Solar system: the Sun & planets books

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Cosmogenic Radionuclides: Theory and Applications in the Terrestrial and Space Environments

Cosmogenic Radionuclides: Theory and Applications in...

Author: Jürg Beer ,  Ken McCracken
ISBN: 9783642146503
Format: Hardback
$446.16

Cosmogenic radionuclides are radioactive isotopes which are produced by natural processes and distributed within...  Read More >>

The World of Comets

The World of Comets

Author: Amédée Guillemin ,  James Glaisher
ISBN: 9780511709449
Format: Undefined
$224.40

Translated by the meteorologist James Glaisher, Amédée Guillemin's The World of Comets (1877) provided the Victorian...  Read More >>

Plasma of Meteorite Impact & Prehistory of Life

Plasma of Meteorite Impact & Prehistory of Life

Author: George Managadze
ISBN: 9781613245101
Format: Hardback
$677.90

Offers a concept of the possible genesis of primary forms of living matter in the processes that accompany a hypervelocity...  Read More >>

Exploration of Halley’s Comet

Exploration of Halley’s Comet

Author: Michael Grewing ,  Francoise Praderie
ISBN: 9783642829734
Format: Paperback
$290.37

The 1985/86 apparition of Halley's Comet turned out to be the most important apparition of a comet ever. Halley's...  Read More >>

New Eyes on the Sun: A Guide to Satellite Images and Amateur Observation

New Eyes on the Sun: A Guide to Satellite Images and...

Author: John Wilkinson
ISBN: 9783642228384
Format: Paperback
$92.27

This volume presents the findings of several satellites from across the globe sent to observe the sun. Beautifully...  Read More >>

Planetary Systems: Formation, Evolution, and Detection: Proceedings of the First International Conference, held in Pasadena, California on December 8–10, 1992

Planetary Systems: Formation, Evolution, and Detection:...

Author: Bernard F. Burke ,  Jürgen H. Rahe
ISBN: 9789401045032
Format: Paperback
$145.17

Proceedings of the First International Conference, held in Pasadena, California on December 8--10, 1992  Read More >>

Magnetic Reconnection: Theoretical and Observational Perspectives

Magnetic Reconnection: Theoretical and Observational...

Author: William Lewis ,  Spiro Antiochos
ISBN: 9781461430452
Format: Hardback
$290.37

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Geometrical Optics of Inhomogeneous Media

Geometrical Optics of Inhomogeneous Media

Author: Yury A. Kravtsov ,  Yury I. Orlov
ISBN: 9783642840333
Format: Paperback
$237.57

This monograph is concerned with the fundamentals of up-to-date geo­ metrical optics treated as an approximate method...  Read More >>

Physics of the Inner Heliosphere I: Large-Scale Phenomena

Physics of the Inner Heliosphere I: Large-Scale Phenomena...

Author: Rainer Schwenn ,  Eckart Marsch
ISBN: 9783642753633
Format: Paperback
$145.17

The four chapters of Volume I of the work deal with large-scale phenomena: - observations of the solar corona -...  Read More >>

Our Explosive Sun: A Visual Feast of Our Source of Light and Life

Our Explosive Sun: A Visual Feast of Our Source of Light...

Author: Pal Brekke
ISBN: 9781461405702
Format: Hardback
$100.29

The Sun, which is our own star at the center of the Solar System, gives rise to all life on Earth and is the driver...  Read More >>

Guidebook to the Constellations: Telescopic Sights, Tales, and Myths

Guidebook to the Constellations: Telescopic Sights,...

Author: Phil Simpson
ISBN: 9781441969408
Format: Paperback
$92.27

This handbook guides the stargazer through all 88 officially recognized constellations, grouped according to their...  Read More >>

Materials Sciences in Space: A Contribution to the Scientific Basis of Space Processing

Materials Sciences in Space: A Contribution to the Scientific...

Author: Berndt Feuerbacher ,  Hans Hamacher
ISBN: 9783642827631
Format: Paperback
$290.37

t~icrogravity research, a new field originating from the accessibility of space, has reached the age of adolescence....  Read More >>

Observations Concerning the Planet Venus

Observations Concerning the Planet Venus

Author: Francesco Bianchini ,  S. Beaumont
ISBN: 9781447130772
Format: Paperback
$290.37

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Solar Magnetic Fields

Solar Magnetic Fields

Author: R.F. Howard
ISBN: 9789401031196
Format: Paperback
$145.17

I wish to express my gratitude to members of the Organizing Committee for advice and assistance and to R. Michard...  Read More >>

Physics of the Earth and the Solar System: Dynamics and Evolution, Space Navigation, Space-Time Structure

Physics of the Earth and the Solar System: Dynamics...

Author: B. Bertotti ,  Paolo Farinella
ISBN: 9789401073554
Format: Paperback
$580.77

Aims to be a balance between theory and applications, of analysis and synthesis, keeping the focus on the comprehension...  Read More >>

Analytical Techniques of Celestial Mechanics

Analytical Techniques of Celestial Mechanics

Author: Victor A. Brumberg
ISBN: 9783642794568
Format: Paperback
$145.17

The aim of this book is to describe contemporary analytical and semi­ analytical techniques for solving typical...  Read More >>

Solar Phenomena in Stars and Stellar Systems: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute held at Bonas, France, August 25–September 5, 1980

Solar Phenomena in Stars and Stellar Systems: Proceedings...

Author: R.M. Bonnet ,  A.K. Dupree
ISBN: 9789400984813
Format: Paperback
$145.17

This book represents the proceedings of a NATO Advanced Study Institute which was held at Bonas from August 25 till...  Read More >>

Spacecraft Navigation and Guidance

Spacecraft Navigation and Guidance

Author: Maxwell Noton
ISBN: 9781447115854
Format: Paperback
$290.37

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Physics and Chemistry of Comets

Physics and Chemistry of Comets

Author: Walter F. Huebner ,  Fred L. Whipple
ISBN: 9783642748073
Format: Paperback
$145.17

As this excellent book demonstrates, the study of comets has now reached the fas­ cinating stage where we understand...  Read More >>

Meteorites: Classification and Properties

Meteorites: Classification and Properties

Author: J. T. Wasson
ISBN: 9783642658655
Format: Paperback
$290.37

My goal in writing this book was to provide an introduction to meteorite science and a handbook on meteorite classification....  Read More >>

X-Ray Emission of Auroral Electrons and Magnetospheric Dynamics

X-Ray Emission of Auroral Electrons and Magnetospheric...

Author: Leonid L. Lazutin ,  Theodore J. Rosenberg
ISBN: 9783642704000
Format: Paperback
$290.37

Investigations of auroral X-rays began after Van Allen's (1957) discovery of hard radiation in the upper atmosphere...  Read More >>

Space Plasma Physics: 1 Stationary Processes

Space Plasma Physics: 1 Stationary Processes

Author: Akira Hasegawa ,  Tetsuya Sato
ISBN: 9783642741876
Format: Paperback
$145.17

As space physics approaches the new era, there should be no reason why space scientists cannot contribute, in a...  Read More >>

Sketching the Moon: An Astronomical Artist's Guide

Sketching the Moon: An Astronomical Artist's Guide

Author: Richard Handy ,  Deirdre Kelleghan
ISBN: 9781461409403
Format: Paperback
$105.47

For anyone artistically inclined, observing the Moon and attempting to sketch or paint it can easily become a passion....  Read More >>

The Origin and Dynamics of Solar Magnetism

The Origin and Dynamics of Solar Magnetism

Author: M.J. Thompson ,  A. Balogh
ISBN: 9781461417101
Format: Paperback
$290.37

The book treats all aspects of solar magnetism. Several contributions deal with the solar dynamo, the driver of...  Read More >>

1769: Transit of Venus: American Philosophical Society Essays

1769: Transit of Venus: American Philosophical Society...

Author: David Rittenhouse ,  John Ewing
ISBN: 9781606188910
Format: Paperback
$105.60

The ToV occurs when Venus’s orbit causes the planet to speed past the slower moving Earth and visibly cross the...  Read More >>

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