Theoretical & mathematical astronomy books

1206 books were found.

Astrophysics in the Next Decade: The James Webb Space Telescope and Concurrent Facilities

Astrophysics in the Next Decade: The James Webb Space...

Author: Harley A. Thronson, Jr ,  Massimo Stiavelli
ISBN: 9789048181322
Format: Paperback
$551.76

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) may have the capability to investigate - and answer - some of the most...  Read More >>

Who Owns the Moon?: Extraterrestrial Aspects of Land and Mineral Resources Ownership

Who Owns the Moon?: Extraterrestrial Aspects of Land...

Author: Virgiliu Pop
ISBN: 9789048180752
Format: Paperback
$446.16

This work investigates the permissibility and viability of property rights on the - lestial bodies, particularly...  Read More >>

White Dwarfs: Cosmological and Galactic Probes

White Dwarfs: Cosmological and Galactic Probes

Author: E. Sion ,  S. Vennes
ISBN: 9789048169320
Format: Paperback
$419.76

The emphasis on white dwarf stars and cosmology arise from the advances in cosmological and galactic structure research...  Read More >>

High-Velocity Clouds

High-Velocity Clouds

Author: Hugo van Woerden ,  Bart Wakker
ISBN: 9789048166855
Format: Paperback
$393.36

On the occasion of the retirement of Ulrich Schwarz, a symposium was held in Groningen in May of 1996, celebrating...  Read More >>

How does the Galaxy work?: A Galactic Tertulia with Don Cox and Ron Reynolds

How does the Galaxy work?: A Galactic Tertulia with...

Author: Emilio Javier Alfaro ,  Enrique Perez
ISBN: 9789048166909
Format: Paperback
$683.76

Presents a multi-disciplinary approach to the physical mechanisms which structure the shape, evolution and fate...  Read More >>

Recollections of ""Tucson Operations"": The Millimeter-Wave Observatory of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Recollections of ""Tucson Operations"": The Millimeter-Wave...

Author: M.A. Gordon
ISBN: 9789048168224
Format: Paperback
$393.36

An account of the evolution of millimeter-wave astronomy at the US National Radio Astronomy Observatory. It recounts...  Read More >>

Kristian Birkeland: The First Space Scientist

Kristian Birkeland: The First Space Scientist

Author: Alv Egeland ,  William J. Burke
ISBN: 9789048168309
Format: Paperback
$659.97

At the beginning of the 20th century, Kristian Birkeland (1867-1917), a Norwegian scientist of insatiable curiosity,...  Read More >>

The Sun and Space Weather

The Sun and Space Weather

Author: Arnold Hanslmeier
ISBN: 9789048174065
Format: Paperback
$462.00

Providing an introduction to the physics of the Sun, this book contains the following topics: possible influence...  Read More >>

Galaxy Formation and Evolution

Galaxy Formation and Evolution

Author: Hyron Spinrad
ISBN: 9783642064890
Format: Paperback
$446.16

Even a suitable skeptic of certain pronouncements about the age and structure of the Universe should be pleased...  Read More >>

High-Energy Spectroscopic Astrophysics: Saas Fee Advanced Course 30. Lecture Notes 2000. Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy

High-Energy Spectroscopic Astrophysics: Saas Fee Advanced...

Author: Steven M. Kahn ,  Manuel Güdel
ISBN: 9783642073489
Format: Paperback
$314.16

After three decades of intense research in X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy, the time was ripe to summarize basic knowledge...  Read More >>

New Light on Dark Stars: Red Dwarfs, Low-Mass Stars, Brown Stars

New Light on Dark Stars: Red Dwarfs, Low-Mass Stars,...

Author: Neil Reid ,  Suzanne Hawley
ISBN: 9783642064180
Format: Paperback
$340.56

There has been very considerable progress in research into low-mass stars, brown dwarfs and extrasolar planets during...  Read More >>

Fundamental Questions in Astrophysics: Guidelines for Future UV Observatories

Fundamental Questions in Astrophysics: Guidelines for...

Author: Ana I. Gómez de Castro ,  Willem Wamsteker
ISBN: 9789048172085
Format: Paperback
$366.96

Modern astrophysics is a mature science that has evolved from its early phase of discovery and classification to...  Read More >>

Periodic, Quasi-Periodic and Chaotic Motions in Celestial Mechanics: Theory and Applications

Periodic, Quasi-Periodic and Chaotic Motions in Celestial...

Author: Alessandra Celletti ,  Sylvio Ferraz-Mello
ISBN: 9789048173402
Format: Paperback
$525.36

Selected papers from the Fourth Meeting on Celestial Mechanics, CELMEC IV San Martino al Cimino (Italy), 11-16 September...  Read More >>

Dense Molecular Gas around Protostars and in Galactic Nuclei: European Workshop on Astronomical Molecules 2004

Dense Molecular Gas around Protostars and in Galactic...

Author: Willem A. Baan ,  Huib Jan van Langevelde
ISBN: 9789048167722
Format: Paperback
$393.36

The venue of the meeting facilitated continuous stimulated discussions in a relaxed atmosphere throughout the meeting...  Read More >>

ISO Science Legacy: A Compact Review of ISO Major Achievements

ISO Science Legacy: A Compact Review of ISO Major Achievements...

Author: Catherine Cesarsky ,  Alberto Salama
ISBN: 9789048169795
Format: Paperback
$472.56

This book recounts results obtained via the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) on comets, in the close environment...  Read More >>

Multiwavelength Approach to Unidentified Gamma-Ray Sources: A Second Workshop on the Nature of the High-Energy Unidentified Sources

Multiwavelength Approach to Unidentified Gamma-Ray Sources:...

Author: K.S. Cheng ,  Gustavo E. Romero
ISBN: 9789048168163
Format: Paperback
$578.16

Based on the proceedings of the workshop on Multiwavelength Approach to Unidentified Gamma-ray Sources, which intends...  Read More >>

Zdenek Kopal's Binary Star Legacy

Zdenek Kopal's Binary Star Legacy

Author: Horst Drechsel ,  Miloslav Zejda
ISBN: 9789048168026
Format: Paperback
$578.16

An international conference entitled ""Zdenek Kopal's Binary Star Legacy"" was held on the occassion of the late...  Read More >>

High Energy Density Laboratory Astrophysics

High Energy Density Laboratory Astrophysics

Author: Sergey V. Lebedev
ISBN: 9789048175192
Format: Paperback
$525.36

Contains the proceedings covering many of the invited and contributed papers presented at the 6th International...  Read More >>

Airglow as an Indicator of Upper Atmospheric Structure and Dynamics

Airglow as an Indicator of Upper Atmospheric Structure...

Author: Vladislav Yu Khomich ,  Anatoly I. Semenov
ISBN: 9783642095009
Format: Paperback
$762.96

The book summarizes international progress over the last few decades in upper atmosphere airglow research. The book...  Read More >>

A Comparison of the Dynamical Evolution of Planetary Systems: Proceedings of the Sixth Alexander von Humboldt Colloquium on Celestial Mechanics Bad Hofgastein (Austria), 21-27 March 2004

A Comparison of the Dynamical Evolution of Planetary...

Author: Rudolf Dvorak ,  Sylvio Ferraz-Mello
ISBN: 9789048170777
Format: Paperback
$448.77

Covers a range of subjects, covering the developments in Celestial Mechanics from the theoretical point of nonlinear...  Read More >>

The Interstellar Medium

The Interstellar Medium

Author: E. Falgarone ,  James Lequeux
ISBN: 9783642059667
Format: Paperback
$340.56

Describing interstellar matter in our galaxy in all of its various forms, this book also considers the physical...  Read More >>

Close Binaries in the 21st Century: New Opportunities and Challenges

Close Binaries in the 21st Century: New Opportunities...

Author: Alvaro Gimenez ,  Edward Guinan
ISBN: 9789048172597
Format: Paperback
$366.96

This book is the proceedings of an international conference entitled Close Binaries in the 21st Century: New Opportunities...  Read More >>

The Square Kilometre Array: An Engineering Perspective

The Square Kilometre Array: An Engineering Perspective...

Author: Peter J. Hall
ISBN: 9789048169696
Format: Paperback
$448.77

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Project is a global project to design and c- struct a revolutionary new radio telescope...  Read More >>

Learning from the Ground Up: Global Perspectives on Social Movements and Knowledge Production

Learning from the Ground Up: Global Perspectives on...

Author: Dip Kapoor ,  Aziz Choudry
ISBN: 9781349383153
Format: Paperback
$116.41

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Return to the Moon: Exploration, Enterprise, and Energy in the Human Settlement of Space

Return to the Moon: Exploration, Enterprise, and Energy...

Author: Harrison Schmitt
ISBN: 9781441920256
Format: Paperback
$66.00

Former NASA Astronaut Harrison Schmitt advocates a private, investor-based approach to returning humans to the Moon—to...  Read More >>

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