Название: The Life of Stars: The Controversial Inception and Emergence of the Theory of Stellar Structure
Автор: Giora Shaviv,
Издательство: Spтшger
Год: 2009
Страниц 504
ISBN: 3642020879
Формат: PDF
Размер: 15,6 MB
Язык Английский
This beautifully illustrated book describes the birth and evolution of the theory of stellar structure through the vehement controversy between biology (as presented by Darwin) and physics (as presented by Kelvin) about the age of the Earth, which culminated with Rutherford suggesting radioactive dating. Shaviv analyzes critically many proclaimed scientific results, showing how and why they were wrong, and explains why it took decades to find the now accepted scientific answers - where there are such - ... Читать дальше »

                    

Название: Fundamentals of Cosmology,2 Edition
Автор: James Rich
Издательство: Springer
Год: 2010
Страниц 328
ISBN: 3642027997
Формат: PDF
Размер: 3,9 MB
Язык Английский
The book is aimed at astrophysics students and professional physicists who wish to understand the basics of cosmology and general relativity as well as the observational foundations of the LambdaCDM model of the Universe. The book provides a self-contained introduction to general relativity that is based on the homogeneity and isotropy of the local universe. The simplicity of this space allows general relativity to be presented in a very elementary manner while laying the foundation for the ... Читать дальше »

                  

Название: Galaxies and their Masks: A Conference in Honour of K.C. Freeman, FRS
Автор: David L. Block, Kenneth C. Freeman, Ivânio Puerari
Издательство: Springer
Год: 2010
Страниц 482
ISBN: 1441973168
Формат: PDF
Размер: 18 MB
Язык Английский
Various kinds of masks obscure our view of our galaxy, the Milky Way, as well as of other galaxies. Masks of interstellar dust affect our measurements within galaxies, on scales ranging from individual supernovae to the galaxies themselves. The "mass mask” (our inability to image mass rather than light) gives astronomers a very incomplete picture of the size and structure of galaxies themselves, because we cannot image the dark matter which provides most of the galactic mass. Anoth ... Читать дальше »

                  

Название: Planetary Systems: Detection, Formation and Habitability of Extrasolar Planets
Автор: Marc Ollivier, Therese Encrenaz, Francoise Roques, and Franck Selsis
Издательство: Springer
Год: 2009
Страниц 360
ISBN: 3642094864
Формат: PDF
Размер: 12MB
Over the past ten years, the discovery of extrasolar planets has opened a new field of astronomy, and this area of research is rapidly growing, from both the observational and theoretical point of view. The presence of many giant exoplanets in the close vicinity of their star shows that these newly discovered planetary systems are very different from the solar system. New theoretical models are being developed in order to understand their formation scenarios, and new observat ... Читать дальше »

                  

Название: Astronomy with Radioactivities (Lecture Notes in Physics)
Автор: Roland Diehl, Dieter H. Hartmann, and Nikos Prantzos
Издательство: Springer
Год: 2010
Страниц 564
ISBN: 3642126979
Формат: PDF
Размер: 15,1 MB
Язык Английский


This book introduces the reader to the field of nuclear astrophysics, i.e. the acquisition and reading of measurements on unstable isotopes in different parts of the universe. The authors explain the role of radioactivities in astrophysics, discuss specific sources of cosmic isotopes and in which special regions they can be observed. More specifically, the authors address stars of different types, stellar explosions which terminate stellar evolutions, and other explosions triggered by mass transfers and instabili ... Читать дальше »

                 

Название: Star Clusters: A Pocket Field Guide
Автор: Charles A. Cardona
Издательство: Springer
Год: 2010
Страниц 174
ISBN: 1441970398
Формат: PDF
Размер: 10,9 MB
Язык Английский
 Star clusters are some of the most beautiful objects in the night sky and are prime targets for observational astronomers as well as astrophotographers. Using some of the newer technologies and larger and more powerful telescopes available today to amateur astronomers, many more of these dazzling groupings of stars can now be located and viewed throughout the year. In this field guide that will help you to decide what to look for and where to look for it, as well as what equipment to use, you will find what you need, whether you are a beginner i ... Читать дальше »

                 

Название: The Milky Way
Автор: Gregory Vogt
Издательство: Lerner
Год: 2010
Страниц 48
ISBN: 0761338756
Формат: PDF
Размер: 11,5 MB
Язык Английский
This lively and informative book offers beginning readers a simple introduction to the Milky Way.
About the Author
Gregory L. Vogt began his professional career as a science teacher. He later joined NASA's education programs, teaching students and teachers about space exploration. He works in outreach programs for the Kennedy Space Center. He is also the principal investigator for an educational grant with the National Space Biomedical Research Institute. Vogt has written more than seventy science books for children.

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Название: Meteors and Comets (Early Bird Astronomy)
Автор: Gregory Vogt
Издательство: Lerner
Год: 2010
Страниц 48
ISBN: 0761338764
Формат: PDF
Размер: 14,2 MB
Язык Английский
Have you ever seen a shooting star? What you really saw was a meteor! A meteor is actually a chunk of metallic or stony matter - called a meteoroid - that enters the earth's atmosphere from outer space. A comet, on the other hand, is a lump of ice and dust that periodically comes into the center of the solar system from somewhere in its outer reaches. Learn more about meteors and comets in this lively and informative book!

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Название: Mars: Prospective Energy and Material Resources
Автор: Viorel Badescu
Издательство: Springer
Год: 2010
Страниц 700
ISBN: 642036287
Формат: PDF
Размер: 19,5 MB
Язык Английский
The manned mission is seen as a first step towards a Mars surface exploration base-station and, later, establishing permanent settlement. The location and use of Mars’s natural resources is vital to enable cost-effective long-duration human exploration and exploitation missions as well as subsequent human colonization. Planet resources include various crust-lodged materials, a low-pressure natural atmosphere, assorted forms of utilizable energy, lower gravity than Earth’s, and ground placement advantages relative to human operability and living standards. Power resources may include us ... Читать дальше »

                   

Название: Парад планет
Автор: Ксанфомалити Л. В.
Издательство: Наука. Физматлит
Год: 1997
Страниц: 308
ISBN: 5-02-015226-9
Формат: PDF
Размер: 16 Mб
Язык: русский
Многие астрономы-профессионалы наших дней в детстве зачитывались книгами К. Фламмариона, Б. А. Воронцова-Вельяминова и другими научно-популярными изданиями. Космические исследования принесли на страницы специальных изданий новый мир планет, разительно не похожий на прежние представления. В наземной технике, используя приборы, способные анализировать ничтожные количества вещества, ученые пытаются обнаружить следы древней жизни в метеоритах, пришедших с других небесных тел. Но в научно-популярные издания новые результаты проникают медленно.
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