The Local Group as an Astrophysical Laboratory: Proceedings of the Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium, held in Baltimore, Maryland May 5–8, 2003
ISBN: 9780521847599 / Angielski / Twarda / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The Local Group of galaxies consists of the Milky Way and all of its neighbors. The proximity of these galaxies allows for detailed studies of the processes that have led to their formation, structures, and evolution. In particular, studies of the Local Group can test predictions of structure formation that are based on dark energy and cold dark matter. This book presents a collection of review papers, written by world experts, on some of the most important aspects of Local Group Astrophysics. It is an invaluable resource for both professional researchers and graduate students in this...
The Local Group of galaxies consists of the Milky Way and all of its neighbors. The proximity of these galaxies allows for detailed studies of the pro...
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Gravitational Radiation, Luminous Black Holes and Gamma-Ray Burst Supernovae
ISBN: 9780521849609 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Black holes and gravitational radiation are two of the most dramatic predictions of general relativity. The quest for rotating black holes - discovered by Roy P. Kerr as exact solutions to the Einstein equations - is one of the most exciting challenges facing physicists and astronomers. Gravitational Radiation, Luminous Black Holes and Gamma-Ray Burst Supernovae takes the reader through the theory of gravitational radiation and rotating black holes, and the phenomenology of GRB-supernovae. Topics covered include Kerr black holes and the frame-dragging of spacetime, luminous black holes,...
Black holes and gravitational radiation are two of the most dramatic predictions of general relativity. The quest for rotating black holes - discovere...
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622,91 zł |
Volcanism on IO: A Comparison with Earth
ISBN: 9780521850032 / Angielski / Twarda / 355 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This richly illustrated book is the first dedicated to volcanism on Io. It describes and explains the different styles and scales of volcanic activity on this fascinating moon, and compares Io's diverse volcanoes with their contemporaries on Earth. It also provides background as to why Io and Earth are volcanically active, and describes how remote-sensing data from spacecraft and telescopes are analyzed to reveal the underlying volcanic processes. Containing the latest results from the Galileo mission, this book is a fascinating reference for advanced undergraduates, graduate students and...
This richly illustrated book is the first dedicated to volcanism on Io. It describes and explains the different styles and scales of volcanic activity...
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672,24 zł |
Coronal and Stellar Mass Ejections (Iau S226)
ISBN: 9780521851978 / Angielski / Twarda / 536 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The Sun and other stars eject large clouds of plasma and magnetic fields on a continual basis. They are accelerated to high speeds and then become capable of producing highly energetic charged particles and disrupting the magnetospheres of planets such as the Earth. This proceeding reflects recent attempts to understand these processes as well as how the magnetic evolution at the base of the corona can cause these events, and how stars are capable of rapidly releasing energy in the form of mass ejections. Contributions by leading scientists make it a valuable astronomical resource.
The Sun and other stars eject large clouds of plasma and magnetic fields on a continual basis. They are accelerated to high speeds and then become cap...
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Near-Field Cosmology with Dwarf Elliptical Galaxies (Iau C198)
ISBN: 9780521852043 / Angielski / Twarda / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Dwarf galaxies offer a valuable insight into the physical processes that govern galaxy formation and evolution at high redshift. These elusive stellar systems are helping astronomers to find answers to some of the most burning questions in extragalactic astronomy. Present-day dwarf galaxies, the easily studied survivors of the primordial galaxy population, are important targets for research in the quest to provide local benchmarks for cosmological studies, in particular theories of structure formation. The proceedings of IAUC198 offer an exciting multidisciplinary collection of research...
Dwarf galaxies offer a valuable insight into the physical processes that govern galaxy formation and evolution at high redshift. These elusive stellar...
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543,98 zł |
The Three-Body Problem
ISBN: 9780521852241 / Angielski / Twarda / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) How do three celestial bodies move under their mutual gravitational attraction? This problem has been studied by Isaac Newton and leading mathematicians over the last two centuries. Poincare's conclusion, that the problem represents an example of chaos in nature, opens the new possibility of using a statistical approach. For the first time this book presents these methods in a systematic way, surveying statistical as well as more traditional methods. This book should be essential reading for students in a rapidly expanding field and is suitable for students of celestial mechanics at advanced...
How do three celestial bodies move under their mutual gravitational attraction? This problem has been studied by Isaac Newton and leading mathematicia...
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Chaos and Complexity in Astrophysics
ISBN: 9780521855341 / Angielski / Twarda / 470 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The discipline of nonlinear dynamics has developed explosively in all areas of physics over the last two decades. This comprehensive primer summarizes the main developments in the mathematical theory of dynamical systems, chaos, pattern formation and complexity. An introduction to mathematical concepts and techniques is given in the first part of the book, before being applied to stellar, interstellar, galactic and large scale complex phenomena in the Universe. Oded Regev demonstrates the possible application of ideas including strange attractors, Poincare sections, fractals, bifurcations,...
The discipline of nonlinear dynamics has developed explosively in all areas of physics over the last two decades. This comprehensive primer summarizes...
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395,96 zł |
Evolutionary Processes in Binary and Multiple Stars
ISBN: 9780521855570 / Angielski / Twarda / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Binary systems of stars are as common as single stars. Stars evolve primarily by nuclear reactions in their interiors, but a star with a binary companion can also have its evolution influenced by the companion. Multiple star systems can exist in a stable state for millions of years, but can ultimately become unstable as one star grows in radius until it engulfs another. This volume discusses the statistics of binary stars; the evolution of single stars; and several of the most important kinds of interaction between two (and even three or more) stars. A series of mathematical appendices...
Binary systems of stars are as common as single stars. Stars evolve primarily by nuclear reactions in their interiors, but a star with a binary compan...
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Payload and Mission Definition in Space Sciences
ISBN: 9780521858021 / Angielski / Twarda / 404 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The processes that space science missions follow, from proposal to a space agency, to successful mission completion, are numerous. The rationale behind approval of a mission and its payload cannot be presented in undergraduate courses. This book contains contributions from experts involved in today's space missions at various levels. Chapters cover mission phases and implementation, launchers and cruise strategies, including gravity assist maneuvers and different thrust scenarios. Although the book concentrates on the ESA program Cosmic Visions, its content is relevant to space science...
The processes that space science missions follow, from proposal to a space agency, to successful mission completion, are numerous. The rationale behin...
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672,24 zł |
Physics of Space Plasma Activity
ISBN: 9780521858977 / Angielski / Twarda / 524 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Space plasma is so hot that the atoms break up into charged particles which then become trapped and stored in magnetic fields. When critical conditions are reached the magnetic field breaks up, releasing a large amount of energy and causing dramatic phenomena. The largest space plasma activity events observed in the solar system occur on the Sun, when coronal mass ejections expel several billion tons of plasma mass into space. This book provides a coherent and detailed treatment of the physical background of large plasma eruptions in space. It provides the background necessary for dealing...
Space plasma is so hot that the atoms break up into charged particles which then become trapped and stored in magnetic fields. When critical condition...
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Triggered Star Formation in a Turbulent Interstellar Medium: Proceedings of the 237th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union Held in Prague
ISBN: 9780521863469 / Angielski / Twarda / 509 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) New stars form in the dense turbulent gas clouds of galaxies. A wide variety of processes, with scales ranging from the size of a galaxy to the size of an individual star, drive interstellar turbulence and trigger dense cloud formation. The formation of these clouds is the subject of the IAU S237. This book is the most up-to-date review of all aspects of cloud and star formation. It summarizes the current state of understanding of triggered star formation in a turbulent interstellar medium. Topics covered range from observations and theory of turbulence in the ISM, to the formation of shells...
New stars form in the dense turbulent gas clouds of galaxies. A wide variety of processes, with scales ranging from the size of a galaxy to the size o...
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Black Holes (IAU S238): From Stars to Galaxies - Across the Range of Masses
ISBN: 9780521863476 / Angielski / Twarda / 504 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Until recently, black holes were often considered as exotic objects of dubious existence. In the last decade, observations have provided overwhelming evidence in favour of the presence of supermassive black holes at the centre of galaxies, including the Milky Way; of stellar-mass black holes in binary stellar systems; and, possibly, of intermediate-mass black holes in ultraluminous X-ray sources in nearby galaxies. Black holes are now widely accepted as real physical entities, playing an important role in modern astrophysics. IAU S238 brought together observers and theoreticians working in...
Until recently, black holes were often considered as exotic objects of dubious existence. In the last decade, observations have provided overwhelming ...
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The Metal-Rich Universe
ISBN: 9780521879989 / Angielski / Twarda / 490 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Metal-rich stars accumulate their metals from previous generations of stars, and so contain the history of their galaxy. By studying these stars we can gain valuable insights into how metals change the formation and evolution of stars, and explain the extraordinary massive star populations observed in the metal-rich region of our own galaxy. Observations of metal-rich regions have shown that stars hosting giant planets are generally metal-rich, which has triggered further observations of metal-rich stars. This has led to the discovery of new exoplanets, and advances in the study of planet...
Metal-rich stars accumulate their metals from previous generations of stars, and so contain the history of their galaxy. By studying these stars we ca...
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Journey to the Stars: Space Exploration--Tomorrow and Beyond
ISBN: 9780553349092 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Robert Jastrow discusses the past and future of space exploration, the cosmic mysteries that still await solution, and the possibility of extraterrestrials whose intelligence far outstrips our own.
Robert Jastrow discusses the past and future of space exploration, the cosmic mysteries that still await solution, and the possibility of extraterrest...
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The Universe in a Nutshell
ISBN: 9780553802023 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Stephen Hawking's phenomenal, multimillion-copy bestseller, A Brief History of Time, introduced the ideas of this brilliant theoretical physicist to readers all over the world. Now, in a major publishing event, Hawking returns with a lavishly illustrated sequel that unravels the mysteries of the major breakthroughs that have occurred in the years since the release of his acclaimed first book. The Universe in a Nutshell - Quantum mechanics
- M-theory - General relativity - 11-dimensional supergravity - 10-dimensional membranes - Superstrings -... Stephen Hawking's phenomenal, multimillion-copy bestseller, A Brief History of Time, introduced the ideas of this brilliant theoretical physici...
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The Spacing of Planets: The Solution to a 400-Year Mystery
ISBN: 9780595155903 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) |
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Light Years Away: The Whole Creation at a Glance
ISBN: 9780595335824 / Angielski / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) "Light Years Away" covers the wonderful things of our universe and the possibilities beyond our visible range. As the name suggests most of the subject matters of the book are of distant objects like our neighbouring stars, star clusters, nebulae, galaxies, galaxy clusters and superclusters. In the final chapters the possibilities beyond the observable limit and beyond our universe have been looked at carefully. But the facts of solar system and earth have not been ignored. The whole view of the creation has been presented in a lucid format.
The basic questions that we encounter like,... "Light Years Away" covers the wonderful things of our universe and the possibilities beyond our visible range. As the name suggests most of the subjec...
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The End of Pseudo-Science: Essays Refuting False Scientific Theories Taught in Schools, Colleges, and Universities
ISBN: 9780595420247 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) |
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Anti-Matter and Black Holes
ISBN: 9780595430932 / Angielski / Miękka / 60 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) In cosmology, black holes are mysterious immense leviathans that devour everything they come in contact with. This book demystifies black holes and anti-matter, the smaller counter-part of a black hole in nature. By linking black holes to quantum physics, relativity and the hyperbolic geometry of a pseudo sphere, the true nature of black holes is unveiled, a nature that is no more mysterious than the Earth orbiting the sun. If what this book has to say is true, then black holes and anti-matter hold the key to space travel.
In cosmology, black holes are mysterious immense leviathans that devour everything they come in contact with. This book demystifies black holes and an...
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Galaxies and the Cosmic Frontier
ISBN: 9780674010796 / Angielski / Twarda / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) For the past 12 billion years, galaxies have governed the Universe, bringing form to the firmament, light to the void. Each one a giant system of as many as hundreds of billions of stars, the galaxies are the building blocks of the cosmos, and through new data from modern telescopes - including the Hubble Space Telescope -we are discovering dizzying new facts about how they formed, how they evolve and what they are made of. This book acquaints readers with these facts and findings -and with what they can tell us about the lives of galaxies over cosmic time, from their emergence shortly after...
For the past 12 billion years, galaxies have governed the Universe, bringing form to the firmament, light to the void. Each one a giant system of as m...
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147,71 zł |