Tous les livres numériques de la collection "Astronomers' Universe" - Springer

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Télécharger le livre : Mystery of the Ashen Light of Venus
Mystery of the Ashen Light of Venus
John C. Barentine
The “Ashen Light” of Venus—a ghostly emission of light from the night side of our nearest planetary neighbor—is among the last unsolved mysteries of astronomical history. In the four centuries since the phenomenon was first reported, highly reputable visual observers of...

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Parution : 2021-09-07
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Télécharger le livre : The Rise of Astrophysics in Modern Spain
The Rise of Astrophysics in Modern Spain
T. J. Mahoney , Francisco Sánchez
With foreword by astrophysicist and Queen guitarist Brian MayThis book describes the unlikely development of astrophysics in Spain, set against the final decade of Franco’s rule and the country’s transition to democracy. The author, Founding Director of Spain’s...

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Parution : 2021-02-23
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Télécharger le livre : Astronomy's Quest for Sharp Images
Astronomy's Quest for Sharp Images
Pierre Léna
Since the 1960s, astrophysical discoveries have blossomed, due to the emergence of powerful and new observational tools. Among them, a fantastic improvement of the sharpness of astronomical images, obtained with ground based optical telescopes, has been the result of...

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Parution : 2020-10-27
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Télécharger le livre : The Universe Today
The Universe Today
Carlos Martins
Starting out from humankind's earliest ideas about the cosmos, this book gives the reader a clear overview of our current understanding of the universe, including big bang theories and the formation of stars and galaxies, as well as addressing open questions. The author...

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Parution : 2020-09-29
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Télécharger le livre : From Cave Art to Hubble
From Cave Art to Hubble
Jonathan Powell
Since ancient times, humans have been engaged in a continual quest to find meaning in and make sense of sights and events in the night sky. Cultures spread around the world recorded their earliest efforts in artwork made directly on the natural landscapes around them,...

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Parution : 2019-11-20
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Télécharger le livre : Classifying the Cosmos
Classifying the Cosmos
Steven J. Dick
Since the invention of the telescope 400 years ago, astronomers have rapidly discovered countless celestial objects. But how does one make sense of it all?Astronomer and former NASA Chief Historian Steven J. Dick brings order to this menagerie by defining 82 classes of...

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Parution : 2019-03-21
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Télécharger le livre : Exploring the Ocean Worlds of Our Solar System
Exploring the Ocean Worlds of Our Solar System
Bernard Henin
In the last 25 years, planetary science experienced a revolution, as vast oceans of liquid water have been discovered within the heart of the icy moons of our Solar System. These subsurface oceans lie hidden under thick layers of ice. We call them ocean worlds. Some of...

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Parution : 2018-08-03
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Télécharger le livre : Wacky and Wonderful Misconceptions About Our Universe
Wacky and Wonderful Misconceptions About Our Universe
Geoffrey Kirby
From unicorns on the Moon to UFOs piloted by Martian bees, this book chronicles some of the strangest ideas that have been put forward – and have actually been believed in -- about our universe. Drawn from tales dating from the Middle Ages to the present, this...

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Parution : 2018-05-25
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Télécharger le livre : Four Pillars of Radio Astronomy: Mills, Christiansen, Wild, Bracewell
Four Pillars of Radio Astronomy: Mills, Christiansen, Wild, Bracewell
R.H. Frater , W.M. Goss , H.W. Wendt
This is the story of Bernie Mills, Chris Christiansen, Paul Wild and Ron Bracewell, members of a team of radio astronomers that would lead Australia, and the world, into this new field of research. Each of the four is remembered for his remarkable work: Mills for the...

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Parution : 2017-10-28
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Télécharger le livre : On the Inside of a Marble
On the Inside of a Marble
Gavin Bascom
Keeping in mind that we can only see the universe from the comfort of our home galaxy, Bascom begins his text by meticulously laying the necessary groundwork to understand the Big Bang’s mathematics without using any equations. He then paints a freeze-frame picture of...

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Parution : 2017-07-07
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Télécharger le livre : The Nature of Life and Its Potential to Survive
The Nature of Life and Its Potential to Survive
David S. Stevenson
This book looks at the persistence of life and how difficult it would be to annihilate life, especially a species as successful as humanity. The idea that life in general is fragile is challenged by the hardiness of microbes, which shows that astrobiology on...

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Parution : 2017-05-25
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Télécharger le livre : Weird Comets and Asteroids
Weird Comets and Asteroids
David A. J. Seargent
This book concentrates on some of the odd aspects of comets and asteroids. Strange behavior of comets, such as outbursts and schisms, and how asteroids can temporally act as comets are discussed, together with the possible threat of Centaurs-class objects like the...

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Parution : 2017-05-17
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Télécharger le livre : Cosmic Debris
Cosmic Debris
Jonathan Powell
This book examines the mysterious and the well-studied debris in Earth’s crowded neighborhood. From orbiting comets to the workings of the Asteroid Belt, and from meteor showers to our home-grown network of orbiting satellites, the full diversity of space objects and...

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Parution : 2017-04-17
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Télécharger le livre : Space Telescopes
Space Telescopes
Neil English
Space telescopes are among humankind’s greatest scientific achievements of the last fifty years. This book describes the instruments themselves and what they were designed to discover about the Solar System and distant stars. Exactly how these...

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Parution : 2016-11-08
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Télécharger le livre : The Exo-Weather Report
The Exo-Weather Report
David S. Stevenson
David Stevenson’s new book links the meteorology of the Earth to that of other planets, stars, and clusters of galaxies, showing the similarities and differences between terrestrial weather and that of weather on other worlds. Because Earth is not unique in having...

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Parution : 2016-08-25
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Télécharger le livre : The Amazing Unity of the Universe
The Amazing Unity of the Universe
Edward Van Den Heuvel
In the first chapters the author describes how our knowledge of the position of Earth in space and time has developed, thanks to the work of many generations of astronomers and physicists. He discusses how our position in the Galaxy was discovered, and how in 1929,...

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Parution : 2016-07-20
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Télécharger le livre : Surveying the Skies
Surveying the Skies
Gareth Wynn-Williams
Since the time of Galileo, astronomy has been driven by technological innovation. With each major advance has come the opportunity and enthusiasm to survey the sky in a way that was not possible before.  It is these surveys of discovery that are the subject of this...

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Parution : 2016-06-17
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Télécharger le livre : The Solar System in Close-Up
The Solar System in Close-Up
John Wilkinson
In response to the new information gained about the Solar System from recent space probes and space telescopes, the experienced science author Dr. John Wilkinson presents the state-of-the art knowledge on the Sun, solar system planets and small solar system objects like...

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Parution : 2016-03-29
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Télécharger le livre : The Hunt for Alien Life
The Hunt for Alien Life
Peter Linde
Astronomer Peter Linde takes the reader through the story of the search for extraterrestrial life in a captivating and thought-provoking way, specifically addressing the new research that is currently devoted towards discovering other planets with life. He discusses the...

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Parution : 2016-02-02
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Télécharger le livre : Weird Astronomical Theories of the Solar System and Beyond
Weird Astronomical Theories of the Solar System and Beyond
David Seargent
After addressing strange cosmological hypotheses in Weird Universe, David Seargent tackles the no-less bizarre theories closer to home. Alternate views on the Solar System's formation, comet composition, and the evolution of life on Earth are only some of the topics he...

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Parution : 2015-12-26
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