Solar Flare radiation with the constituents of the upper atmosphere constitute one of the three major aspects of ground level monitoring of solar flares -the other two being optical observations of flares, and the observations of solar bursts in radio wavelengths.
Das Essential beschreibt die Entwicklung junger stellarer Objekte nach der Protosternphase und knüpft nahtlos an den ersten Teil der Essentials-Serie über „Das Leben der Sterne“ an.
This is a partial summary of the ongoing quest by mankind to understand who he is, where he came from, how he relates to what hissenses tell him about his physical and social environment.
Das Essential beschreibt die Entwicklung junger stellarer Objekte nach der Protosternphase und knüpft nahtlos an den ersten Teil der Essentials-Serie über „Das Leben der Sterne“ an.
Die illustrierte Prachtausgabe des Bestsellers»Heino Falcke leistet bahnbrechende Forschung am geheimnisvollsten Phänomen des Universums und an den Grenzen von Raum und Zeit.
