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Robinson, Lloyd B |
Instrumentation for Ground-Based Optical Astronomy |
I00323 |
1988 |
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| 1542 |
Zyl, J.E. van |
Unveiling the Universe |
I00321 |
1996 |
eBook |
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| 1543 |
Karttunen, Hannu |
Fundamental Astronomy |
I00316 |
1987 |
eBook |
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| 1544 |
Petschek, Albert G |
Supernovae |
I00314 |
1990 |
eBook |
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| 1545 |
Moore, Patrick |
The Observer???s Year |
I00313 |
1998 |
eBook |
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| 1546 |
Hogan, Craig J |
The Little Book of the Big Bang |
I00312 |
1998 |
eBook |
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| 1547 |
Tonkin, Stephen |
Amateur Telescope Making |
I00309 |
1999 |
eBook |
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| 1548 |
Woosley, Stanford E |
Supernovae |
I00307 |
1991 |
eBook |
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| 1549 |
Chiuderi, Claudio |
Plasma Astrophysics |
I00295 |
1996 |
eBook |
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| 1550 |
Buccheri, R |
Data Analysis in Astronomy IV |
I00288 |
1992 |
eBook |
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| Title | Instrumentation for Ground-Based Optical Astronomy : Present and Future The Ninth Santa Cruz Summer Workshop in Astronomy and Astrophysics, July 13???July 24, 1987, Lick Observatory |
| Author(s) | Robinson, Lloyd B |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 1988. |
| Description | XXXIV, 751 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Historically, the discovery of tools, or evidence that tools have been used, has been taken as proof of human activity; certainly the invention and spread of new tools has been a critical marker of human progress and has increased our ability to observe, measure, and understand the physical world. In astronomy the tools are telescopes and the optical and electronic instruments that support them. The use of the telescope by Galileo marked the beginning of a new and productive way to study and understand the universe in which we live. The effects of this new tool on what we can see, and how we see ourselves, are well known. However, after almost four centuries of developing ever more sensitive and subtle instruments as tools for astronomy, it might have been expected that only a few minor improvements would remain to be made, or that possibly the law of diminishing returns would have taken effect. On the contrary, the new instruments and ideas for new instruments described in this book make it clear that the rate of progress has not diminished, and that this subject is still as exciting and productive as ever. Instrumentation for Ground-Based Optical Astronomy was chosen as the theme for the Ninth Santa Cruz Summer Workshop in Astronomy and Astrophysics |
| ISBN,Price | 9781461238805 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
2. Astronomy???Observations
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. Astrophysics and Astroparticles
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. GEOPHYSICS
8. Geophysics/Geodesy
9. MICROSCOPY
10. Observations, Astronomical
11. SOLID STATE PHYSICS
12. SPECTROSCOPY
13. Spectroscopy and Microscopy
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| Title | Unveiling the Universe : An Introduction to Astronomy |
| Author(s) | Zyl, J.E. van |
| Publication | London, Springer London, 1996. |
| Description | XIV, 324 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Many books on general astronomy have been published in recent years, but this one is exceptional in several respects. It not only provides the complete newcomer to astronomy with a broad picture, covering all aspects - historical, observational, space research methods, cosmology - but it also presents enough more advanced material to enable the really interested student to take matters further. Astronomy is essentially a mathematical science, but there are many people who are anxious to take more than a passing interest and yet are not equipped to deal with mathematical formulae. In this book, therefore, the mathematical sections are deliberately separated out, so that they can be passed over without destroying the general picture. The result is that the book will be equally useful to beginners, to more advanced readers, and to those who really want to go deeply into the subject - for instance at university level. The whole text is written with admirable clarity, and there are excellent illustrations, together with extensive appendices which give lists of objects of various types together with more detailed mathematical explanations. All in all, the book may be said to bridge the gap between purely popular works and more advanced treatises; as such it deserves a very wide circulation, and it will undoubtedly run to many future editions |
| ISBN,Price | 9781447110378 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
2. Astronomy???Observations
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. Astrophysics and Astroparticles
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. Observations, Astronomical
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| Title | Fundamental Astronomy |
| Author(s) | Karttunen, Hannu;Kr??ger, Pekka;Oja, Heikki;Putanen, Markku;Donner, Karl J |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 1987. |
| Description | XIII, 478 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The main purpose of this book is to serve as a university textbook for a first course in astronomy. However, we believe that the audience will also include many serious ama?? teurs, who often find the popular texts too trivial. The lack of a good handbook for am?? ateurs has become a problem lately, as more and more people are buying personal com?? puters and need exact, but comprehensible, mathematical formalism for their programs. The reader of this book is assumed to have only a standard high-school knowledge of mathematics and physics (as they are taught in Finland); everything more advanced is usually derived step by step from simple basic principles. The mathematical background needed includes plane trigonometry, basic differential and integral calculus, and (only in the chapter dealing with celestial mechanics) some vector calculus. Some mathematical concepts the reader may not be familiar with are briefly explained in the appendices or can be understood by studying the numerous exercises and examples. However, most of the book can be read with very little knowledge of mathematics, and even if the reader skips the mathematically more involved sections, (s)he should get a good overview of the field of astronomy. This book has evolved in the course of many years and through the work of several authors and editors. The first version consisted of lecture notes by one of the editors (Oja) |
| ISBN,Price | 9781461231608 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
2. Astronomy???Observations
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. Astrophysics and Astroparticles
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. Observations, Astronomical
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| Title | Supernovae |
| Author(s) | Petschek, Albert G |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 1990. |
| Description | XIII, 293 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | For millennia mankind has watched as the heavens move in their stately progression from night to night and from year to year, presaging with their changes the changing seasons. The sun, the moon, and the planets move in what appears to be an unchanging firmament, except occasionally when a new "star" appears. Among the new stars there are comets, novae, and finally supernovae, the subject of this book. Superstitious mankind regarded these events as significant portents and recorded them carefully so that we have records of supernovae that may reach back as far as 1300 B. C. (Clark and Stephenson, 1977; Murdin and Murdin, 1985). The Cygnus Loop, believed to be a 15,000-year-old supernova remnant at a distance of only 800 pc (Chevalier and Seward, 1988), must have awed our ancestors. Tycho's supernova of 1572, at a distance of 2500 pc, had a magnitude of -4. 0, comparable to Venus at its brightest, and Kepler's supernova of 1604 had a magnitude of - 3 or so. Thus the Cygnus Loop supernova might have had a magnitude of - 6 or so, and should have been readily visible in daytime. A supernova in Vela, about 8000 B. C. was comparably close, as was SN 1006, whose magnitude may have been -9. While most of the supernova records come from the Old World, the supernova of 1054 is recorded in at least one petroglyph in the American West |
| ISBN,Price | 9781461232865 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
2. Astronomy???Observations
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. Astrophysics and Astroparticles
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. Observations, Astronomical
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| Title | The Observer???s Year : 366 Nights of the Universe |
| Author(s) | Moore, Patrick |
| Publication | London, Springer London, 1998. |
| Description | XI, 368 p. 1113 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Patrick Moore???s Practical Astronomy Series THE OBSERVER???S YEAR SECOND EDITION There are 365 nights in every year (366 in a leap year!) and from an amateur astronomer???s point of view, no two are alike. And that is why Sir Patrick Moore ??? the world???s most widely known and respected TV broadcaster and writer on astronomy ??? has produced this unique book to highlight special objects of interest on each and every night of the year. Using easy-to-follow star maps, he talks about the science and history of stars, double stars, galaxies, nebulae, the Moon, planets, constellations and even asteroids. This second edition has been fully updated for astronomical events through until the year 2010. What they said about the first edition NEW SCIENTIST "...beautifully written and bubbles with enthusiasm." ASTRONOMY & SPACE "Well, Patrick Moore has done it again. What an excellent book this is." |
| ISBN,Price | 9781447136132 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
2. Astronomy???Observations
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. Astrophysics and Astroparticles
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. GEOPHYSICS
8. Geophysics/Geodesy
9. Observations, Astronomical
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| Title | The Little Book of the Big Bang : A Cosmic Primer |
| Author(s) | Hogan, Craig J |
| Publication | New York, NY, 1. Imprint: Copernicus
2. Springer New York, 1998. |
| Description | XIV, 181 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | What do we know about the origins of the Universe, and more important, how do we know it? In a small, easy-to-read package, this book introduces you to all of the important ideas about the Big Bang and its consequences. Craig Hogan explains what happened in the early days of the universe, why we think it's expanding (and how the expansion can look the same from everyplace at once), different ways the universe could end, and the meaning of such terms as "cosmic inflation," "cosmic background radiation," and "dark matter." For everyone who has always wondered just what the cosmologists are talking about but could never find the basics explained clearly and simply, this is the book to read |
| ISBN,Price | 9781461216605 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
2. Astronomy???Observations
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. Astrophysics and Astroparticles
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. Observations, Astronomical
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| Title | Amateur Telescope Making |
| Author(s) | Tonkin, Stephen |
| Publication | London, Springer London, 1999. |
| Description | XII, 260 p. 505 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Many amateur astronomers make their own instruments, either because of financial considerations or because they are just interested. Amateur Telescope Making offers a variety of designs for telescopes, mounts and drives which are suitable for the home-constructor. The designs range from simple to advanced, but all are within the range of a moderately well-equipped home workshop. The book not only tells the reader what he can construct, but also what it is sensible to construct given what time is available commercially. Thus each chapter begins with reasons for undertaking the project, then looks at theoretical consideration before finishing with practical instructions and advice. An indication is given as to the skills required for the various projects. Appendices list reputable sources of (mail order) materials and components. The telescopes and mounts range from "shoestring" (very cheap) instruments to specialist devices that are unavailable commercially |
| ISBN,Price | 9781447105671 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
2. Astronomy???Observations
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. Astrophysics and Astroparticles
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. Observations, Astronomical
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| Title | Supernovae : The Tenth Santa Cruz Workshop in Astronomy and Astrophysics, July 9 to 21, 1989, Lick Observatory |
| Author(s) | Woosley, Stanford E |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 1991. |
| Description | XXIII, 789 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Supernova explosions are not only important to the ecology of the universe, seeding it, among other things, with the heavy elements necessary for the existence of life, but they are also a natural laboratory in which a host of unique physical phenomena occur. While still far from a complete understanding, scientists have made great advances during the last twenty-five years in understanding the nature and conse- quences of supernovae. This book presents the state of supernova studies at the beginning of the 1990's, as reported at a two-week meeting on the Santa Cruz campus of the University of California in July 1989 in- volving 177 astronomers and astrophysicists from 17 nations. The 110 papers contained in this volume report all aspects of the field - observations at all wavelengths from radio through gamma-rays, bolometric light curves and spectra, neutrino observations, the theory of stellar explosions, multidimensional models for mixing, nucleosynthesis calculations, synthetic spectral modeling, presupernova evolution, supernova remnants, supernova rates, supernovae as standard candles, the interaction of supernovae with their surroundings - and constitute the most comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of SN 1987A currently available. Astronomers and astronomy graduate students will find this an in valuable summary of the current state of supernova research. The informed layperson or undergraduate astronomy student will also find it a useful introduction and guide to the literature in the subject |
| ISBN,Price | 9781461229889 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
2. Astronomy???Observations
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. Astrophysics and Astroparticles
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. Observations, Astronomical
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| Title | Plasma Astrophysics |
| Author(s) | Chiuderi, Claudio;Einaudi, Giorgio |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1996. |
| Description | VII, 332 p. 53 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The book contains the notes of the lectures presented by outstanding experts at the 7th EADN School on plasma astrophysics. It is an up-to-date review of a number of basic topics in the physics of cosmic plasmas. The subject is treated both from a theoretical point of view and from that of the observational and diagnostic tools that provide us with the physically relevant data. The reader will have at hands a comprehensive and rather complete presentation of the subject, thanks also to the parallel development of the theoretical and experimental aspects. The book addresses graduate students and researchers in different areas who want to have a rapid and up-to-date introduction to this subject |
| ISBN,Price | 9783540497899 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
2. Astronomy???Observations
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. Astrophysics and Astroparticles
5. Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics
6. ATOMS
7. COMPLEX SYSTEMS
8. DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS
9. EBOOK
10. EBOOK - SPRINGER
11. Elementary particles (Physics)
12. Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory
13. GEOPHYSICS
14. Geophysics/Geodesy
15. Observations, Astronomical
16. PHYSICS
17. QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
18. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
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| Title | Data Analysis in Astronomy IV |
| Author(s) | Buccheri, R;Crane, P;di Ges??, Vito;Maccarone, M.C;Scarsi, L;Zimmermann, H.U |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer US, 1992. |
| Description | X, 364 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | In this book are reported the main results presented at the "Fourth International Workshop on Data Analysis in Astronomy", held at the Ettore Majorana Center for Scientific Culture, Erice, Sicily, Italy, on April 12-19, 1991. The Workshop was preceded by three workshops on the same subject held in Erice in 1984, 1986 and 1988. The frrst workshop (Erice 1984) was dominated by presentations of "Systems for Data Analysis"; the main systems proposed were MIDAS, AlPS, RIAIP, and SAIA. Methodologies and image analysis topics were also presented with the emphasis on cluster analysis, multivariate analysis, bootstrap methods, time analysis, periodicity, 2D photometry, spectrometry, and data compression. A general presentation on "Parallel Processing" was made which encompassed new architectures, data structures and languages. The second workshop (Erice 1986) reviewed the "Data Handling Systems" planned for large major satellites and ground experiments (VLA, HST, ROSAT, COMPASS-COMPTEL). Data analysis methods applied to physical interpretation were mainly considered (cluster photometry, astronomical optical data compression, cluster analysis for pulsar light curves, coded aperture imaging). New parallel and vectorial machines were presented (cellular machines, PAPIA-machine, MPP-machine, vector computers in astronomy). Contributions in the field of artificial intelligence and planned applications to astronomy were also considered (expert systems, artificial intelligence in computer vision) |
| ISBN,Price | 9781461533887 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
2. Astronomy???Observations
3. Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. GRAVITATION
7. Observations, Astronomical
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