Galaxies & stars books

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Star Formation in Galaxy Evolution: Connecting Numerical Models to Reality: Saas-Fee Advanced Course 43. Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy

Star Formation in Galaxy Evolution: Connecting Numerical...

Author: Nickolay Y. Gnedin ,  Simon C. O. Glover
ISBN: 9783662478899
Format: Hardback
$448.77

This book contains the elaborated and updated versions of the 24 lectures given at the 43rd Saas-Fee Advanced Course....  Read More >>

The Northern Lights: Celestial Performances of the Aurora Borealis

The Northern Lights: Celestial Performances of the Aurora...

Author: Daryl Pederson ,  Calvin Hall
ISBN: 9781632170019
Format: Paperback
$45.00

This book of amazing photographs showcases a period of unusually high solar activity in the Northern Lights. The...  Read More >>

Galaxy: Mapping the Cosmos

Galaxy: Mapping the Cosmos

Author: Professor James Geach
ISBN: 9781780235165
Format: Paperback
$37.99

Galaxy: Mapping the Cosmos Galaxy explores the enigma of our cosmic habitat, chronicling how our home in the Universe...  Read More >>

Suzaku Studies of White Dwarf Stars and the Galactic X-ray Background Emission

Suzaku Studies of White Dwarf Stars and the Galactic...

Author: Takayuki Yuasa
ISBN: 9784431547174
Format: Paperback
$290.37

Fitting of the observed Galactic ridge spectra with the model showed that there is another spectral component that...  Read More >>

Comparison of the Large-Scale Structure of the Galactic System with that of Other Stellar Systems

Comparison of the Large-Scale Structure of the Galactic...

Author: N. G. Roman
ISBN: 9781107511613
Format: Paperback
$66.00

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Constellation Myths: with Aratus's Phaenomena

Constellation Myths: with Aratus's Phaenomena

Author: Eratosthenes ,  Hyginus
ISBN: 9780198716983
Format: Paperback
$22.95

This translation brings together ancient classical texts derived from Eratosthenes' handbook of astral mythology,...  Read More >>

Nuclear Physics of Stars

Nuclear Physics of Stars

Author: Christian Iliadis
ISBN: 9783527336487
Format: Hardback
$275.50

Now including the topics ""cosmis-ray spallation reactions"", ""big bang nucleosynthesis"", and ""explosive burning...  Read More >>

Star Almanac

Star Almanac

Author:
ISBN: 9780707741659
Format: Paperback
$51.75

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Black Hole: How an Idea Abandoned by Newtonians, Hated by Einstein, and Gambled on by Hawking Became Loved

Black Hole: How an Idea Abandoned by Newtonians, Hated...

Author: Marcia Bartusiak ,  Randye Kaye
ISBN: 9781494557072
Format: Audio
$65.97

This engrossing book from renowned science writer Marcia Bartusiak tells the story of the fierce black hole debates...  Read More >>

Theory of Rotating Stars. (PSA-1), Volume 1

Theory of Rotating Stars. (PSA-1), Volume 1

Author: Jean-Louis Tassoul
ISBN: 9780691628073
Format: Paperback
$165.00

Ever since the first observations of sunspots in the early seventeenth century, stellar rotation has been a major...  Read More >>

An Introduction to the Sun and Stars

An Introduction to the Sun and Stars

Author: Simon F. Green (The Open University, Milton Keynes) ,  Mark H. Jones (The Open University, Manchester)
ISBN: 9781107492639
Format: Paperback
$147.49

Compiled by a team of experts, this textbook introduces the physical properties and evolution of stars. Designed...  Read More >>

The Formation and Evolution of M33 as Revealed by Its Star Clusters

The Formation and Evolution of M33 as Revealed by Its...

Author: Izaskun San Roman
ISBN: 9781489990853
Format: Paperback
$290.37

This thesis represents the first wide-field photometric and spectroscopic survey of star clusters in the nearby...  Read More >>

Pulsating Stars

Pulsating Stars

Author: Márcio Catelan (Catholic University of Chile) ,  Horace A. Smith (Catholic University of Chile)
ISBN: 9783527407156
Format: Hardback
$351.50

This book surveys our understanding of stars which change in brightness because they pulsate. Pulsating variable...  Read More >>

Giants of Eclipse: The ζ Aurigae Stars and Other Binary Systems

Giants of Eclipse: The ζ Aurigae Stars and Other Binary...

Author: Thomas B. Ake ,  Elizabeth Griffin
ISBN: 9783319091976
Format: Hardback
$290.37

The zeta Aurigae stars are the rare but illustrious sub-group of binary stars that undergo the dramatic phenomenon...  Read More >>

The Story of Collapsing Stars: Black Holes, Naked Singularities, and the Cosmic Play of Quantum Gravity

The Story of Collapsing Stars: Black Holes, Naked Singularities,...

Author: Pankaj S. Joshi (Senior Professor, Senior Professor, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai)
ISBN: 9780199686766
Format: Hardback
$85.95

This book journeys into one of the most fascinating intellectual adventures of recent decades - understanding and...  Read More >>

The Tidal Disruption of Stars by Supermassive Black Holes: An Analytic Approach

The Tidal Disruption of Stars by Supermassive Black...

Author: Nicholas Chamberlain Stone
ISBN: 9783319126753
Format: Hardback
$290.37

This work has shown that recoiling black holes can disrupt stars far outside a galactic nucleus, errors in the traditional...  Read More >>

Protostars and Planets VI

Protostars and Planets VI

Author: Henrik Beuther ,  Ralf S. Klessen
ISBN: 9780816531240
Format: Hardback
$176.88

Brings together more than 250 contributing authors at the forefront of their field, conveying the latest results...  Read More >>

Ecology of Blue Straggler Stars

Ecology of Blue Straggler Stars

Author: Henri M. J. Boffin ,  Giovanni Carraro
ISBN: 9783662444337
Format: Hardback
$290.37

The existence of blue straggler stars, which appear younger, hotter, and more massive than their siblings, is at...  Read More >>

Lessons from the Local Group: A Conference in honour of David Block and Bruce Elmegreen

Lessons from the Local Group: A Conference in honour...

Author: Kenneth Freeman ,  Bruce Elmegreen
ISBN: 9783319106137
Format: Hardback
$580.77

 Our understanding of galaxy formation comes mostly from two sources: sensitive observations at high angular resolution...  Read More >>

The Formation and Disruption of Black Hole Jets

The Formation and Disruption of Black Hole Jets

Author: Ioannis Contopoulos ,  Denise Gabuzda
ISBN: 9783319103556
Format: Hardback
$290.37

This book reviews the phenomenology displayed by relativistic jets as well as the most recent theoretical efforts...  Read More >>

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