Theoretical & mathematical astronomy books

1213 books were found.

Imagination and Rigor: Essays on Eduardo R. Caianiello's Scientific Heritage

Imagination and Rigor: Essays on Eduardo R. Caianiello's...

Author: Settimo Termini
ISBN: 9788847056190
Format: Paperback
$181.10

On the other hand, it aims at pinpointing with the help of the scientists contributing to the volume – some crucial...  Read More >>

Weird Universe: Exploring the Most Bizarre Ideas in Cosmology

Weird Universe: Exploring the Most Bizarre Ideas in...

Author: David A. J. Seargent
ISBN: 9783319107370
Format: Paperback
$64.66

As new discoveries complicate the scientific picture of the universe, the evolving theories about the nature of...  Read More >>

Solar Magnetic Phenomena: Proceedings of the 3rd Summerschool and Workshop held at the Solar Observatory Kanzelhöhe, Kärnten, Austria, August 25 - September 5, 2003

Solar Magnetic Phenomena: Proceedings of the 3rd Summerschool...

Author: A. Hanslmeier ,  A. Veronig
ISBN: 9789400793323
Format: Paperback
$284.60

Contains lecture papers and contributed papers on different aspects of magnetic phenomena in the solar atmosphere....  Read More >>

Synergies between Solar and Stellar Modelling

Synergies between Solar and Stellar Modelling

Author: Maria Pia Di Mauro ,  Daniela Cardini
ISBN: 9789400789753
Format: Paperback
$517.47

This work is intended to give a comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge in solar and stellar modelling....  Read More >>

High-Resolution X-Ray Spectroscopy: Past, Present and Future

High-Resolution X-Ray Spectroscopy: Past, Present and...

Author: Jelle Kaastra ,  Frits Paerels
ISBN: 9781489999375
Format: Paperback
$448.77

High-resolution X-ray spectroscopy has become a powerful tool for astrophysics since the launch of Chandra and XMM-Newton,...  Read More >>

Fifty Years of Quasars: From Early Observations and Ideas to Future Research

Fifty Years of Quasars: From Early Observations and...

Author: Mauro D'Onofrio ,  Paola Marziani
ISBN: 9783642443848
Format: Paperback
$388.10

The 50th anniversary of the discovery of quasars in 1963 presents an interesting opportunity to ask questions about...  Read More >>

Essays on Medieval Computational Astronomy

Essays on Medieval Computational Astronomy

Author: Jose Chabas Bergon ,  Bernard R. Goldstein
ISBN: 9789004281745
Format: Hardback
$498.96

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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: 9783319105239
Format: Hardback
$362.22

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

Einstein's Theory: A Rigorous Introduction for the Mathematically Untrained

Einstein's Theory: A Rigorous Introduction for the Mathematically...

Author: Øyvind Grøn ,  Arne Næss
ISBN: 9781489997326
Format: Paperback
$263.97

This book provides an introduction to the theory of relativity and the mathematics used in its processes.  Read More >>

Fundamentals of Space Medicine

Fundamentals of Space Medicine

Author: Gilles Clément
ISBN: 9781461428145
Format: Paperback
$369.57

And finally, there are new space research opportunities with the Orion space vehicle that will soon replace the...  Read More >>

Physics of Space Storms: From the Solar Surface to the Earth

Physics of Space Storms: From the Solar Surface to the...

Author: Hannu Koskinen
ISBN: 9783642424007
Format: Paperback
$336.35

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 >>

Astrostatistics and Data Mining

Astrostatistics and Data Mining

Author: Luis Manuel Sarro ,  Laurent Eyer
ISBN: 9781489999177
Format: Paperback
$290.37

This book offers an overview of the statistical analysis of astronomical data, presenting examples that apply current...  Read More >>

In Search of William Gascoigne: Seventeenth Century Astronomer

In Search of William Gascoigne: Seventeenth Century...

Author: David Sellers
ISBN: 9781489995742
Format: Paperback
$290.37

William Gascoigne (c.1612-44) was the inventor of the telescopic sight and micrometer (instruments crucial to the...  Read More >>

The Cosmic Keyhole: How Astronomy Is Unlocking the Secrets of the Universe

The Cosmic Keyhole: How Astronomy Is Unlocking the Secrets...

Author: Will Gater
ISBN: 9781489981400
Format: Paperback
$79.07

In the last thirty years humans have probed the Universe, explored the Solar System and visited with spacecraft...  Read More >>

Spectral Evolution in Blazars: The Case of CTA 102

Spectral Evolution in Blazars: The Case of CTA 102

Author: Christian Fromm
ISBN: 9783319107677
Format: Hardback
$310.47

This prize-winning thesis deals with the observation and modeling of the spectral evolution of blazars. Based on...  Read More >>

Experiments in Reduced Gravity: Sediment Settling on Mars

Experiments in Reduced Gravity: Sediment Settling on...

Author: Nikolaus Kuhn (Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel, Switzerland) ,  Nikolaus Kuhn (Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel, Switzerland)
ISBN: 9780127999654
Format: Paperback
$79.07

Reflects experiments conducted on Martian geomorphology in reduced gravity. This book focuses on sediment experiments...  Read More >>

Physics of the Plasma Universe

Physics of the Plasma Universe

Author: Anthony L. Peratt
ISBN: 9781493936946
Format: Paperback
$343.17

This book presents the known properties of matter in the plasma state, going from the fundamentals to astrophysical...  Read More >>

Physics of the Plasma Universe

Physics of the Plasma Universe

Author: Anthony L. Peratt
ISBN: 9781461478188
Format: Hardback
$580.77

This book presents the known properties of matter in the plasma state, going from the fundamentals to astrophysical...  Read More >>

Mary Somerville and the World of Science

Mary Somerville and the World of Science

Author: Allan Chapman
ISBN: 9783319093987
Format: Paperback
$129.35

Mary Somerville (1780-1872), after whom Somerville College Oxford was named, was the first woman scientist to win...  Read More >>

Hadrons in Dense Matter and Hadrosynthesis: Proceedings of the Eleventh Chris Engelbrecht Summer School Held in Cape Town, South Africa, 4–13 February 1998

Hadrons in Dense Matter and Hadrosynthesis: Proceedings...

Author: Jean Cleymans ,  Hendrik B. Geyer
ISBN: 9783662142387
Format: Paperback
$186.30

In seven lectures of a pedagogical nature aimed at both researchers and graduate students the authors review important...  Read More >>

Quasars, AGNs and Related Research Across 2000: Conference on the Occasion of L. Woltjer’s 70th Birthday Held at the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome, Italy 3–5 May 2000

Quasars, AGNs and Related Research Across 2000: Conference...

Author: G. Setti ,  J.-P. Swings
ISBN: 9783662308011
Format: Paperback
$186.30

The proceedings of the international conference held in honor of Lodewijk Woltjer, focus on the physics, origin...  Read More >>

The First Stars: Proceedings of the MPA/ESO Workshop Held at Garching, Germany, 4–6 August 1999

The First Stars: Proceedings of the MPA/ESO Workshop...

Author: Achim Weiss ,  Tom G. Abel
ISBN: 9783662309414
Format: Paperback
$186.30

"Neither the formation process of ""The First Stars"" nor their existence in the present universe is known with...  Read More >>

From Twilight to Highlight: The Physics of Supernovae: Proceedings of the ESO/MPA/MPE Workshop Held at Garching, Germany, 29–31 July 2002

From Twilight to Highlight: The Physics of Supernovae:...

Author: Wolfgang Hillebrandt ,  Bruno Leibundgut
ISBN: 9783662307830
Format: Paperback
$85.36

Supernovae, their bearing on cosmology and their connection to gamma-ray bursts are now at the center of astrophysical...  Read More >>

The Cassini-Huygens Mission: Orbiter In Situ Investigations Volume 2

The Cassini-Huygens Mission: Orbiter In Situ Investigations...

Author: C.T. Russell
ISBN: 9789401570695
Format: Paperback
$219.91

This volume describes the in situ investigations on the Cassini orbiter: plasma spectrometer, ion and neutral mass...  Read More >>

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