Theoretical & mathematical astronomy books

1208 books were found.

The Stars of Galileo Galilei and the Universal Knowledge of Athanasius Kircher

The Stars of Galileo Galilei and the Universal Knowledge...

Author: Roberto Buonanno
ISBN: 9783319375571
Format: Paperback
$194.04

In this fascinating book, the author traces the careers, ideas, discoveries, and inventions of two renowned scientists,...  Read More >>

Solar System Astrophysics: Planetary Atmospheres and the Outer Solar System

Solar System Astrophysics: Planetary Atmospheres and...

Author: Eugene F. Milone ,  William J.F. Wilson
ISBN: 9781493939060
Format: Paperback
$263.97

The second edition of Solar System Astrophysics: Planetary Atmospheres and the Outer Solar System provides a timely...  Read More >>

Neutrino Geophysics: Proceedings of Neutrino Sciences 2005

Neutrino Geophysics: Proceedings of Neutrino Sciences...

Author: Stephen T. Dye
ISBN: 9781493950690
Format: Paperback
$448.77

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Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology: An Introduction

Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology: An Introduction...

Author: Peter Schneider
ISBN: 9783662500606
Format: Paperback
$116.41

The basics of classical astronomy and stellar astrophysics needed for extragalactic astronomy are provided in the...  Read More >>

Schumann Resonance for Tyros: Essentials of Global Electromagnetic Resonance in the Earth–Ionosphere Cavity

Schumann Resonance for Tyros: Essentials of Global Electromagnetic...

Author: Alexander Nickolaenko ,  Masashi Hayakawa
ISBN: 9784431561286
Format: Paperback
$219.91

Schumann resonance has been studied for more than half a century. A huge number of publications can be found in...  Read More >>

Asteroseismology

Asteroseismology

Author: C. Aerts ,  J. Christensen-Dalsgaard
ISBN: 9789401776417
Format: Paperback
$388.10

While stellar structure and evolution are understood in general terms, we lack important physical ingredients, despite...  Read More >>

1st Karl Schwarzschild Meeting on Gravitational Physics

1st Karl Schwarzschild Meeting on Gravitational Physics...

Author: Piero Nicolini ,  Matthias Kaminski
ISBN: 9783319349947
Format: Paperback
$362.22

These proceedings collect the selected contributions of participants of the First Karl Schwarzschild Meeting on...  Read More >>

Probing Cosmic Dark Matter and Dark Energy with Weak Gravitational Lensing Statistics

Probing Cosmic Dark Matter and Dark Energy with Weak...

Author: Masato Shirasaki
ISBN: 9789811012976
Format: Paperback
$181.10

In this book the applicability and the utility of two statistical approaches for understanding dark energy and dark...  Read More >>

The Synthesis of the Elements: The Astrophysical Quest for Nucleosynthesis and What It Can Tell Us About the Universe

The Synthesis of the Elements: The Astrophysical Quest...

Author: Giora Shaviv
ISBN: 9783662507933
Format: Paperback
$465.72

Shaviv shows how science lurched from one dogma to the next, time and again shattering much of what had been considered...  Read More >>

Ultimate Horizons: Probing the Limits of the Universe

Ultimate Horizons: Probing the Limits of the Universe...

Author: Helmut Satz
ISBN: 9783662511893
Format: Paperback
$116.41

In the last hundred years, modern physics and cosmology have shown that there exist regions of the universe forever...  Read More >>

High-Redshift Galaxies: Light from the Early Universe

High-Redshift Galaxies: Light from the Early Universe...

Author: Immo Appenzeller
ISBN: 9783662518106
Format: Paperback
$258.72

This comprehensive account of the last ten years' scientific results on high-redshift galaxies summarizes and critically...  Read More >>

Cosmic Ray Interactions, Propagation, and Acceleration in Space Plasmas

Cosmic Ray Interactions, Propagation, and Acceleration...

Author: Lev Dorman ,  L I Dorman
ISBN: 9789402404531
Format: Paperback
$465.72

This book provides an extended review on energetic particles interactions, propagation and acceleration in space...  Read More >>

The Universe in X-Rays

The Universe in X-Rays

Author: Joachim E. Trümper ,  Günther Hasinger
ISBN: 9783662517857
Format: Paperback
$258.72

In the last 45 years, X-ray astronomy has become an integral part of modern astrophysics and cosmology.  Read More >>

Advances in Gamma Ray Resonant Scattering and Absorption: Long-Lived Isomeric Nuclear States

Advances in Gamma Ray Resonant Scattering and Absorption:...

Author: Andrey V. Davydov
ISBN: 9783319358857
Format: Paperback
$258.72

This book presents the basics and advanced topics of research of gamma ray physics. It describes measuring of Fermi...  Read More >>

50 Years of Brown Dwarfs: From Prediction to Discovery to Forefront of Research

50 Years of Brown Dwarfs: From Prediction to Discovery...

Author: Viki Joergens
ISBN: 9783319375236
Format: Paperback
$232.85

Some 20 years after their discovery, how Brown Dwarfs form is still one of the main open questions in the theory...  Read More >>

A Comet of the Enlightenment: Anders Johan Lexell's Life and Discoveries

A Comet of the Enlightenment: Anders Johan Lexell's...

Author: Johan C.-E. Stén
ISBN: 9783319345321
Format: Paperback
$226.95

The Finnish mathematician and astronomer Anders Johan Lexell (1740–1784) was a long-time close collaborator as well...  Read More >>

Frontiers of Fundamental Physics and Physics Education Research

Frontiers of Fundamental Physics and Physics Education...

Author: Burra G. Sidharth ,  Marisa Michelini
ISBN: 9783319375427
Format: Paperback
$310.47

In a knowledge-based society, research into fundamental physics plays a vital role not only in the enhancement of...  Read More >>

Galactic Bulges

Galactic Bulges

Author: Eija Laurikainen ,  Reynier Peletier
ISBN: 9783319372105
Format: Paperback
$258.72

A central point of the book is that, while in the standard picture of galaxy formation a significant amount of the...  Read More >>

Ecology of Blue Straggler Stars

Ecology of Blue Straggler Stars

Author: Henri M. J. Boffin ,  Giovanni Carraro
ISBN: 9783662512746
Format: Paperback
$258.72

The existence of blue straggler stars, which appear younger, hotter, and more massive than their siblings, is at...  Read More >>

Magnetic Fields in Diffuse Media

Magnetic Fields in Diffuse Media

Author: Alexander Lazarian ,  Elisabete M. de Gouveia Dal Pino
ISBN: 9783662507223
Format: Paperback
$336.35

Starting with an overview of 21st century instrumentation to observe astrophysical magnetic fields, the chapters...  Read More >>

Scientific Detectors for Astronomy 2005: Explorers of the Photon Odyssey

Scientific Detectors for Astronomy 2005: Explorers of...

Author: Jenna E. Beletic ,  James W. Beletic
ISBN: 9789401776394
Format: Paperback
$442.46

The 2005 meeting in Taormina, Italy was attended by 127 professionals who develop and use the highest quality detectors...  Read More >>

Highlighting the History of Astronomy in the Asia-Pacific Region: Proceedings of the ICOA-6 Conference

Highlighting the History of Astronomy in the Asia-Pacific...

Author: Wayne Orchiston ,  Tsuko Nakamura
ISBN: 9781493941056
Format: Paperback
$659.97

With just 400 pages, this title provides readers with the results of recent research from some of the world's leading...  Read More >>

Ice, Rock, and Beauty: A Visual Tour of the New Solar System

Ice, Rock, and Beauty: A Visual Tour of the New Solar...

Author: C. Murray ,  David Brodie
ISBN: 9781493950560
Format: Paperback
$100.29

Imaging techniques from Earth continue to improve, while missions such as Voyager, Galileo and the Hubble Space...  Read More >>

Ancient Astronomical Observations and the Study of the Moon’s Motion (1691-1757)

Ancient Astronomical Observations and the Study of the...

Author: John M. Steele
ISBN: 9781493943616
Format: Paperback
$290.37

The discovery of a gradual acceleration in the moon’s mean motion by Edmond Halley in the last decade of the seventeenth...  Read More >>

First Light in the Universe: Saas-Fee Advanced Course 36. Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy

First Light in the Universe: Saas-Fee Advanced Course...

Author: Abraham Loeb ,  Daniel Schaerer
ISBN: 9783662518434
Format: Paperback
$232.85

"Contains the worked out lectures given at the 36th Saas-Fee Advanced Course ""First Light in the Universe"" by...  Read More >>

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