Solar system: the Sun & planets books

Dynamics of Deformable Bodies  Read More >>

Six Months in Ascension (1878) contains Isobel Gill's account of the 1877 expedition to the Island of Ascension,...  Read More >>

C. Piazzi Smyth paints a vivid anecdotal picture of the trials and tribulations of life while collecting precise...  Read More >>

This handbook by George Frederick Chambers (1841–1915), a young and enthusiastic amateur astronomer, became a best-seller...  Read More >>

In Outlines of Astronomy, Herschel provides an important review of what was known of the physical world in the mid-nineteenth...  Read More >>

The book introduces the solar coronal mass ejection phenomena. Coronal Mass Ejections brings together solar physics,...  Read More >>

Sir George Darwin (1845–1912), the second son and fifth child of Charles Darwin, became Plumian Professor of Astronomy...  Read More >>

The distinguished astronomer Edwin Dunkin published The Midnight Sky in 1869 and is best known for this classic...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1885, this beautifully illustrated volume provides a detailed survey of the history and...  Read More >>

Exoplanet research is one of the most explosive subjects in astronomy today, with more than 500 exoplanets now known....  Read More >>

The Sky Watching series will captivate students as it explores Earth's atmosphere and our local 'space neighbourhood'....  Read More >>

The Sky Watching series will captivate students as it explores Earth's atmosphere and our local 'space neighbourhood'....  Read More >>

This book provides a summary of current research in the application of image registration to satellite imagery....  Read More >>

Ever since the Montgolfier's hot air balloon carried a chicken, a goat, and a duck into the Parisian skies, scientists...  Read More >>

This book presents high-definition images of the moon’s surface, courtesy of the Kaguya lunar orbiter's camera,...  Read More >>

Written by leading experts, these review papers explore the many aspects of black hole astrophysics. Topics range...  Read More >>

Casting light on the origins and evolution of planets and planetary systems, this title reveals how technology advances...  Read More >>

Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel (1876) contains the letters and diaries of the celebrated astronomer...  Read More >>

The final section of the book is concerned with the exploitation of data, with chapters on observational aspects,...  Read More >>

The intention of the inaugural meeting of the Sant Cugat Forum on Astrophysics was to address, in a global context,...  Read More >>

Gamma-ray astronomy began in the mid-1960s with balloon satellite, and, at very high photon energies, also with...  Read More >>

"A collection of papers, which addresses the question ""What is the Magnetospheric Cusp?"" and its role in the coupling...  Read More >>

This book details the state-of-the art in the field of space storms. The topics range from the storms in the solar...  Read More >>

This volume represents the state of the art of the science covered by the International Association of Geomagnetism...  Read More >>

Information collected by recent space probes sent to explore the Moon by the USA, the European Space Agency, Japan,...  Read More >>