| |
| |
Click the serial number on the left to view the details of the item. |
| # |
Author | Title | Accn# | Year | Item Type | Claims |
| 21 |
Caraveo, Patrizia |
Saving the Starry Night |
I11904 |
2021 |
eBook |
|
| 22 |
Meneghetti, Massimo |
Introduction to Gravitational Lensing |
I11896 |
2021 |
eBook |
|
| 23 |
Nan, Rendong |
The Sky Eye |
I11882 |
2021 |
eBook |
|
| 24 |
Kwok, Sun |
Our Place in the Universe - II |
I11864 |
2021 |
eBook |
|
| 25 |
Orchiston, Wayne |
Exploring the History of Southeast Asian Astronomy |
I11843 |
2021 |
eBook |
|
| 26 |
Stanev, Todor |
High Energy Cosmic Rays |
I11818 |
2021 |
eBook |
|
| 27 |
Johnston, Cole |
Interior Modelling of Massive Stars in Multiple Systems |
I11799 |
2021 |
eBook |
|
| 28 |
Sheehan, William |
Neptune: From Grand Discovery to a World Revealed |
I11797 |
2021 |
eBook |
|
| 29 |
Kapferer, Wolfgang |
The Mystery of Dark Matter |
I11746 |
2021 |
eBook |
|
| 30 |
van der Kruit, Pieter C |
Master of Galactic Astronomy: A Biography of Jan Hendrik Oort |
I11703 |
2021 |
eBook |
|
|
|
21.
  |
 |
| Title | Saving the Starry Night : Light Pollution and Its Effects on Science, Culture and Nature |
| Author(s) | Caraveo, Patrizia |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2021. |
| Description | IX, 165 p. 42 illus., 37 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book takes a close look at our relationship with the sky, the stars, light and darkness. In particular, it examines how light pollution has interfered with the culture of astronomy and our ability to appreciate this essential facet of our natural world. The sky has always held significance for humanity, in both cultural and scientific terms. And yet we persistently pollute it with (sometimes unnecessary) light in our obsessive desire to chase away the darkness. This effectively switches off the stars, hampering our ability to enjoy one of the most inspiring sights nature has to offer to humankind. In addition, too much light is hazardous to both our health and that of the fauna and flora of this planet. This book also features a comprehensive look at the current controversy regarding efforts to expand internet access through the launch into low Earth orbits of thousands of new satellites, which will pollute the night with moving lights while filling to saturation the capability of the circumterrestrial space. This conflict does not mean that the interests of astronomy and those of space technology have to be at odds, and potential compromises are explored between the satellite initiative and the desire to maintain a dark, radio silent sky |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030850647 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences
3. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
4. Astronomy???Observations
5. Bioremediation
6. Biotechnology
7. EBOOK
8. EBOOK - SPRINGER
9. Environmental engineering
10. Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology
|
| Item Type | eBook |
Multi-Media Links
Please Click here for eBook
Circulation Data
| Accession# | |
Call# | Status | Issued To | Return Due On | Physical Location |
| I11904 |
|
|
On Shelf |
|
|
|
|
22.
 |
|
| Title | Introduction to Gravitational Lensing : With Python Examples |
| Author(s) | Meneghetti, Massimo |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2021. |
| Description | XIII, 412 p. 131 illus., 120 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book introduces the phenomenology of gravitational lensing in an accessible manner and provides a thorough discussion of the related astrophysical applications. It is intended for advanced undergraduates and graduate students who want to start working in this rapidly evolving field. This includes also senior researchers who are interested in ongoing or future surveys and missions such as DES, Euclid, WFIRST, LSST. The reader is guided through many fascinating topics related to gravitational lensing like the structure of our galaxy, the searching for exoplanets, the investigation of dark matter in galaxies and galaxy clusters, and several aspects of cosmology, including dark energy and the cosmic microwave background. The author, who has gained valuable experience as academic teacher, guides the readers towards the comprehension of the theory of gravitational lensing and related observational techniques by using simple codes written in python. This approach, beyond facilitating the understanding of gravitational lensing, is preparatory for learning the python programming language which is gaining large popularity both in academia and in the private sector |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030735821 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences
3. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
4. Astronomy???Observations
5. ASTROPHYSICS
6. COSMOLOGY
7. EBOOK
8. EBOOK - SPRINGER
9. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
10. Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics
|
| Item Type | eBook |
Multi-Media Links
Please Click here for eBook
Circulation Data
| Accession# | |
Call# | Status | Issued To | Return Due On | Physical Location |
| I11896 |
|
|
On Shelf |
|
|
|
|
|
23.
|
|
| Title | The Sky Eye : Five-Hundred-Meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) |
| Author(s) | Nan, Rendong |
| Publication | Singapore, Springer Nature Singapore, 2021. |
| Description | XII, 140 p. 115 illus., 106 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book introduces the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), also known as the "The Sky Eye", one of the China???s big science facilities. Using easy-to-understand language, the book covers the scientific background, construction process, achievements, and effects of FAST on the development of the national economy. With a large number of intuitive and vivid images and videos, the book presents basic information on FAST for general readers who are interested in astronomy |
| ISBN,Price | 9789811638244 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences
3. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
4. Astronomy???Observations
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. SOLAR SYSTEM
8. SPACE PHYSICS
|
| Item Type | eBook |
Multi-Media Links
Please Click here for eBook
Circulation Data
| Accession# | |
Call# | Status | Issued To | Return Due On | Physical Location |
| I11882 |
|
|
On Shelf |
|
|
|
|
|
24.
|
|
| Title | Our Place in the Universe - II : The Scientific Approach to Discovery |
| Author(s) | Kwok, Sun |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2021. |
| Description | XXIII, 344 p. 117 illus., 101 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Starting from Newton???s times this follow-up to the author???s Springer book ???Our Place in the Universe - Understanding Fundamental Astronomy from Ancient Discoveries??? addresses the question of ???our place in the Universe??? from astronomical, physical, chemical, biological, philosophical and social perspectives. Using the history of astronomy to illustrate the process of discovery, the emphasis is on the description of the process of how we learned and on the exploration of the impacts of discoveries rather than on the presentation of facts. Thus readers are informed of the influence of science on a broad scale. Unlike the traditional way of teaching science, in this book, the author begins by describing the observations and then discusses various attempts to find answers (including unsuccessful ones). The goal is to help students develop a better appreciation of the scientific process and learn from this process to tackle real-life problems |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030802608 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTROBIOLOGY
2. ASTRONOMY
3. Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences
4. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
5. Astronomy???Observations
6. COSMOLOGY
7. EBOOK
8. EBOOK - SPRINGER
9. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
10. Science???History
|
| Item Type | eBook |
Multi-Media Links
Please Click here for eBook
Circulation Data
| Accession# | |
Call# | Status | Issued To | Return Due On | Physical Location |
| I11864 |
|
|
On Shelf |
|
|
|
|
|
25.
|
|
| Title | Exploring the History of Southeast Asian Astronomy : A Review of Current Projects and Future Prospects and Possibilities |
| Author(s) | Orchiston, Wayne;Vahia, Mayank N |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2021. |
| Description | XXXII, 802 p. 459 illus., 342 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This edited volume contains 24 different research papers by members of the History and Heritage Working Group of the Southeast Asian Astronomy Network. The chapters were prepared by astronomers from Australia, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Scotland, Sweden, Thailand and Vietnam. They represent the latest understanding of cultural and scientific interchange in the region over time, from ethnoastronomy to archaeoastronomy and more. Gathering together researchers from various locales, this volume enabled new connections to be made in service of building a more holistic vision of astronomical history in Southeast Asia, which boasts a proud and deep tradition |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030627775 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
2. Astronomy???Observations
3. Cultural heritage
4. Cultural property
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. History of Southeast Asia
8. Philosophical Foundations of Physics and Astronomy
9. Physics???Philosophy
10. Southeast Asia???History
|
| Item Type | eBook |
Multi-Media Links
Please Click here for eBook
Circulation Data
| Accession# | |
Call# | Status | Issued To | Return Due On | Physical Location |
| I11843 |
|
|
On Shelf |
|
|
|
|
|
26.
|
|
| Title | High Energy Cosmic Rays |
| Author(s) | Stanev, Todor |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2021. |
| Description | XVI, 342 p. 162 illus., 20 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book on high-energy cosmic rays deals in its first part with the standard model of cosmic rays, describing how they are born in a wide range of cosmic processes, how they are accelerated and how they interact with matter, magnetic fields and radiation during their journey across the Galaxy. In its second part the book presents contemporary challenges in very high energy cosmic rays, with focus on their detection in the Earth???s atmosphere and underground, as well as new developments in gamma-ray and neutrino astronomy. A decade after the publication of the second edition of this book, there are many new experimental results in the fields of high energy neutrino astronomy and in the whole energy range of detection of gamma-rays. There have also been many attempts for studies for multi-messenger events in these and all other fields. These new experimental efforts and their results are covered in this third edition. This is accompanied by a general analysis of these new results and the additional knowledge that they bring to our understanding of cosmic rays and their propagation in our Galaxy and extragalactic space. A large part of the interpretation of these new findings is related to the development of the hadronic interaction models that we use to understand and describe the experimental results. The author describes the relation between the new high energy physics experiments and such models. In addition to the discussion of new research, descriptions and graphs of the previous edition have been updated where appropriate. The third edition ends with a discussion of some possible and already planned experiments for future observations and an explanation of their importance for the better understanding of all processes that lead to the increase of our knowledge of high energy cosmic rays. Students and lecturers of advanced undergraduate courses on cosmic rays and astroparticle physics as well as post-graduates and researchers will continue to find this book a valuable source of learning and reference |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030715670 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
2. Astronomy???Observations
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. Classical and Quantum Gravity
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. Elementary particles (Physics)
8. Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory
9. GRAVITATION
10. QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
11. SOLAR SYSTEM
12. SPACE PHYSICS
|
| Item Type | eBook |
Multi-Media Links
Please Click here for eBook
Circulation Data
| Accession# | |
Call# | Status | Issued To | Return Due On | Physical Location |
| I11818 |
|
|
On Shelf |
|
|
|
|
|
27.
|
|
| Title | Interior Modelling of Massive Stars in Multiple Systems |
| Author(s) | Johnston, Cole |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2021. |
| Description | XVIII, 198 p. 74 illus., 25 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This thesis by Cole Johnston brings novel insights into the inner workings of young massive stars. By bridging the observational fields of binary stars and asteroseismology this thesis uses state of the art statistical techniques to scrutinise theories of modern stellar astrophysics. Developing upon the commonly used isochrone fitting methodology, the author introduces the idea of isochrone cloud fitting in order to account for the full breadth of physics observed in stars. The author combines this methodology with gravity mode asteroseismic analysis to asses the level of chemical mixing deep within the stellar core in order to determine the star???s age and core mass. Wrapped into a robust statistical framework to account for correlations, this methodology is employed to analyse individual stars, multiple systems, and clusters alike to demonstrate that chemical mixing has dramatic impact on stellar structure and evolution |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030663100 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
2. Astronomy???Observations
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
|
| Item Type | eBook |
Multi-Media Links
Please Click here for eBook
Circulation Data
| Accession# | |
Call# | Status | Issued To | Return Due On | Physical Location |
| I11799 |
|
|
On Shelf |
|
|
|
|
|
28.
|
|
| Title | Neptune: From Grand Discovery to a World Revealed : Essays on the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of John Couch Adams |
| Author(s) | Sheehan, William;Bell, Trudy E;Kennett, Carolyn;Smith, Robert |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2021. |
| Description | XXXI, 403 p. 130 illus., 71 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The 1846 discovery of Neptune is one of the most remarkable stories in the history of science and astronomy. John Couch Adams and U.J. Le Verrier both investigated anomalies in the motion of Uranus and independently predicted the existence and location of this new planet. However, interpretations of the events surrounding this discovery have long been mired in controversy. Who first predicted the new planet? Was the discovery just a lucky fluke? The ensuing storm engaged astronomers across Europe and the United States. Written by an international group of authors, this pathbreaking volume explores in unprecedented depth the contentious history of Neptune???s discovery, drawing on newly discovered documents and re-examining the historical record. In so doing, we gain new understanding of the actions of key individuals and sharper insights into the pressures acting on them. The discovery of Neptune was a captivating mathematical moment and was widely regarded at the time as the greatest triumph of Newton???s theory of universal gravitation. The book therefore begins with Newton???s development of his ideas of gravity. It examines too the mathematical calculations related to the discovery of Neptune, using new theories and tools provided by advances in celestial mechanics over the past twenty years. Through this process, the book analyzes why the mathematical approach that proved so potent in the discovery of Neptune, grand as it was, could not help produce similar discoveries despite several valiant attempts. In the final chapters, we see how the discovery of Neptune marked the end of one quest???to explain the wayward motions of Uranus???and the beginning of another quest to fill in the map and understand the nature of the outer Solar System, whose icy precincts Neptune, as the outermost of the giant planets, bounds. |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030542184 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
2. Astronomy???Observations
3. CLASSICAL MECHANICS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
7. MECHANICS
8. Philosophical Foundations of Physics and Astronomy
9. Physics???Philosophy
10. PLANETARY SCIENCE
11. Science???History
|
| Item Type | eBook |
Multi-Media Links
Please Click here for eBook
Circulation Data
| Accession# | |
Call# | Status | Issued To | Return Due On | Physical Location |
| I11797 |
|
|
On Shelf |
|
|
|
|
|
29.
|
|
| Title | The Mystery of Dark Matter : In Search of the Invisible |
| Author(s) | Kapferer, Wolfgang |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2021. |
| Description | VIII, 178 p. 97 illus., 80 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Get ready to embark on the exciting search for dark matter???the invisible mass that dominates our universe. This popular science book explains why this mysterious dark matter has been incorporated into the standard model of the universe and how scientists are able to ???observe??? the invisible. The book starts with the early indications of the existence of dark matter, including the strange cohesion of galaxy clusters, before moving on to modern observations like cosmic background radiation. Along the way, you will learn about the direct and indirect methods being used by researchers to track down dark matter and whatever is behind this strange phenomenon. The Mystery of Dark Matter will appeal to general readers who wish to understand what scientists actually know about dark matter, along with the methods they use to help crack the mystery. This book is a translation of the original German 1st edition Das R??tsel Dunkle Materie by Wolfgang Kapferer, published by Springer-Verlag GmbH Deutschland in 2018.The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors. The author: Wolfgang Kapferer, born 1973, studied astronomy and physics at the University of Innsbruck. In his doctoral thesis and active research time he worked on theoretical models of the evolution of large-scale structures, so-called galaxy clusters. Computer simulations and their comparison with observations played a central role. The main focus of his work was put on the goal to understand better the involved gas dynamical processes |
| ISBN,Price | 9783662622025 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences
3. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
4. Astronomy???Observations
5. ASTROPHYSICS
6. EBOOK
7. EBOOK - SPRINGER
|
| Item Type | eBook |
Multi-Media Links
Please Click here for eBook
Circulation Data
| Accession# | |
Call# | Status | Issued To | Return Due On | Physical Location |
| I11746 |
|
|
On Shelf |
|
|
|
|
|
30.
| |
| Title | Master of Galactic Astronomy: A Biography of Jan Hendrik Oort |
| Author(s) | van der Kruit, Pieter C |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2021. |
| Description | XIX, 356 p. 195 illus., 60 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This accessible and entertaining biography chronicles the life and triumphs of astronomer Jan Hendrik Oort, who helped lay the foundations of modern astronomy in the 20th century. The book puts into context some of Oort's most significant achievements, including his discovery that the Milky Way rotates, as well as his famous hypothesis that our Solar System is surrounded by a reservoir of comets ??? now simply known as the Oort Cloud. Written by Oort???s former student, this fascinating story also delves into Oort???s pivotal role in the foundation of major astronomical facilities, including radio telescopes in the Netherlands and the European Southern Observatory (ESO), which now operates the most successful astronomical observatories in the world. The book draws extensively on new archival research through the Oort Archives, along with personal reminiscences by Oort???s son and astronomer-grandson, to paint a more detailed picture of Oort???s life not just as an astronomer, but also as a husband, father, and citizen. The strong public interest in comets triggered by the Rosetta mission to comet 67P/Churyumov???Gerasimenko and the recently discovered interstellar comet in the Solar System make this book particularly timely |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030555481 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
2. Astronomy???Observations
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
7. Philosophical Foundations of Physics and Astronomy
8. Physics???Philosophy
9. Science???History
|
| Item Type | eBook |
Multi-Media Links
Please Click here for eBook
Circulation Data
| Accession# | |
Call# | Status | Issued To | Return Due On | Physical Location |
| I11703 |
|
|
On Shelf |
|
|
|
| |