The book discusses the theoretical path to decoding the information gathered from observations of old stellar systems. It focuses on old stellar systems because these are the fossil record of galaxy formation and provide invaluable information...
Did mighty rivers once flow on Mars? How do dark energy and dark matter influence the development of the universe? What are they made of? What is the role of black holes in the creation of galaxies? In this book expert astrophysicists and...
Dank sich stets verbessernder boden- und weltraumgestutzter Teleskope stehen der Kosmologie inzwischen Daten zur Verfugung, die Ruckschlusse auf immer fruhere Phasen des Universums und Vergleiche mit Modellvorstellungen erlauben. Daher gewinnt...
The US Antarctic meteorite collection exists due to a cooperative program involving the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the Smithsonian Institution. Since 1976, meteorites have...
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...
This concise and systematic account of the current state of this new branch of astrophysics presents the theoretical foundations of plasma astrophysics, magneto-hydrodynamics and coronal magnetic structures, taking into account the full range of...
This authoritative book presents the theoretical development of gravitational physics as it applies to the dynamics of celestial bodies and the analysis of precise astronomical observations. In so doing, it fills the need for a textbook that...
Written by a carefully selected consortium of researchers working in the field, this book fills the gap for an up-to-date summary of the observational and theoretical status. As such, this monograph includes all used wavelengths, from radio to...
For readers from both academia and industry wishing to pursue their studies and /or careers in planetary robotics, this book represents a one-stop tour of the history, evolution, key systems, and technologies of this emerging field. The book...
Divided into two parts, the first four chapters of Comets and their Origin refer to comets and their formation in general, describing cometary missions, comet remote observations, astrochemistry, artificial comets, and the chirality phenomenon....
An Introduction to Modern Cosmology Third Edition is an accessible account of modern cosmological ideas. The Big Bang Cosmology is explored, looking at its observational successes in explaining the expansion of the Universe, the existence and...
Most elements are synthesized, or «cooked», by thermonuclear reactions in stars. The newly formed elements are released into the interstellar medium during a star's lifetime, and are subsequently incorporated into a new generation of stars, into...
The Fourth Edition ofIntroduction to Cosmology provides a concise, authoritative study of cosmology at an introductory level. Starting from elementary principles and the early history of cosmology, the text carefully guides the student on to...
This AGN textbook includes phenomena based on new results in the X-Ray domain from new telescopes such as Chandra and XMM Newton not mentioned in any other book. Furthermore, it considers also the Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope with its...
Written by an internationally renowned expert author and researcher, this monograph fills the need for a book conveying the sophisticated tools needed to calculate exo-planet motion and interplanetary space flight. It is unique in considering...
The creation of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in 1962 was the culmination of the dream of leading astronomers from five European countries. Over the years, as more member states joined, ESO constructed the La Silla and Paranal...
This book surveys our understanding of stars which change in brightness because they pulsate. Pulsating variable stars are keys to distance scales inside and beyond the Milky Way galaxy. They test our understanding not only of stellar pulsation...
Over the last 50 years, a variety of techniques have been developed to add a third dimension to regular imaging, with an extended spectrum associated to every imaging pixel. Dubbed 3D spectroscopy from its data format, it is now widely used in...
F?r die dritte Auflage wurden alle Aufs?tze aktualisiert und sieben neue Beitr?ge aufgenommen. So komplettiert ein Kapitel ?ber spektroskopische Biomarker das nunmehr mit drei Beitr?gen vertretene, hoch aktuelle Thema extrasolare Planeten. Zwei...
Every city dweller is aware that we are seeing fewer stars at night due to the increasing amount of artificial lighting. But that is just the tip of the iceberg, as far as the loss of natural nocturnal darkness is concerned. Humans and animals...
Покорители далеких планет часто становятся героями книг или фантастических фильмов. Они пересекают пояса астероидов, проносятся мимо живописных планет-гигантов, поднимаются на склоны инопланетных гор и любуются внеземными закатами… Будущее...
Две тысячи лет назад Солнце было персонажем многих легенд, мифическим духом или даже богом. Долгое время считалось, что дневное светило движется вокруг центра мира – Земли. Четыреста лет назад люди смотрели на Солнце в первые телескопы – и не...
Книга с крупными буквами «Космос» понравится каждому малышу, ведь она очень доступно и понятно рассказывает о далёком загадочном космосе. Что мы знаем о Солнце, что такое Вселенная и гравитация, из чего состоят звёзды и галактики – на эти...
Тебя всегда интересовала тема космоса и Вселенной, и поэтому ты хочешь узнать как можно больше о них? С этой энциклопедией у тебя появится такая возможность. Книга содержит подробную систематизированную информацию об истории астрономии, начало...
A breathtaking and beautiful exploration of our planet, this groundbreaking book accompanies the BBC One TV series, providing the deepest answers to the simplest questions.‘What is motion?’‘Why is every snowflake different?’‘Why is life...
Top ten Sunday Times Bestseller‘Engaging, ambitious and creative’ GuardianWhere are we? Are we alone? Who are we? Why are we here? What is our future?Human Universe tackles some of the greatest questions that humans have asked to try and...
Jupiter: The Ruthless One – Mars: The Doomed One – Sun: The Fiery One – Saturn: The Beautiful One – Pluto: The Mysterious OneProfessor Brian Cox is back with another insightful and mind-blowing exploration of space. This time he shows us our...
After the huge national and international success of ‘Longitude’ and ‘Gallileo’s Daughter’, Dava Sobel tells the human story of the nine planets of our solar system.This groundbreaking work traces the ‘lives’ of each member of our solar family,...
A first-time skywatcher’s guide from bright new talent, BBC Blue Peter astronomer, Anton VamplewMost books on stargazing claim to be for beginners, but by page 12 are talking about celestial equators and sidereal months. No wonder so many people...
Небо, со всеми его небесными телами, облаками, радугами и дождями – неотъемлемый и постоянный фон нашей жизни. Оно – не только над нами, оно – вокруг, и с той стороны Земли – тоже. В каком-то смысле – мы живём на небе.Хочу я того или нет, небо...
С какой целью и как появился человек на Земле, каково его предназначение? Какова связь между человеком и космосом? Существуют гипотезы о внеземном происхождение человека. На наш взгляд, для человека Космос есть производная процесса эволюции от...
Более 400 лет прошло с тех пор, как Галилео Галилей направил в небо свой телескоп. За это время ученые сумели подробно описать планеты Солнечной системы, отыскать экзопланеты, установить наличие гравитационных волн, запустить множество...
This book is dedicated to the application of the different theoretical models described in Volume 1 to identify the near-, mid- and far-infrared spectra of linear and nonlinear triatomic molecules in gaseous phase or subjected to environmental...
Краткий справочник по основам современной астрономии. Книга предназначена для лиц, интересующихся устройством и функционированием как нашей Солнечной системы, так и нашей ВСЕЛЕННОЙ в целом.
Сейчас астрономия – одна из самых динамично развивающихся наук. И каждые несколько лет количество знаний о нашей Вселенной увеличивается в несколько раз. Человечество открывает новые звезды, изучает кометы и астероиды, развивает новые теории...
Как известно, физика работает с упрощёнными моделями явлений.В данной книге рассматриваются уточнения, связанные с гравитационными явлениями (для чего приводится фрагмент типовой теории, преподаваемой в ВУЗах, а далее показывается, где...
Filling an important gap in the geophysical literature at specialist level, this monograph is the only up-to-date title to provide a link between the Earth's rotation and its atmo- and hydrosphere, including the ice masses. Starting with the...
Volume 18 continues the Reviews in Modern Astronomy with twelve invited reviews and highlight contributions which were presented during the International Scientific Conference of the Astronomical Society on the topic «From Cosmological...
This self-contained textbook brings together many different branches of physics–e.g. nuclear physics, solid state physics, particle physics, hydrodynamics, relativity–to analyze compact objects. The latest astronomical data is assessed. Over 250...
Evolution of Stars and Stellar Populations is a comprehensive presentation of the theory of stellar evolution and its application to the study of stellar populations in galaxies. Taking a unique approach to the subject, this self-contained text...
Physical Processes in the Interstellar Medium discusses the nature of interstellar matter, with a strong emphasis on basic physical principles, and summarizes the present state of knowledge about the interstellar medium by providing the latest...