Solar system: the Sun & planets books

2435 books were found.

The Starchild Compact: A novel of interplanetary exploration

The Starchild Compact: A novel of interplanetary exploration...

Author: Robert G Williscroft ,  Gary McCluskey
ISBN: 9781732478817
Format: Paperback
$41.27

Hard Science Fiction novel of interplanetary exploration and discovery in the vicinity of Saturn. 416 pgs; 11 illustrations;...  Read More >>

Lewis Swift: Celebrated Comet Hunter and the People's Astronomer

Lewis Swift: Celebrated Comet Hunter and the People's...

Author: Gary W. Kronk
ISBN: 9783319876191
Format: Paperback
$290.37

This biography covers the life of Lewis Swift (1820-1913), who discovered 13 comets and nearly 1,200 other deep...  Read More >>

Granite Skyscrapers: How Rock Shaped Earth and Other Worlds

Granite Skyscrapers: How Rock Shaped Earth and Other...

Author: David S. Stevenson
ISBN: 9783319915029
Format: Paperback
$118.77

In this book, David Stevenson offers us a look at the evolution of planets as they move from balls of mixed molten...  Read More >>

Exploring the Ocean Worlds of Our Solar System

Exploring the Ocean Worlds of Our Solar System

Author: Bernard Henin
ISBN: 9783319934754
Format: Paperback
$85.36

In the last 25 years, planetary science experienced a revolution, as vast oceans of liquid water have been discovered...  Read More >>

Future Spacecraft Propulsion Systems and Integration: Enabling Technologies for Space Exploration

Future Spacecraft Propulsion Systems and Integration:...

Author: Paul A. Czysz ,  Claudio Bruno
ISBN: 9783662572085
Format: Paperback
$527.97

It discusses how to match near-term and far-term aerospace vehicles to missions and provides a comprehensive overview...  Read More >>

Modelling the Upper Atmosphere of Gas-Giant Exoplanets Irradiated by Low-Mass Stars

Modelling the Upper Atmosphere of Gas-Giant Exoplanets...

Author: Joshua Chadney
ISBN: 9783319875309
Format: Paperback
$145.17

This PhD thesis details the development of a new 1D ionospheric model to describe the upper atmospheres of extrasolar...  Read More >>

4th Rock from the Sun: The Story of Mars

4th Rock from the Sun: The Story of Mars

Author: Nicky Jenner
ISBN: 9781472922526
Format: Paperback
$19.99

Everything you ever wanted to know about the Red Planet, revealed in an up-close and personal tour of Mars.  Read More >>

Characterizing Space Plasmas: A Data Driven Approach

Characterizing Space Plasmas: A Data Driven Approach...

Author: George K. Parks
ISBN: 9783319900407
Format: Hardback
$206.97

This didactic book uses a data-driven approach to connect measurements made by plasma instruments to the real world....  Read More >>

From Disks to Planets: The Making of Planets and Their Early Atmospheres

From Disks to Planets: The Making of Planets and Their...

Author: Michel Blanc ,  Gregory J. Herczeg
ISBN: 9789402415179
Format: Hardback
$422.37

This volume discusses the evolutionary paths linking planets and their atmospheres to their origin within circumstellar...  Read More >>

The Earth's Lower Mantle: Composition and Structure

The Earth's Lower Mantle: Composition and Structure...

Author: Felix V. Kaminsky
ISBN: 9783319857268
Format: Paperback
$369.57

In closing, the last part of the book compares observed data with experimental data, highlighting several discrepancies...  Read More >>

The Starchild Compact: A novel of interplanetary exploration

The Starchild Compact: A novel of interplanetary exploration...

Author: Robert G Williscroft ,  Robert G Williscroft
ISBN: 9780996466974
Format: Hardback
$69.73

Hard Science Fiction novel of interplanetary exploration and discovery in the vicinity of Saturn. 416 pgs; 11 illustrations;...  Read More >>

Helioseismology and Dynamics of the Solar Interior

Helioseismology and Dynamics of the Solar Interior

Author: M.J. Thompson ,  A.S. Brun
ISBN: 9789402414714
Format: Paperback
$290.37

The articles republished in this book survey and summarize recent research in helioseismology as well as studies...  Read More >>

Protection of Materials and Structures from the Space Environment: ICPMSE-11

Protection of Materials and Structures from the Space...

Author: Jacob Kleiman
ISBN: 9783319792705
Format: Paperback
$580.77

The proceedings published in this book document and foster the goals of the 11th International Space Conference...  Read More >>

The Three-Body Problem and the Equations of Dynamics: Poincaré’s Foundational Work on Dynamical Systems Theory

The Three-Body Problem and the Equations of Dynamics:...

Author: Henri Poincaré ,  Bruce D Popp
ISBN: 9783319850122
Format: Paperback
$422.37

In an effort to understand the stability of orbits in the solar system, Poincaré applied a Hamiltonian formulation...  Read More >>

Stamping the Earth from Space

Stamping the Earth from Space

Author: Renato Dicati
ISBN: 9783319793160
Format: Paperback
$131.97

Stamping the Earth from Space presents the results obtained with the thousands of satellites launched by the two...  Read More >>

Planetary Radio Emissions VIII: Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop Held at Seggauberg Near Graz, October 25-27, 2016

Planetary Radio Emissions VIII: Proceedings of the 8th...

Author: Georg Fischer ,  Gottfried Mann
ISBN: 9783700182634
Format: Paperback
$324.72

English summary: The 8th International Workshop on Planetary, Solar and Heliospheric Radio Emissions was held...  Read More >>

Astrophysics of Exoplanetary Atmospheres: 2nd Advanced School on Exoplanetary Science

Astrophysics of Exoplanetary Atmospheres: 2nd Advanced...

Author: Valerio Bozza ,  Luigi Mancini
ISBN: 9783319897004
Format: Hardback
$369.57

In this book, renowned scientists describe the complexity of exoplanetary atmospheres and all of the observational...  Read More >>

Millimeter Astronomy: Saas-Fee Advanced Course 38. Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy

Millimeter Astronomy: Saas-Fee Advanced Course 38. Swiss...

Author: T. L. Wilson ,  Stéphane Guilloteau
ISBN: 9783662575451
Format: Hardback
$343.17

The millimeter and sub-millimeter wavebands are unique in astronomy in containing several thousands of spectral...  Read More >>

Introduction to Astrochemistry: Chemical Evolution from Interstellar Clouds to Star and Planet Formation

Introduction to Astrochemistry: Chemical Evolution from...

Author: Satoshi Yamamoto
ISBN: 9784431566250
Format: Paperback
$448.77

This important book describes the basic principles of astrochemistry—an interdisciplinary field combining astronomy,...  Read More >>

Geometrical Theory of Satellite Orbits and Gravity Field

Geometrical Theory of Satellite Orbits and Gravity Field...

Author: Drazen Svehla
ISBN: 9783319768724
Format: Hardback
$448.77

This book on space geodesy presents pioneering geometrical approaches in the modelling of satellite orbits and gravity...  Read More >>

The Sky at Night: How to Read the Solar System: A Guide to the Stars and Planets

The Sky at Night: How to Read the Solar System: A Guide...

Author: Chris North ,  Paul Abel
ISBN: 9781849906296
Format: Paperback
$39.99

The Solar System – so what is it?They look at all the major players, including our more familiar neighbours – the...  Read More >>

EChO - Exoplanet Characterisation Observatory

EChO - Exoplanet Characterisation Observatory

Author: Giovanna Tinetti ,  Pierre Drossart
ISBN: 9789402414158
Format: Paperback
$448.77

This book comprises 26 articles on the EChO science cases, mission pre-assessment and assessment, phase-studies,...  Read More >>

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