Books in category Astronomy

Star Ware

Author: Philip S. Harrington
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN : 9780471750635
Star Ware is still a tour de force that any experienced amateur will find invaluable, and which hardware-minded beginners will thoroughly enjoy. -Robert Burnham, Sky and Telescope magazine Now more than ever, the backyard astronomer has a dazzling array of choices when it comes to telescope shopping. In this fully updated edition of Star Ware, award-winning astronomy writer Philip Harrington provi

Michigan Starwatch

Author: Mike Lynch
Publisher : Voyageur Pr
ISBN : 9780896586758

Mars, a Cosmic Stepping Stone

Author: Kevin Nolan
Publisher : Copernicus Books
ISBN : 9780387341644
Humans have had a fascination with Mars for thousands of years. Even when we knew the planets only as wanderers in the sky, Mars stood out. It was prominent and distinctively, brilliantly red. As the years passed, it became even more familiar. We gazed at its surface through telescopes and found dried riverbeds and deep canyons. We discovered that Mars' year is twice as long as ours is. We also le

Full Meridian of Glory (Hardcover)

Author: Paul Murdin
Publisher : Springer Verlag
ISBN : 9780387755335
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Space Psychology and Psychiatry

Author: Nick Kanas, Dietrich Manzey
Publisher : Springer Verlag
ISBN : 9781402067693
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Measure Solar Systems Objects and Their Movements for Yourself! (Paperback)

Author: John D Clark
Publisher : Springer Verlag
ISBN : 9780387895604
Instead of taking somebody''s word for it about the basic size and distance statistics for the solar system, this book shows amateur astronomers how to measure these things for themselves. This is an enriching experience for any amateur astronomer - to understand and personally measure some fundamental astronomical quantities and distances. A basic knowledge of geometry is required, but it is amaz

The Modern Moon

Author: Charles A. Wood
Publisher : Sterling Pub Co Inc
ISBN : 9780933346994

Buchi Neri Nel Mio Bagno Di Schiuma Ovvero L`enigma Di Einstein

Author: C.V. Vishveshwara
Publisher : Springer Verlag
ISBN : 9788847006737
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Re-igniting the Sun and Avoiding Other Global Catastrophes

Author: Martin Beech
Publisher : Springer Verlag
ISBN : 9780387681283
This book investigates the idea that the distant future evolution of our Sun might be a controlleda (TM) (literally, asteroengineered) so that it maintains its present-day energy output rather than becoming a highly luminous and bloated red giant star a a process that, if allowed to develop, will destroy all life on Earth. The text outlines how asteroengineering might work in principle and it desc

Night (Hardcover)

Author: Merilyn Simonds
Publisher : Greystone Books
ISBN : 9781553653967
Night, for most of human history, has been feared and maligned. Daytime''s dark, secret sister is a time for staying in and saying prayers to ward off whatever evils lurk in its sunless corridors. And yet, darkness is revered as the almost universal murk from which life arose. Night brings together an international roster of writers who explore the many faces of night: its myths, its flora and fau

Sirius Matters (Hardcover)

Author: Noah Brosch
Publisher : Springer Verlag
ISBN : 9781402083181
Since very early times Sirius was a point of attraction in the night sky. It served to synchronize calendars in antiquity and was the subject of many myths and legends, including some modern ones. It was perceived as a red star for more than 400 years, but such reports were relegated to the Mediterranean region. Astronomically, Sirius is a very bright star. This, and its present close distance to

Multi-wave Mixing Processes (Hardcover)

Author: Min Xiao, Yanpeng Zhang
Publisher : Springer Verlag
ISBN : 9783540895275
Multi-Wave Mixing Processes - From Ultrafast Polarization Beats to Electromagnetically Induced Transparency discusses the interactions of efficient multi-wave mixing (MWM) processes enhanced by atomic coherence in multilevel atomic systems. It covers topics in five major areas: attosecond and femtosecond polarization beats of four-wave mixing (FWM) processes; heterodyne detection of FWM, six-wave

Mysteries and Discoveries of Archaeoastronomy

Author: Giulio Magli
Publisher : Copernicus Books
ISBN : 9780387765648
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Skywatching in the Ancient World

Author: Gary Urton, Clive Ruggles
Publisher : Univ Pr of Colorado
ISBN : 9780870818875
Compiled in honor of Anthony F. Aveni, America's leading archaeoastronomer, Skywatching in the Ancient World offers state-of-the-art work in cultural astronomy by well-known experts in Mayan glyphic studies, cultural history, ethnohistory, and the history of science and of religions. This collection's wide range of outstanding scholarship reveals that cultural astronomy has come into its own. The

Steve O`meara`s Herschel 400 Observing Guide

Author: Stephen James O`Meara
Publisher : Cambridge Univ Pr
ISBN : 9780521858939
Updated and revised to incorporate the latest discoveries of recent space probes, an imaginative odyssey to every corner of the solar system presents a series of stunning paintings, photographs, drawings, and text that take a guided trip through the solar system, featuring the latest in scientific thought and data. Simultaneous.

The Black Hole War (Paperback)

Author: Leonard Susskind
Publisher : Back Bay Books
ISBN : 9780316016414
Stanford physicist Leonard Susskind challenges Stephen Hawking`s information paradox --the theory that all information and matter that falls into a black hole is irrevocably lost--with a controversial holographic theory that claims that black holes store the information of everything that enters them on their event horizon. Even more shocking, Susskind contends that reality itself may be merely

A Brief Introduction to Astronomy in the Middle East

Author: John M. Steele
Publisher : Al Saqi
ISBN : 9780863564284
The Middle East was both the birthplace of astronomy and the center for its development during the medieval period, and this volume offers a fascinating insight into Arabic advances in astronomy and their profound influence on science in the rest of the world.This is the first of two titles published to launch a new series offering insight into Arabic advances in science and culture. Aimed at the

The New Look of the International Space Station

Author: John E. Catchpole
Publisher : Praxis
ISBN : 9780387781440
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The 50 Best Sights in Astronomy and How to See Them

Author: Fred Schaaf
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN : 9780471696575
A novice’ s guide to the best sights in astronomy– from meteor showers to supernovas In this guide, one of America’ s most experienced and well-respected astronomers introduces beginners to the best sights in astronomy. Readers with no experience will learn to find and appreciate man-made satellites, the Orion group of constellations, sunspots, Jupiter and its moons, star clusters,

The Six-inch Lunar Atlas (Paperback)

Author: Don Spain
Publisher : Springer Verlag
ISBN : 9780387876092
Based on extensive interviews and filled with 150 compelling images, a look at the human fascination with the Red Planet focuses on a group of Earthbound explorers who pioneered efforts to uncover the truth about Mars, including astronomer Carl Sagan, rocket scientist Wernher von Braun, author Ray Bradbury, biologist Jerry Soffen, and others.