Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods books

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Enchantment Of Urania, The: 25 Centuries Of Exploration Of The Sky

Enchantment Of Urania, The: 25 Centuries Of Exploration...

Author: Massimo Capaccioli (Univ Of Naples Federico Ii, Italy)
ISBN: 9789811249273
Format: Paperback
$126.72

Today we know much about the sky: how stars are born, how they live and die, and how the universe as a whole evolves....  Read More >>

Enchantment Of Urania, The: 25 Centuries Of Exploration Of The Sky

Enchantment Of Urania, The: 25 Centuries Of Exploration...

Author: Massimo Capaccioli (Univ Of Naples Federico Ii, Italy)
ISBN: 9789811247774
Format: Hardback
$258.72

Today we know much about the sky: how stars are born, how they live and die, and how the universe as a whole evolves....  Read More >>

Gamma Rays in the 100 TeV Region from Potential Galactic PeVatron Candidates: Observation with the Tibet Air Shower Array and the Muon Detector Array

Gamma Rays in the 100 TeV Region from Potential Galactic...

Author: Sei Kato
ISBN: 9789819716425
Format: Hardback
$448.77

This book presents two candidates for astrophysical accelerators of cosmic rays with petaelectron-volt (PeV) energies...  Read More >>

Astronomy of Ancient Egypt: A Cultural Perspective

Astronomy of Ancient Egypt: A Cultural Perspective

Author: Juan Antonio Belmonte ,  José Lull
ISBN: 9783031118319
Format: Paperback
$475.17

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Radio Astronomy in Canada: Young Science in a Young Country

Radio Astronomy in Canada: Young Science in a Young...

Author: Jasper Wall ,  Elizabeth Griffin
ISBN: 9783031129339
Format: Hardback
$448.77

Here is the tale of Canada’s intriguing development of the science of Radio Astronomy. The book concludes with a...  Read More >>

Share the Universe: A Guide to Outreach Astronomy

Share the Universe: A Guide to Outreach Astronomy

Author: Richard Stember
ISBN: 9783031534942
Format: Hardback
$131.97

"As every astronomer knows, astronomy is one of the most approachable and inspiring of the natural sciences. It...  Read More >>

Space Oddities: The Mysterious Anomalies Challenging Our Understanding Of The Universe

Space Oddities: The Mysterious Anomalies Challenging...

Author: Harry Cliff
ISBN: 9781529092875
Format: Paperback
$36.99

An eye-opening and accessible account of the latest as-yet-inexplicable phenomena of the universe – oddities that...  Read More >>

Space Oddities: The Mysterious Anomalies Challenging Our Understanding Of The Universe

Space Oddities: The Mysterious Anomalies Challenging...

Author: Harry Cliff
ISBN: 9781529092868
Format: Hardback
$39.99

An eye-opening and accessible account of the latest as-yet-inexplicable phenomena of the universe – oddities that...  Read More >>

Cosmic Masers (IAU S380): Proper Motion toward the Next-Generation Large Projects

Cosmic Masers (IAU S380): Proper Motion toward the Next-Generation...

Author: Tomoya Hirota (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Japan) ,  Hiroshi Imai (Kagoshima University, Japan)
ISBN: 9781009398923
Format: Hardback
$310.50

This volume gives a comprehensive, up-to-date review of cosmic masers as presented at IAU Symposium 380, the sixth...  Read More >>

Italian Contributions to Planetary Astronomy: From the Discovery of Ceres to Pluto's Orbit

Italian Contributions to Planetary Astronomy: From the...

Author: Ileana Chinnici
ISBN: 9783031483882
Format: Hardback
$316.77

This book describes the most important contributions of Italian astronomers to the development of planetary astronomy...  Read More >>

The Problem of Coronal Heating: A Rosetta Stone for Electrodynamic Coupling in Cosmic Plasmas

The Problem of Coronal Heating: A Rosetta Stone for...

Author: Philip Judge ,  James A. Ionson
ISBN: 9783031462726
Format: Hardback
$369.57

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Proceedings of the Thirtieth General Assembly Vienna 2018: IAU Transactions XXX

Proceedings of the Thirtieth General Assembly Vienna...

Author: Debra Elmegreen (Vassar College, New York)
ISBN: 9781108488723
Format: Hardback
$310.50

These Transactions provide a record of the organisational and administrative activities of the IAU XXX General Assembly,...  Read More >>

Honoring Charlotte Moore Sitterly (IAU S371): Astronomical Spectroscopy in the 21st Century

Honoring Charlotte Moore Sitterly (IAU S371): Astronomical...

Author: David R. Soderblom (Space Telescope Science Institute, USA) ,  Gillian Nave (National Institute of Standards and Technology, Maryland)
ISBN: 9781009351928
Format: Hardback
$284.63

IAU Symposium 371 honors the contributions of Charlotte Moore Sitterly as a pioneer of astronomical spectroscopy....  Read More >>

The Oxford Handbook of the History of Modern Cosmology

The Oxford Handbook of the History of Modern Cosmology...

Author: Prof Helge Kragh
ISBN: 9780198896548
Format: Paperback
$84.95

This handbook provides detailed coverage of historical discoveries in cosmology, such as the expansion of the universe,...  Read More >>

Strong Gravitational Lensing in the Era of Big Data (IAU S381)

Strong Gravitational Lensing in the Era of Big Data...

Author: Hannah Stacey (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Germany) ,  Alessandro Sonnenfeld (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China)
ISBN: 9781009398992
Format: Hardback
$310.50

Strong gravitational lensing has become a powerful tool to study astronomical objects with widely different physical...  Read More >>

Handbook of X-ray and Gamma-ray Astrophysics

Handbook of X-ray and Gamma-ray Astrophysics

Author: Cosimo Bambi ,  Andrea Santangelo
ISBN: 9789811969591
Format: Hardback
$11879.97

The fourth and last parts are dedicated to analysis techniques in X-ray and Gamma-ray astronomy: spectral analysis,...  Read More >>

Cincinnati Observatory: Its Critical Role in the Birth and Evolution of Astronomy in America

Cincinnati Observatory: Its Critical Role in the Birth...

Author: Stella Cottam ,  John E. Ventre
ISBN: 9783031460333
Format: Hardback
$343.17

Now known as the Cincinnati Observatory Center, it is a functional observatory and a dedicated center of astronomy...  Read More >>

The Life and Work of James Bradley: The New Foundations of 18th Century Astronomy

The Life and Work of James Bradley: The New Foundations...

Author: John Fisher (independent scholar, independent scholar) ,  John Fisher
ISBN: 9780198884200
Format: Hardback
$195.95

The Life and Work of James Bradley: The New Foundations of 18th Century Astronomy is the first major work on the...  Read More >>

Choosing & Using Binoculars: A Guide for Star Gazers, Birders and Outdoor Enthusiasts

Choosing & Using Binoculars: A Guide for Star Gazers,...

Author: Neil T. English
ISBN: 9783031447099
Format: Paperback
$64.66

This book walks the reader through the fascinating world of binoculars, past and present, while exploring all of...  Read More >>

Foundations of Celestial Mechanics

Foundations of Celestial Mechanics

Author: Elena Bannikova ,  Massimo Capaccioli
ISBN: 9783031045783
Format: Paperback
$184.77

This book provides an introduction to classical celestial mechanics.  Read More >>

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