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MarsMars is a small world with a big reputation. This mysterious, singular planet--with volcanoes that dwarf Mount Everest, a canyon system that would stretch fully across the United States, and curious landscapes that perhaps once harbored water--has fascinated us for centuries. In the most...
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The Solar Magnetic Cause of Climate Changes and Origin of the Ice AgesThis book demonstrates that the cause of Ice Ages and smaller climate changes is fluctuation of the sun's magnetic field, which controls the intensity of cosmic rays entering the Earth's atmosphere. Condensation on particles produced by cosmic rays results in formation of clouds that...
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Northern LightsThis book teaches kids about what the Northern lights are and how the sun and Earth's atmosphere causes them. The book is complete with labeled images when needed, simple text, and more facts. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo...
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MoonlightThis book teaches readers about how the moon reflects the sun's light, and why the moon seems to change shape throughout the month. The book is complete with labeled images when needed, simple text, and more facts. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated...
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Gravitational-Wave Astronomy: Exploring the Dark Side of the UniverseThis book is an introduction to gravitational waves and related astrophysics. It provides a bridge across the range of astronomy, physics and cosmology that comes into play when trying to understand the gravitational-wave sky. Starting with Einstein's theory of gravity, chapters develop the key...
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AstronomyAstronomy is written in clear non-technical language, with the occasional touch of humor and a wide range of clarifying illustrations. It has many analogies drawn from everyday life to help non-science majors appreciate, on their own terms, what our modern exploration of the universe...
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Fundamentals of Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detectors (Second Edition)'The content of the Saulsonâ (TM)s book remains valid and offers a versatile introduction to gravitational wave astronomy. The book is appropriate for undergraduate students and can be read by graduate students and researchers who want to be involved in either the theoretical or...
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Astrophysics and the Evolution of the Universe (Second Edition)The aim of this book is to teach undergraduate college or university students, and adults interested in astronomy and astrophysics, the basic mathematics and physics concepts needed to understand the evolution of the universe, and based on this to teach the astrophysical theories behind...
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Origin and Evolution of the Universe: From Big Bang to Exobiology (Second Edition)'This book presents a clear, highly readable view of science's best understanding of how things in the Universe came to be the way they are. Each chapter is written by a leading expert in that sub-field. Together they cover nearly all major advances made...
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Euclidean Quantum GravityThe Euclidean approach to Quantum Gravity was initiated almost 15 years ago in an attempt to understand the difficulties raised by the spacetime singularities of classical general relativity which arise in the gravitational collapse of stars to form black holes and the entire universe...
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Los Diálogos / The Dialogues: Conversations about the Nature of the UniverseEl origen del universo y otras conversaciones sobre ciencia en forma de c mic.El f sico Clifford Johnson cree que deber amos tener m s conversaciones sobre ciencia. La ciencia debe estar en nuestro men diario de conversaci n, junto con temas como la...
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Arbeitsbuch Astrophysik: 230 Aufgaben zu Astronomie und KosmologieDas Buch bietet 230 vollst ndig gel ste Aufgaben zur Astrophysik und Kosmologie auf auf dem Niveau von Abitur bzw. Studienbeginn. Es werden zahlreiche, vielf ltige und der aktuellen Forschung entnommene Aufgaben geboten. Alle mathematische Hilfsmittel werden angegeben. Zahlreiche Abbildungen und ein umfassendes Register...
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Essential AstrophysicsEssential Astrophysics is a book to learn or teach from, as well as a fundamental reference volume for anyone interested in astronomy and astrophysics. It presents astrophysics from basic principles without requiring any previous study of astronomy or astrophysics. It serves as a comprehensive...
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Electronic Imaging in Astronomy: Detectors and InstrumentationThe second edition of Electronic Imaging in Astronomy: Detectors and Instrumentation describes the remarkable developments that have taken place in astronomical detectors and instrumentation in recent years -- from the invention of the charge-coupled device (CCD) in 1970 to the current era of very...
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Satellite Orbits: Models, Methods and Applications [With CDROM]Satellite Orbits -Models, Methods, and Applications has been written as a compre- hensive textbook that guides the reader through the theory and practice of satellite orbit prediction and determination. Starting from the basic principles of orbital mechanics, it covers elaborate force models as weH...
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Cosmic Ray AstrophysicsIn the first part, the book gives an up-to-date summary of the observational data. In the second part, it deals with the kinetic description of cosmic ray plasma. The underlying diffusion-convection transport equation, which governs the coupling between cosmic rays and the background plasma,...
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A Stargazing Program for Beginners: A Pocket Field GuideSets out a simple month-by-month program to reveal all of the night sky's biggest and most beautiful secrets in just one year - and with only a few hours of stargazing each month By investing just an hour a week and $50 in binoculars,...
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The Power of StarsOur Experience of the Sky and Star Knowledge.- A World of Constellations in the Night Sky.- Creation Stories from Around the World.- World Systems: Models of the Universe Throughout Time.- Stars that Bind: Civilization, Calendars, and the Sky, Modern Timekeeping and the Development of...
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The Cosmic Microwave Background: How It Changed Our Understanding of the UniverseRhodri Evans tells the story of what we know about the universe, from Jacobus Kapteyn's Island universe at the turn of the 20th Century, and the discovery by Hubble that the nebulae were external to our own galaxy, through Gamow's early work on the...
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Concise Catalog of Deep-Sky Objects: Astrophysical Information for 550 Galaxies, Clusters and NebulaeIn its 2nd edition, this catalog covers some 500 commonly observed objects, offering data on magnitude, location, distance and more. This is a thorough primer for the amateur astronomer interested in understanding the astrophysical nature of deep sky objects.Author: Warren H. FinlayPublisher: SpringerPublished: 07/01/2014Pages:...
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