Solar system: the Sun & planets books

2435 books were found.

Outer Solar System: Prospective Energy and Material Resources

Outer Solar System: Prospective Energy and Material...

Author: Viorel Badescu ,  Kris Zacny
ISBN: 9783319738444
Format: Hardback
$659.97

The Earth has limited resources while the resources in space are virtually unlimited. The book therefore is a great...  Read More >>

Nothing To Come: A Defence of the Growing Block Theory of Time

Nothing To Come: A Defence of the Growing Block Theory...

Author: Fabrice Correia ,  Sven Rosenkranz
ISBN: 9783319787039
Format: Hardback
$316.77

This monograph is a detailed study, and systematic defence, of the Growing Block Theory of time (GBT), first conceived...  Read More >>

Predictability of Chaotic Dynamics: A Finite-time Lyapunov Exponents Approach

Predictability of Chaotic Dynamics: A Finite-time Lyapunov...

Author: Juan C. Vallejo ,  Miguel A. F. Sanjuan
ISBN: 9783319847719
Format: Paperback
$237.57

This book is primarily concerned with the computational aspects of predictability of dynamical systems – in particular...  Read More >>

30-Second Astronomy: The 50 most mindblowing discoveries in astronomy, each explained in half a minute

30-Second Astronomy: The 50 most mindblowing discoveries...

Author: François Fressin ,  Martin Rees
ISBN: 9781785783593
Format: Paperback
$24.99

A beautifully illustrated, full-colour guide with all of the big questions of the world above our heads explained...  Read More >>

Astrobiology, Discovery, and Societal Impact

Astrobiology, Discovery, and Societal Impact

Author: Steven J. Dick
ISBN: 9781108426763
Format: Hardback
$165.57

New discoveries in astrobiology, including thousands of planets around distant stars, have increased the likelihood...  Read More >>

Theory and Design Methods of Special Space Orbits

Theory and Design Methods of Special Space Orbits

Author: Yasheng Zhang ,  Yanli Xu
ISBN: 9789811097478
Format: Paperback
$340.56

This book focuses on the theory and design of special space orbits. Offering a systematic and detailed introduction...  Read More >>

Hyper-Velocity Impacts on Rubble Pile Asteroids

Hyper-Velocity Impacts on Rubble Pile Asteroids

Author: Jakob Deller
ISBN: 9783319838731
Format: Paperback
$290.37

The thesis presents a tool to create rubble pile asteroid simulants for use in numerical impact experiments, and...  Read More >>

Proceedings of the 12th Reinventing Space Conference

Proceedings of the 12th Reinventing Space Conference...

Author: Scott Hatton
ISBN: 9783319816593
Format: Paperback
$316.77

The proceedings of the 2014 Reinventing Space conference present a number of questions in the context of a constantly...  Read More >>

Recent Advances in Celestial and Space Mechanics

Recent Advances in Celestial and Space Mechanics

Author: Bernard Bonnard ,  Monique Chyba
ISBN: 9783319801476
Format: Paperback
$145.17

This book presents recent advances in space andcelestial mechanics, with a focus on the N-bodyproblem and astrodynamics,...  Read More >>

The Lidov-Kozai Effect - Applications in Exoplanet Research and Dynamical Astronomy

The Lidov-Kozai Effect - Applications in Exoplanet Research...

Author: Ivan I. Shevchenko
ISBN: 9783319828459
Format: Paperback
$290.37

This book deals with an effect in celestial mechanics that has become quite important in exoplanet research. It...  Read More >>

Methods of Detecting Exoplanets: 1st Advanced School on Exoplanetary Science

Methods of Detecting Exoplanets: 1st Advanced School...

Author: Valerio Bozza ,  Luigi Mancini
ISBN: 9783319801469
Format: Paperback
$290.37

The radial velocity method, transit method, microlensing method, and direct imaging method are all clearly explained,...  Read More >>

Space Architecture Education for Engineers and Architects: Designing and Planning Beyond Earth

Space Architecture Education for Engineers and Architects:...

Author: Sandra Häuplik-Meusburger ,  Olga Bannova
ISBN: 9783319792682
Format: Paperback
$369.57

This book considers two key educational tools for future generations of professionals with a space architecture...  Read More >>

Space Radiation and Astronaut Safety

Space Radiation and Astronaut Safety

Author: Erik Seedhouse
ISBN: 9783319746142
Format: Paperback
$131.97

This brief explores the biological effects of long-term radiation on astronauts in deep space. The text concisely...  Read More >>

Jets and Winds in Pulsar Wind Nebulae, Gamma-Ray Bursts and Blazars

Jets and Winds in Pulsar Wind Nebulae, Gamma-Ray Bursts...

Author: Andrei Bykov ,  Elena Amato
ISBN: 9789402412918
Format: Hardback
$422.37

Relativistic objects in astrophysics present a diverse set of phenomena and cover vast ranges of time scales and...  Read More >>

The Design and Engineering of Curiosity: How the Mars Rover Performs Its Job

The Design and Engineering of Curiosity: How the Mars...

Author: Emily Lakdawalla
ISBN: 9783319681443
Format: Paperback
$72.42

This essential reference to the Curiosity mission explains the engineering behind every system on the rover, from...  Read More >>

First Ten Years of Hinode Solar On-Orbit Observatory

First Ten Years of Hinode Solar On-Orbit Observatory...

Author: Toshifumi Shimizu ,  Shinsuke Imada
ISBN: 9789811077418
Format: Hardback
$362.22

Furthermore, it explores future perspective of researches in Japan. The book will benefit undergraduate students...  Read More >>

Magnetic Reconnection: Concepts and Applications

Magnetic Reconnection: Concepts and Applications

Author: Walter Gonzalez ,  Eugene Parker
ISBN: 9783319799520
Format: Paperback
$580.77

This book provides an overview of recent research highlights in the main areas of application of magnetic reconnection...  Read More >>

Gemini Flies!: Unmanned Flights and the First Manned Mission

Gemini Flies!: Unmanned Flights and the First Manned...

Author: David J. Shayler
ISBN: 9783319681412
Format: Paperback
$103.47

In May 1961, President John F. Kennedy committed the United States to landing a man on the moon before the end of...  Read More >>

Lunar and Interplanetary Trajectories

Lunar and Interplanetary Trajectories

Author: Robin Biesbroek
ISBN: 9783319800523
Format: Paperback
$290.37

Thisbook provides readers with a clear description of the types of lunar andinterplanetary trajectories, and how...  Read More >>

Multi-scale Structure Formation and Dynamics in Cosmic Plasmas

Multi-scale Structure Formation and Dynamics in Cosmic...

Author: Andre Balogh ,  Andrei Bykov
ISBN: 9781493980741
Format: Paperback
$290.37

Basic processes in cosmic plasmas starting fromelectric currents and the helicity concept governing the dynamics...  Read More >>

Plasma Sources of Solar System Magnetospheres

Plasma Sources of Solar System Magnetospheres

Author: Andrew F. Nagy ,  Michel Blanc
ISBN: 9781493980734
Format: Paperback
$290.37

This volume reviews what we know of the corresponding plasma source for each intrinsically magnetized planet.  Read More >>

The Strongest Magnetic Fields in the Universe

The Strongest Magnetic Fields in the Universe

Author: Vasily S. Beskin ,  A. Balogh
ISBN: 9781493980758
Format: Paperback
$448.77

This volume extends the ISSI series on magnetic fields in the Universe into the domain of what are by far the strongest...  Read More >>

Asteroids Impacts, Crustal Evolution and Related Mineral Systems with Special Reference to Australia

Asteroids Impacts, Crustal Evolution and Related Mineral...

Author: Andrew Y. Glikson ,  Franco Pirajno
ISBN: 9783319745442
Format: Hardback
$422.37

This book presents a comprehensive overview of Australian impact structures and related mineralization, including...  Read More >>

Planetary Ring Systems: Properties, Structure, and Evolution

Planetary Ring Systems: Properties, Structure, and Evolution...

Author: Matthew S. Tiscareno ,  Carl D. Murray (Queen Mary University of London)
ISBN: 9781107113824
Format: Hardback
$439.87

Understanding of planetary rings continues to grow thanks to ongoing space missions, but few books reconcile this...  Read More >>

Exploring the Architecture of Transiting Exoplanetary Systems with High-Precision Photometry

Exploring the Architecture of Transiting Exoplanetary...

Author: Kento Masuda
ISBN: 9789811084522
Format: Hardback
$316.77

This thesis develops and establishes several methods to determine the detailed geometric architecture of transiting...  Read More >>

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