Every three years, the leading experts in detectors for astronomy gather together to exchange information and form professional relationships. This …
Foreword by David Koch of NASA's Kepler Mission Isaac Newton said that if he had seen farther than others, it …
Modern astronomical telescopes, along with other advances in technology, have brought the deep sky - star clusters, nebulae and the …
Make Time for the Stars: Fitting Astronomy into Your Busy LifeAntony CookeHungry for an opportunity to study the stars but …
Fascinating guide for beginning amateur astronomers using small telescopes in the northern and southern hemisphere.
Of all the fixed stars in the night sky, Sirius is by far the brightest – almost twice as bright …
This is a easy book to read. well done.alot of helpful info. I have learned afew new things.A must read …
An award-winning science journalist details the quest to isolate and understand dark matter―and shows how that search has helped us …
This timely volume presents specially written articles by world experts at an international conference at the Space Telescope Science Institute. …
Calibrating the Cosmos describes hard science, but is gently written. It explains in clear, non-mathematical language the measurements and the …
How old is the universe? What do the atoms in our bodies, our very existence, tell us about the history …
Begelman (astrophysical and planetary science, University of Colorado- Boulder) offers a vivid narrative of a voyage across the galaxy and …
G. Beutler's Methods of Celestical Mechanics is a coherent textbook for students as well as an excellent reference for practitioners. …
The common perception of Celestial Mechanics is that of a discipline which needs advanced mathematics and astronomy to be understood. …
Cosmology, the study of the universe as a whole, has become a precise physical science, the foundation of which is …
Most well-read, but non-scientific, people will have heard of the term Big Bang as a description of the origin of …
Solid particles are followed from their creation through their evolution in the Galaxy to their participation in the formation of …
"FASCINATING . . . MEMORABLE . . . REVEALING . . . PERHAPS THE BEST OF CARL SAGAN'S BOOKS."--The Washington …
Exoplanet research is one of the most explosive subjects in astronomy today. More than 500 exoplanets are now known, and …
Expertly written and lavishly illustrated, The Cambridge Illustrated History of Astronomy offers a unique account of astronomical theory and practice …
The Essential Cosmic Perspective, Sixth Edition retains all of the features that have made this text so popular and effective. …
This unique work celebrates the 60th birthday of Professor Woodruff Sullivan III (University of Washington, Seattle). The ?Woodfest? conference attracted …
This unique work celebrates the 60th birthday of Professor Woodruff Sullivan III (University of Washington, Seattle). The ‘Woodfest’ conference attracted …
This is an unusual book, combining as it does papers on astrobiology, history of astronomy and sundials, but―after all―Woody Sullivan …
Astrophysics is a subject that is often — with some justification — regarded as extremely difficult, requiring at least degree-level …
