Tous les ebooks de la collection "Astronomers' Universe" - Springer

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Télécharger le livre : Cosmic Rays
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Cosmic Rays
Alessandro De Angelis
In recent years, cosmic rays have become the protagonists of a new scientific revolution. We are able today to film the Universe with telescopes of completely novel conception, recording information from many different messengers and accessing previously unknown cosmic...

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Parution : 2023-11-01
Collection : Astronomers' Universe
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36,91 €
Télécharger le livre : Imago Cosmi
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Imago Cosmi
Daniele L. R. Marini
This book takes the reader on an exploration of the Cosmos, from Mesopotamia and Egypt to China; it unveils the fascinating development of astronomy and mathematics. After an overview of the origins of these subjects, highlighting the contributions of Greek astronomers,...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2023-09-07
Collection : Astronomers' Universe
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36,91 €
Télécharger le livre : Models of Time and Space from Astrophysics and World Cultures
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Models of Time and Space from Astrophysics and World Cultures
Bryan E. Penprase
Models of Time and Space from Astrophysics and World Cultures explores how our conceptions of time, space, and the physical universe have evolved across cultures throughout the centuries. Developed with a humanistic approach, this book blends historical sources,...

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Parution : 2023-07-24
Collection : Astronomers' Universe
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36,91 €
Télécharger le livre : Nobel Prizes in Astronomy
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Nobel Prizes in Astronomy
Pushpa Khare
Written in an accessible style, this unique book aims at describing the Nobel prize winning works in astronomy to readers who only have a background of high school physics. It gives a glimpse of the work done by those prize-winning astronomers at the forefront of...

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Parution : 2023-06-30
Collection : Astronomers' Universe
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31,64 €
Télécharger le livre : The Alien Communication Handbook
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The Alien Communication Handbook
Brian S. Mcconnell
Scientists have been searching for signals from extraterrestrial civilizations since Frank Drake’s first radio survey in 1960. But what would actually happen if SETI’s search succeeds? Is there any way we could even make sense of the signal we receive? Written by an...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2021-10-18
Collection : Astronomers' Universe
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31,64 €
Télécharger le livre : Understanding Gravitational Waves
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Understanding Gravitational Waves
C. R. Kitchin
The birth of a completely new branch of observational astronomy is a rare and exciting occurrence. For a long time, our theories about gravitational waves—proposed by Albert Einstein and others more than a hundred years ago—could never be fully proven, since we lacked...

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Parution : 2021-09-23
Collection : Astronomers' Universe
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36,91 €
Télécharger le livre : Mystery of the Ashen Light of Venus
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Mystery of the Ashen Light of Venus
John C. Barentine
The “Ashen Light” of Venus—a ghostly emission of light from the night side of our nearest planetary neighbor—is among the last unsolved mysteries of astronomical history. In the four centuries since the phenomenon was first reported, highly reputable visual observers of...

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Parution : 2021-09-07
Collection : Astronomers' Universe
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28,47 €
Télécharger le livre : Multimessenger Astronomy
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Multimessenger Astronomy
John Etienne Beckman
Written by a professional astronomer who has worked on a wide spectrum of topics throughout his career, this book gives a popular science level description of what has become known as multimessenger astronomy. It links the new with the traditional, showing how astronomy...

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Parution : 2021-07-26
Collection : Astronomers' Universe
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42,19 €
Télécharger le livre : The Mystery of Dark Matter
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The Mystery of Dark Matter
Wolfgang Kapferer
Get ready to embark on the exciting search for dark matter—the invisible mass that dominates our universe. This popular science book explains why this mysterious dark matter has been incorporated into the standard model of the universe and how scientists are able to...

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Parution : 2021-04-17
Collection : Astronomers' Universe
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Télécharger le livre : The Rise of Astrophysics in Modern Spain
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The Rise of Astrophysics in Modern Spain
T. J. Mahoney , Francisco Sánchez
With foreword by astrophysicist and Queen guitarist Brian MayThis book describes the unlikely development of astrophysics in Spain, set against the final decade of Franco’s rule and the country’s transition to democracy. The author, Founding Director of Spain’s...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2021-02-23
Collection : Astronomers' Universe
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Télécharger le livre : Orreries, Clocks, and London Society
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Orreries, Clocks, and London Society
Tony Buick
Orreries—mechanical models of the Solar System and its motions—are found everywhere. They appear in paintings, on computers, across natural landscapes, and in museums all over the world. The more you look, the more you find, yet their significance is...

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Parution : 2020-12-23
Collection : Astronomers' Universe
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39,02 €
Télécharger le livre : Astronomy's Quest for Sharp Images
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Astronomy's Quest for Sharp Images
Pierre Léna
Since the 1960s, astrophysical discoveries have blossomed, due to the emergence of powerful and new observational tools. Among them, a fantastic improvement of the sharpness of astronomical images, obtained with ground based optical telescopes, has been the result of...

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Parution : 2020-10-27
Collection : Astronomers' Universe
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34,80 €
Télécharger le livre : The Universe Today
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The Universe Today
Carlos Martins
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. The author...

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Parution : 2020-09-29
Collection : Astronomers' Universe
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Télécharger le livre : How Cosmologists Explain the Universe to Friends and Family
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How Cosmologists Explain the Universe to Friends and Family
Karim A. Malik , David R. Matravers
This fascinating book provides an accessible and up-to-date overview of modern cosmology. In particular, the book discusses the formation of the Cosmic Microwave Background and the evolution of large scale structures in the universe, the distribution of galaxies and...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2019-11-21
Collection : Astronomers' Universe
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31,64 €
Télécharger le livre : From Cave Art to Hubble
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From Cave Art to Hubble
Jonathan Powell
Since ancient times, humans have been engaged in a continual quest to find meaning in and make sense of sights and events in the night sky. Cultures spread around the world recorded their earliest efforts in artwork made directly on the natural landscapes around them,...

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Parution : 2019-11-20
Collection : Astronomers' Universe
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Télécharger le livre : Classifying the Cosmos
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Classifying the Cosmos
Steven J. Dick
Since the invention of the telescope 400 years ago, astronomers have rapidly discovered countless celestial objects. But how does one make sense of it all?Astronomer and former NASA Chief Historian Steven J. Dick brings order to this menagerie by defining 82 classes of...

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Parution : 2019-03-21
Collection : Astronomers' Universe
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39,02 €
Télécharger le livre : Exploring the Ocean Worlds of Our Solar System
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Exploring the Ocean Worlds of Our Solar System
Bernard Henin
In the last 25 years, planetary science experienced a revolution, as vast oceans of liquid water have been discovered within the heart of the icy moons of our Solar System. These subsurface oceans lie hidden under thick layers of ice. We call them ocean worlds. Some of...

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Parution : 2018-08-03
Collection : Astronomers' Universe
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39,02 €
Télécharger le livre : Wacky and Wonderful Misconceptions About Our Universe
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Wacky and Wonderful Misconceptions About Our Universe
Geoffrey Kirby
From unicorns on the Moon to UFOs piloted by Martian bees, this book chronicles some of the strangest ideas that have been put forward – and have actually been believed in -- about our universe. Drawn from tales dating from the Middle Ages to the present, this...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2018-05-25
Collection : Astronomers' Universe
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36,91 €
Télécharger le livre : Four Pillars of Radio Astronomy: Mills, Christiansen, Wild, Bracewell
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Four Pillars of Radio Astronomy: Mills, Christiansen, Wild, Bracewell
R.H. Frater , W.M. Goss , H.W. Wendt
This is the story of Bernie Mills, Chris Christiansen, Paul Wild and Ron Bracewell, members of a team of radio astronomers that would lead Australia, and the world, into this new field of research. Each of the four is remembered for his remarkable work: Mills for the...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2017-10-28
Collection : Astronomers' Universe
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Télécharger le livre : On the Inside of a Marble
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On the Inside of a Marble
Gavin Bascom
Keeping in mind that we can only see the universe from the comfort of our home galaxy, Bascom begins his text by meticulously laying the necessary groundwork to understand the Big Bang’s mathematics without using any equations. He then paints a freeze-frame picture of...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2017-07-07
Collection : Astronomers' Universe
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26,36 €
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