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Einstein's Cosmos: How Albert Einstein's Vision Transformed Our Understanding of Space and Time
ISBN: 9780393327007 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The year 2005 marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of the paper that launched Einstein's career, made E=mc2 famous, and ushered in a revolution in science the paper that announced the theory of special relativity. And there's no better short book that explains just what Einstein did than "Einstein's Cosmos." Keying Einstein's crucial discoveries to the simple mental images that inspired them, Michio Kaku finds a revealing new way to discuss these ideas, and delivers an appealing and always accessible introduction to Einstein's work."
The year 2005 marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of the paper that launched Einstein's career, made E=mc2 famous, and ushered in a revolut...
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95,89 zł |
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Miss Leavitt's Stars: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Discovered How to Measure the Universe
ISBN: 9780393328561 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The answer to the controversy--a "yardstick" suitable for measuring the cosmos--was discovered by Henrietta Swan Leavitt, who was employed by the Harvard Observatory as a number cruncher, at a wage not dissimilar from that of workers in the nearby textile mills.Miss Leavitt's Stars uncovers her neglected history, and brings a fascinating and turbulent period of astronomical history to life.
The answer to the controversy--a "yardstick" suitable for measuring the cosmos--was discovered by Henrietta Swan Leavitt, who was employed by the Harv...
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58,49 zł |
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Advances in Nonlinear Dynamos
ISBN: 9780415287883 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nonlinear dynamo theory is central to understanding the magnetic structures of planets, stars and galaxies. In chapters contributed by some of the leading scientists in the field, this text explores some of the recent advances in the field. Both kinetic and dynamic approaches to the subject are considered, including fast dynamos, topological methods in dynamo theory, physics of the solar cycle and the fundamentals of mean field dynamo. Advances in Nonlinear Dynamos is ideal for graduate students and researchers in theoretical astrophysics and applied mathematics, particularly those interested...
Nonlinear dynamo theory is central to understanding the magnetic structures of planets, stars and galaxies. In chapters contributed by some of the lea...
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1073,11 zł |
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Space and Life: An Introduction to Space Biology and Medicine
ISBN: 9780415317597 / Angielski / Twarda / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since our first manned space flights we have learned much about how the human body adapts to the space environment and in particular, to the absence of gravity. Today, space research provides a better understanding of our physiological response mechanisms to microgravity.
Space and Life: An Introduction to Space Biology and Medicine describes the results of space research in the context of core concepts in human physiology to depict the effects of both long-term and short-term absence of gravity on the human body. The book explains the scientific basis for the physiological reactions so... Since our first manned space flights we have learned much about how the human body adapts to the space environment and in particular, to the absence o...
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658,50 zł |
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Experimentation with Animal Models in Space: Volume 10
ISBN: 9780444519078 / Angielski / Twarda / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Exposure to space flight has been shown to results in changes in many physiological systems, including the musculoskeletal system, the cardiovascular system, the immune system, and the neurovestibular system. These changes could negatively impact the ability of humans to undertake long-term habitation and exploration of space. However, there are limits to the studies that can be done with humans in space. Both ground-based and space flight animal model systems are currently used for these studies as an alternative. This volume covers the latest developments in the use of animal models to...
Exposure to space flight has been shown to results in changes in many physiological systems, including the musculoskeletal system, the cardiovascular ...
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894,03 zł |
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The Ontology of Spacetime: Volume 1
ISBN: 9780444527684 / Angielski / Twarda / 287 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book contains selected papers from the First International Conference on the Ontology of Spacetime. Its fourteen chapters address two main questions: first, what is the current status of the substantivalism/relationalism debate, and second, what about the prospects of presentism and becoming within present-day physics and its philosophy? The overall tenor of the four chapters of the book's first part is that the prospects of spacetime substantivalism are bleak, although different possible positions remain with respect to the ontological status of spacetime. Part II and Part III of the...
This book contains selected papers from the First International Conference on the Ontology of Spacetime. Its fourteen chapters address two main questi...
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643,87 zł |
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Particle Physics and Cosmology: The Fabric of Spacetime: Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School 2006 Volume 86
ISBN: 9780444530073 / Angielski / Twarda / 558 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a collection of lectures given in August 2006 at the Les Houches Summer School on "Particle Physics and Cosmology: the Fabric of Spacetime." It provides a pedagogical introduction to the various aspects of both particle physics beyond the Standard Model and Cosmology of the Early Universe, covering each topic from the basics to the most recent developments. - Provides a pedagogical introduction to topics at the interface of particle physics and cosmology
- Addresses each topic from the basis to the most recent developments - Provides necessary tools to build new... This book is a collection of lectures given in August 2006 at the Les Houches Summer School on "Particle Physics and Cosmology: the Fabric of Spacetim...
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452,59 zł |
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The Physics of Star Trek
ISBN: 9780465002047 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What warps when you're traveling at warp speed? What is the difference between a wormhole and a black hole? Are time loops really possible, and can I kill my grandmother before I am born? Anyone who has ever wondered "could this really happen?" will gain useful insights into the Star Trek universe (and, incidentally, the real world of physics) in this charming and accessible guide. Lawrence M. Krauss boldly goes where Star Trek has gone-and beyond. From Newton to Hawking, from Einstein to Feynman, from Kirk to Picard, Krauss leads readers on a voyage to the world of physics as...
What warps when you're traveling at warp speed? What is the difference between a wormhole and a black hole? Are time loops really possible, and can I ...
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65,29 zł |
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The First Three Minutes: A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe
ISBN: 9780465024377 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Now featuring a major new epilogue that brings the story up to date, this classic work by a Nobel Prize-winning physicist is "science writing at its best" (New York Review of Books). Translated in 18 languages.
Now featuring a major new epilogue that brings the story up to date, this classic work by a Nobel Prize-winning physicist is "science writing at its b...
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72,98 zł |
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Quintessence
ISBN: 9780465037414 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Will the universe continue to expand forever, reverse its expansion and begin to contract, or reach a delicately poised state where it simply persists forever? The answer depends on the amount and properties of matter in the universe, and that has given rise to one of the great paradoxes of modern cosmology: there is too little visible matter to account for the behavior we can see. Over ninety percent of the universe consists of "missing mass" or "dark matter" - what Lawrence Krauss, in his classic book, termed "the fifth essence."In this new edition of The Fifth Essence, retitled...
Will the universe continue to expand forever, reverse its expansion and begin to contract, or reach a delicately poised state where it simply persists...
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96,03 zł |
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Islands in the Sky: Bold New Ideas for Colonizing Space
ISBN: 9780471135616 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Let the meek inherit the earth--the rest of us are going to the stars Here's how it's going to be done." -- Robert Zubrin
"These articles are not 'just science fiction.' They are things we can do--and with any luck at all, and vision and determination, we will." -- Stanley Schmidt Take off on a thrilling journey of space exploration and speculation--to the realm where science fiction becomes science fact--as leading writers, researchers, and astronautic engineers describe a not-too-distant future of interstellar travel and colonization. From cable cars that ride "skyhooks" into... "Let the meek inherit the earth--the rest of us are going to the stars Here's how it's going to be done." -- Robert Zubrin
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99,92 zł |
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Scientific Simulations with Special-Purpose Computers: The Grape Systems
ISBN: 9780471969464 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In astrophysics, stellar systems or galaxies can be thought of as individual particles, as is also the case in plasma physics, hydrodynamics and molecular dynamics. High power computers are being developed to handle these problems. This book describes the structure, performance and applications of the world's most advanced such computer, developed at the University of Tokyo.
In astrophysics, stellar systems or galaxies can be thought of as individual particles, as is also the case in plasma physics, hydrodynamics and molec...
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1360,39 zł |
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Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics
ISBN: 9780486439259 / Angielski / Miękka / 570 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Pointing a satellite in the right direction requires an extremely complex system one that describes the satellite's orientation and at the same time predicts and either uses or neutralizes external influences.From its roots in classical mechanics and reliance on stability theory to the evolution of practical stabilization ideas, Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics offers comprehensive coverage of environmental torques encountered in space; energy dissipation and its effects on the attitude stability of spinning bodies; motion equation for four archetypical systems derived and used repeatedly...
Pointing a satellite in the right direction requires an extremely complex system one that describes the satellite's orientation and at the same time p...
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134,32 zł |
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Violent Phenomena in the Universe
ISBN: 9780486457970 / Angielski / Miękka / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Acclaimed by Nature as excellent and uncompromising, this lively narrative traces the development of modern cosmology. It ranges from gravitational theories of Newton and Einstein to recent discoveries -- supernovae, pulsars, X-ray sources, active galaxies, radio sources, and quasars -- and offers an in-depth exploration of the Big Bang. 1982 edition.
Acclaimed by Nature as excellent and uncompromising, this lively narrative traces the development of modern cosmology. It ranges from gravitational th...
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57,46 zł |
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Molecular Astrophysics: A Volume Honouring Alexander Dalgarno
ISBN: 9780521017275 / Angielski / Miękka / 504 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This self-contained introduction to molecular astrophysics is an excellent summary of present knowledge and outstanding questions, one that will be valued by scientists who wish to become familiar with this field. The contributors describe the distributions and types of molecules observed in galactic and extragalactic sources, including those in the vicinity of diffuse and dense clouds. In addition, chemical reactions in shocks and dynamically evolving clouds are considered. This is a highly suitable text for astrophysicists, physical chemists, atomic and molecular physicists, atmospheric...
This self-contained introduction to molecular astrophysics is an excellent summary of present knowledge and outstanding questions, one that will be va...
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306,40 zł |
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Approaches to Numerical Relativity
ISBN: 9780521017350 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume includes contributions by leading workers in the field given at the workshop on Numerical Relativity held in Southampton in December 1991. Numerical Relativity, or the numerical solution of astrophysical problems using powerful computers to solve Einstein's equations, has grown rapidly over the last 15 years. It is now an important route to understanding the structure of the Universe, and is the only route currently available for approaching certain important astrophysical scenarios. The Southampton meeting was notable for the first full report of the new 2+2 approach and the...
This volume includes contributions by leading workers in the field given at the workshop on Numerical Relativity held in Southampton in December 1991....
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251,53 zł |
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Whistler-Mode Waves in a Hot Plasma
ISBN: 9780521018272 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book provides an extensive theoretical treatment of whistler-mode propagation, instabilities and damping in a collisionless plasma. This book fills a gap between oversimplified analytical studies of these waves, based on the cold plasma approximation, and studies based on numerical methods. Although the book is primarily addressed to space plasma physicists and radio physicists, it will also prove useful to laboratory plasma physicists. Mathematical methods described in the book can be applied in a straightforward way to the analysis of other types of plasma waves. Problems included in...
The book provides an extensive theoretical treatment of whistler-mode propagation, instabilities and damping in a collisionless plasma. This book fill...
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301,83 zł |
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The Measurement of Starlight: Two Centuries of Astronomical Photometry
ISBN: 9780521018289 / Angielski / Miękka / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Astronomical photometry is the science of measuring the brightness and colors of stars and other celestial objects. This authoritative volume traces the fascinating historical development of astronomical photometry from visual techniques at the time of William Herschel in the 1780s to the birth of photometry with charge-coupled devices in the 1970s. In this intriguing survey, the author shows how the advent of new technology has revolutionized the science of photometry at each stage of its development, and what dramatic advances have been achieved despite several major disasters--especially...
Astronomical photometry is the science of measuring the brightness and colors of stars and other celestial objects. This authoritative volume traces t...
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338,42 zł |
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Astronomical Polarimetry
ISBN: 9780521018586 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Radiation from astronomical objects generally shows some degree of polarization. Although this polarized radiation is usually only a small fraction of the total radiation, it often carries a wealth of information on the physical state and geometry of the emitting object and intervening material. Measurement of this polarized radiation is central to much modern astrophysical research. This handy volume provides a clear, comprehensive and concise introduction to astronomical polarimetry at all wavelengths. Starting from first principles and a simple physical picture of polarized radiation, the...
Radiation from astronomical objects generally shows some degree of polarization. Although this polarized radiation is usually only a small fraction of...
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301,83 zł |
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Light Curves of Variable Stars: A Pictorial Atlas
ISBN: 9780521020244 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This unique volume provides a complete reference on variable stars. It presents a wealth of typical light- and colour-curves to allow identification, together with a detailed and up-to-date description of each subclass. The editors, together with seven other world experts, have created a unique pictorial atlas of variable stars. In the first chapter they give a clear introduction to the nomenclature and classification of the light curves of variable stars, and to photometric systems. In the remaining chapters they provide a detailed account of each subclass: from eruptive, pulsating, rotating...
This unique volume provides a complete reference on variable stars. It presents a wealth of typical light- and colour-curves to allow identification, ...
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301,83 zł |