Solar system: the Sun & planets books

2434 books were found.

Planetary Nebulae Beyond the Milky Way: Proceedings of the ESO Workshop held at Garching, Germany, 19-21 May, 2004

Planetary Nebulae Beyond the Milky Way: Proceedings...

Author: L. Stanghellini ,  J.R. Walsh
ISBN: 9783642068188
Format: Paperback
$261.36

In the last decade extra-galactic planetary nebulae (PNe) have gained increasing importance. They are found in galaxies...  Read More >>

Hipparcos, the New Reduction of the Raw Data

Hipparcos, the New Reduction of the Raw Data

Author: Floor van Leeuwen
ISBN: 9789048176120
Format: Paperback
$551.76

Inevitably, the exploitation of so much new data not only solved some old problems, tidied up several confused areas...  Read More >>

Groups of Galaxies in the Nearby Universe: Proceedings of the ESO Workshop held at Santiago de Chile, December 5 - 9, 2005

Groups of Galaxies in the Nearby Universe: Proceedings...

Author: Ivo Saviane ,  Valentin D. Ivanov
ISBN: 9783642090264
Format: Paperback
$314.16

For every galaxy in the field or in clusters, there are about three galaxies in groups. The current generation of...  Read More >>

Scattering from Model Nonspherical Particles: Theory and Applications to Environmental Physics

Scattering from Model Nonspherical Particles: Theory...

Author: Ferdinando Borghese ,  Paolo Denti
ISBN: 9783642072215
Format: Paperback
$578.16

The problem of handling anisotropic particles of arbitrary shape is replaced in this text with the problem of considering...  Read More >>

Topics in Gravitational Dynamics: Solar, Extra-Solar and Galactic Systems

Topics in Gravitational Dynamics: Solar, Extra-Solar...

Author: Daniel Benest ,  Claude Froeschle
ISBN: 9783642092077
Format: Paperback
$145.17

Collects surveys of open problems in celestial dynamics and dynamical astronomy applied to solar, extra-solar and...  Read More >>

Rocket and Spacecraft Propulsion: Principles, Practice and New Developments

Rocket and Spacecraft Propulsion: Principles, Practice...

Author: Martin J. L. Turner
ISBN: 9783642088698
Format: Paperback
$659.97

The revised third edition of this eminently practical, hands-on book discusses the range of launch vehicles in use...  Read More >>

Lectures in Astrobiology: Volume II

Lectures in Astrobiology: Volume II

Author: Muriel Gargaud ,  A. Lazcano
ISBN: 9783642070259
Format: Paperback
$683.76

Focuses on the emergent science of astrobiology.  Read More >>

Geomagnetic Field Variations

Geomagnetic Field Variations

Author: K.H. Glaßmeier ,  Heinrich Soffel
ISBN: 9783642095603
Format: Paperback
$393.36

As the topic of the book covers a wide range of scientific disciplines, the first chapter summarises basic principles...  Read More >>

Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology: An Introduction

Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology: An Introduction...

Author: Peter Schneider
ISBN: 9783642069710
Format: Paperback
$237.47

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Cosmic Rays in Magnetospheres of the Earth and other Planets

Cosmic Rays in Magnetospheres of the Earth and other...

Author: Lev Dorman
ISBN: 9789048180967
Format: Paperback
$657.36

The problem of cosmic ray (CR) geomagnetic effects came to the fore at the beg- ning of the 1930s after the famous...  Read More >>

Dynamic Planet: Mercury in the Context of its Environment

Dynamic Planet: Mercury in the Context of its Environment...

Author: Pamela Elizabeth Clark
ISBN: 9781441923707
Format: Paperback
$446.16

Views Mercury as a whole in the context of its environment. This book illustrates what we know and what we need...  Read More >>

Solar Activity and Earth's Climate

Solar Activity and Earth's Climate

Author: Rasmus E. Benestad
ISBN: 9783642067907
Format: Paperback
$472.56

The main purpose of this book is to introduce the reader to the subject of solar activity and the connection with...  Read More >>

The Heliosphere through the Solar Activity Cycle

The Heliosphere through the Solar Activity Cycle

Author: A. Balogh ,  Louis J. Lanzerotti
ISBN: 9783642093685
Format: Paperback
$446.16

Understanding how the Sun changes though its 11-year sunspot cycle and how these changes affect the vast space around...  Read More >>

Solar and Heliospheric Origins of Space Weather Phenomena

Solar and Heliospheric Origins of Space Weather Phenomena...

Author: Jean-Pierre Rozelot
ISBN: 9783642070310
Format: Paperback
$145.17

Comprises an excursion through space weather, a scientific topic in rapid growth and with growing impact and complications...  Read More >>

Solar Variability and Planetary Climates

Solar Variability and Planetary Climates

Author: Y. Calisesi ,  R.-M. Bonnet
ISBN: 9781441923714
Format: Paperback
$448.77

2 With a global average irradiance of 342 W/m , the Sun is by far the largest source of energy for planet Earth....  Read More >>

Origin and Early Evolution of Comet Nuclei: Workshop honouring Johannes Geiss on the occasion of his 80th birthday

Origin and Early Evolution of Comet Nuclei: Workshop...

Author: Hans Balsiger ,  Kathrin Altwegg
ISBN: 9781441927491
Format: Paperback
$446.16

This volume presents the results of a scientific workshop on comet nuclei. It formulates the current understanding...  Read More >>

Human Missions to Mars: Enabling Technologies for Exploring the Red Planet

Human Missions to Mars: Enabling Technologies for Exploring...

Author: Donald Rapp
ISBN: 9783642092015
Format: Paperback
$527.97

Chapter 4 discusses a wide range of elements critical to a human Mars mission, including life support consumables,...  Read More >>

Future Spacecraft Propulsion Systems: Enabling Technologies for Space Exploration

Future Spacecraft Propulsion Systems: Enabling Technologies...

Author: Claudio Bruno ,  Paul A. Czysz
ISBN: 9783642100246
Format: Paperback
$607.17

Once again comprehensive and authoritative, this second edition puts spacecraft propulsion systems in perspective,...  Read More >>

Moon: A Brief History

Moon: A Brief History

Author: Bernd Brunner
ISBN: 9780300152128
Format: Hardback
$66.00

Offers a perspective on such age-old questions as 'What would Earth be like without the moon?' Drawing on materials...  Read More >>

Elementary Physics of Complex Plasmas

Elementary Physics of Complex Plasmas

Author: V.N. Tsytovich ,  Gregor Morfill
ISBN: 9783642067037
Format: Paperback
$340.56

Complex plasmas are dusty plasmas in which the density and electric charges of the dust grains are sufficiently...  Read More >>

Dynamics of Comets and Asteroids and Their Role in Earth History: Proceedings of a Workshop held at the Dynic Astropark ‘Ten-Kyu-Kan’, August 14–18, 1997

Dynamics of Comets and Asteroids and Their Role in Earth...

Author: Shin Yabushita ,  Jacques Henrard
ISBN: 9789048150816
Format: Paperback
$448.77

Proceedings of a Workshop held at the Dynic Astropark 'Ten-Kyu-Kan', August 14-18, 1997  Read More >>

Solar, Stellar and Galactic Connections between Particle Physics and Astrophysics

Solar, Stellar and Galactic Connections between Particle...

Author: Alberto Carramiñana ,  Francisco Siddharta Guzmán Murillo
ISBN: 9789048173990
Format: Paperback
$448.77

During the IV Escuela Mexicana de Astrof´ ?sica (EMA-2005), held in the beautiful colonial city of Morelia between...  Read More >>

Exoplanets: Detection, Formation, Properties, Habitability

Exoplanets: Detection, Formation, Properties, Habitability...

Author: John Mason
ISBN: 9783642093289
Format: Paperback
$446.16

A collection of review articles covering the developments in exoplanet research. It also covers topics such as the...  Read More >>

Natural Fullerenes and Related Structures of Elemental Carbon

Natural Fullerenes and Related Structures of Elemental...

Author: Frans J.M. Rietmeijer
ISBN: 9789048170548
Format: Paperback
$448.77

Observational, experimental and analytical data show that C60, larger fullerenes, and related structures of elemental...  Read More >>

Small Satellites for Earth Observation: Selected Contributions

Small Satellites for Earth Observation: Selected Contributions...

Author: Rainer Sandau ,  Hans-Peter Roeser
ISBN: 9789048177721
Format: Paperback
$604.56

Thus a new class of advanced small satellite missions, including autonomously-operating “intelligent” satellites...  Read More >>

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