Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods books

This is a first hand account of designing, building, testing and flying the first Apollo lunar module by the engineer...  Read More >>

The book provides an extensive survey of all the physics necessary to understand the current developments in the...  Read More >>

Comprised of roughly forty essays based on interviews with the most distinguished physicists, cosmologists and astronomers,...  Read More >>

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This book presents a complete summary of the author's twenty five years of experience in telescope design. It provides...  Read More >>

Part of a series of Workshops on High Energy Gamma-Ray Experiments, following the ones held in Perugia (2002), Bari...  Read More >>

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Today explorers are going in new directions, not just east and west, north and south. They explore backward in time...  Read More >>

The Cefalu 2008 meeting was devoted to the study of stellar populations out to cosmological distances, with different...  Read More >>

A total eclipse of the Sun is the most awesome sight in the heavens. Totality: Eclipses of the Sun takes you to...  Read More >>

"La Luna è l’astro che forse più di ogni altro ha ispirato la grande letteratura italiana e – da Dante a Galileo,...  Read More >>

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This book offers an engaging overview of the history of the telescope, which burst onto the world stage four centuries...  Read More >>

Since their discovery was first announced in 1973, gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have been among the most fascination...  Read More >>

This guide to the physics and observations of Radio Recombination Lines from astronomical sources includes history,...  Read More >>

Anche l’astrofilo dotato di un piccolo telescopio, con un diametro di soli 8-9 cm, può contribuire alla scienza...  Read More >>

The aim of this book is to introduce scientific ballooning to the many people who are interested in the use of balloons...  Read More >>

This fascinating book proposes a sound and realistic exploration on the topic of terraforming. The book presents...  Read More >>

The book describes consistently the elements of laser science, astrophysical plasmas, modern astronomical observation...  Read More >>

New theoretical models are being developed in order to understand their formation scenarios, and new observational...  Read More >>

Commercial astronomical telescopes are increasingly complex, with sophisticated computers now the norm. This guide...  Read More >>

In this era of high-tech instruments, meteor observing is the one facet of astr- omy that needs nothing more than...  Read More >>

Traditionally, radiative transfer has been the domain of astrophysicists and climatologists. Although radiative...  Read More >>

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The Workshop “Science with the VLT in the ELT Era” held in Garching from 8th to 12th October 2007 was organised...  Read More >>