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Romero, Gustavo E |
Scientific Philosophy |
I08875 |
2018 |
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Cheng, K.S |
Cosmic Gamma-Ray Sources |
I10507 |
2004 |
eBook |
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Romero, Gustavo E |
Introduction to Black Hole Astrophysics |
I06597 |
2014 |
eBook |
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Cheng, K.S |
Multiwavelength Approach to Unidentified Gamma-Ray Sources |
I05549 |
2005 |
eBook |
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| Title | Scientific Philosophy |
| Author(s) | Romero, Gustavo E |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2018. |
| Description | XIX, 188 p. 8 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book presents the basics of philosophy that are necessary for the student and researcher in science in order to better understand scientific work. The approach is not historical but formative: tools for semantical analysis, ontology of science, epistemology, and scientific ethics are presented in a formal and direct way. The book has two parts: one with the general theory and a second part with application to some problems such as the interpretation of quantum mechanics, the nature of mathematics, and the ontology of spacetime. The book addresses questions such as "What is meaning?", "What is truth?", "What are truth criteria in science?", "What is a theory?", "What is a model?" "What is a datum?", "What is information?", "What does it mean to understand something?", "What is space?", "What is time?", "How are these concepts articulated in science?" "What are values?" "What are the limits of science?", and many more. The philosophical views presented are "scientific" in the sense that they are informed by current science, they are relevant for scientific research, and the method adopted uses the hypothetical-deductive approach that is characteristic of science. The results and conclusions, as any scientific conclusion, are open to revision in the light of future advances. Hence, this philosophical approach opposes to dogmatic philosophy. Supported by end-of-chapter summaries and a list of special symbols used, the material will be of interest for students and researchers in both science and philosophy. The second part will appeal to physicists and mathematicians |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319976310 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. EPISTEMOLOGY
7. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
8. MATHEMATICAL LOGIC
9. Mathematical Logic and Foundations
10. PHYSICS
11. QUANTUM PHYSICS
12. RESEARCH ETHICS
13. Research???Moral and ethical aspects
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| Title | Cosmic Gamma-Ray Sources |
| Author(s) | Cheng, K.S;Romero, Gustavo E |
| Publication | Dordrecht, Springer Netherlands, 2004. |
| Description | XII, 408 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Gamma-ray astronomy has undergone an enormous progress in the last 15 years. The success of satellite experiments like NASA's Comp?? ton Gamma-Ray Observatory and ESA's INTEGRAL mission, as well as of ground-based instruments have open new views into the high-energy Universe. Different classes of cosmic gamma-ray sources have been now detected at different energies, in addition to young radio pulsars and gamma-ray bursts, the classical ones. The new sources include radio?? quiet pulsars, microquasars, supernova remnants, starburst galaxies, ra?? dio galaxies, flat-spectrum radio quasars, and BL Lacertae objects. A large number of unidentified sources strongly suggests that this brief enumeration is far from complete. Gamma-ray bursts are now estab?? lished as extragalactic sources with tremendous energy output. There is accumulating evidence supporting the idea that massive stars and star forming regions can accelerate charged particles up to relativistic ener?? gies making them gamma-ray sources. Gamma-ray astronomy has also proved to be a powerful tool for cosmology imposing constraints to the background photon fields that can absorb the gamma-ray flux from dis?? tant sources. All this has profound implications for our current ideas about how particles are accelerated and transported in both the local and distant U niverse. The evolution of our knowledge on the gamma-ray sky has been so fast that is not easy for the non-specialist scientist and the graduate student to be aware of the full potential of this field or to grasp the fundamentals of a given topic in order to attempt some original contribution |
| ISBN,Price | 9781402022562 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. Astrophysics and Astroparticles
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. NUCLEAR PHYSICS
8. Particle and Nuclear Physics
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| Title | Introduction to Black Hole Astrophysics |
| Author(s) | Romero, Gustavo E;Vila, Gabriela S |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014. |
| Description | XVIII, 318 p. 96 illus., 47 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book is based on the lecture notes of a one-semester course on black hole astrophysics given?? by the author and is aimed at advanced undergraduate and graduate students with an interest in astrophysics. The material included goes beyond that found in classic textbooks and presents details on astrophysical manifestations of black holes. In particular, jet physics and detailed accounts of objects like microquasars, active galactic nuclei, gamma-ray bursts, and ultra-luminous X-ray sources are covered, as well as advanced topics like black holes in alternative theories of gravity. The author avoids unnecessary technicalities and to some degree the book is self-contained. The reader will find some basic general relativity tools in Chapter 1. The appendices provide some additional mathematical details that will be useful for further study, and a guide to the bibliography on the subject |
| ISBN,Price | 9783642395963 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTROPHYSICS
2. Astrophysics and Astroparticles
3. Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory
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6. GRAVITATION
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