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Derived from the content of the respected "McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms," Sixth Edition, each title provides thousands of definitions of words and phrases encountered in a …

geschrieben von McGraw-Hill Companies (Autor) und McGraw-Hill Companies (Herausgeber) und Mark D. Licker (Ausgewählt von)

Astronomy on the Personal Computer provides the reader with a thorough introduction to the computation of celestial mechanics, which is of particular significance to astronomical observation. Covering …

Introduction.- Coordinate Systems.- Calculation of Rising and Setting Times.- Cometary Orbits. - Special Perturbations.- Planetary Orbits.- Physical Ephemerides of the Planets.- The Orbit of the …

geschrieben von Oliver Montenbruck (Autor) und Thomas Pfleger (Autor) und Storm Dunlop (Übersetzung)

The most definitive star atlas ever produced is back! With over 1,500 star charts and 1.8 million stars to 11th magnitude, charted using data from European Space Agency's Hipparcos Project, the …

geschrieben von Roger W. Sinnott (Autor) und Michael A. Perryman (Autor)

This classic text, aimed at senior undergraduates and beginning graduate students in physics and astronomy, presents a wide range of astrophysical concepts in sufficient depth to give the reader a …

An Approach to Astrophysics.- The Cosmic Distance Scale.- Dynamics and Masses of Astronomical Bodies.- Random Processes.- Photons and Fast Particles.- Electromagnetic Processes in Space.- Quantum …

geschrieben von Martin Harwit (Autor)

Simple text and photographs describe the dwarf planet Pluto. …

geschrieben von Thomas K. Adamson (Autor)

The book covers the field of solar system astrophysics beginning with basic tools of spherical astronomy and coordinate frames and celestial mechanics. Historical introductions precede the development …

Preface.- Acknowledgments.- Planetary Atmospheres and Ionospheres.- Planetary Magnetism and Magnetospheres.- The Giant Planets.- Satellite and Ring Systems.- Comets and Meteors.- Meteorites, …

Title is also available as part of a set: Solar …

geschrieben von Eugene F. Milone (Autor) und William Wilson (Autor)

Contains an update on detection efforts by experimental groups around the world trying to pin down different forms of matter under the names of axions, neutralinos, wimps, primordial black holes, q …

Cosmological Parameters -- CMB, SDSS; Accelerator Searches for Dark Matter; Dark Matter and Galactic Dynamics; Direct and Indirect Detection Methods; Wimps and SuperWimps; Supersymmetric Dark Matter; …

geschrieben von Minos Axenides (Herausgeber) und George Fanourakis (Herausgeber) und John Vergados (Herausgeber)

An annual calendar featuring …

geschrieben von Terence Dickinson (Herausgeber)

This complete, authoritative study of the growing discipline of Archaeoastronomy examines the role of astronomy in antiquity. Professor Giulio Magli provides a clear, up-to-date survey of current …

geschrieben von Giulio Magli (Autor)

Robert Tubbs undertook a Ph.D. in astronomy instrumentation based jointly in the Institute of Astronomy and Cavendish Astrophysics Group, Cambridge University. He is now based at Reading University …

This monograph describes the \"Lucky\" imaging method developed at the University of Cambridge between 1999 and 2003. This technique allows the distorting effects of the Earth\'s atmosphere to be …

geschrieben von Robert Tubbs (Autor)