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Lemmerich, Jost |
Max von Laue |
I12557 |
2022 |
Book |
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Gaudenzi, Rocco |
Historical Roots of Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking |
I12553 |
2022 |
Book |
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Mendillo, Michael |
Saints and Sinners in the Sky: Astronomy, Religion and Art in Western Culture |
I12531 |
2022 |
Book |
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Waldrop, M. Mitchell |
Cosmic Origins |
I12514 |
2022 |
Book |
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Olson, Donald W |
Investigating Art, History, and Literature with Astronomy |
I12511 |
2022 |
Book |
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Eckert, Michael |
Turbulence???an Odyssey |
I12490 |
2022 |
Book |
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Montmerle, Thierry |
China and the International Astronomical Union |
I12440 |
2022 |
Book |
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Montmerle, Thierry |
Astronomers as Diplomats |
I12429 |
2022 |
Book |
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Montmerle, Thierry |
The Two Lives of Cheng Maolan |
I12417 |
2022 |
Book |
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Seedhouse, Erik |
SpaceX |
I12388 |
2022 |
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| Title | Saints and Sinners in the Sky: Astronomy, Religion and Art in Western Culture |
| Author(s) | Mendillo, Michael |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer International Publishing, 2022. |
| Description | XIII, 252 p. 90 illus., 82 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | In this book, Boston University Professor of Astronomy Michael Mendillo takes readers deep into the annals of history, showing how visual depictions of the heavens evolved in tandem with science and religion throughout much of Western culture. With unprecedented scope and scale, Professor Mendillo explores how cave art, illuminated manuscripts, sculptures, paintings and architecture reflected some of the great religious and secular battles taking place over the course of centuries. Enter a world of biblical proportions, where constellations of ancient heroes and pagans were thoroughly recast as Christian saints and the Twelve Apostles. This nontechnical narrative brings vitality and accessibility to some of the most enduring subjects in human history, offering a lively new exploration of the visual connections between celestial phenomena and artistic expression. ???Ever wonder how religion and art became forces of imagination on our night skies? Or how the night skies became forces of imagination on our religion and art? In this brilliant study of constellations and culture, Michael Mendillo, professor of astronomy at Boston University, reveals that the canopy of stars has been an ideologically contested space from the beginning, ensuring that the next time you look up, the sky will look completely different to you.???- Neil deGrasse Tyson, Director, Hayden Planetarium, American Museum of Natural History "Saints and Sinners impressionistically reveals the connections of art, astronomy, and religion in Western culture to illuminate the age-old quest for celestial-terrestrial connections.??? - Roberta J.M. Olson, author of Giotto???s Portrait of Halley???s Comet and Cosmos: The Art and Science of the Universe ???Professor Mendillo???s book does a priceless service, opening the doors of our minds to images that will stir us, because the heavens are part of us, and we all long to know how and why.??? - Rev. David R. Thom, MIT Chaplain and Convener of the Cambridge Faculty Roundtable on Science, Art & Religion "Over a lifetime devoted to astronomical research and teaching, Michael Mendillo has indulged a parallel passion for artistic representations of the heavenly bodies. In this sumptuous volume, he explores the projection of our changing belief systems onto the constant stars.??? - Dava Sobel, author of Longitude, Galileo???s Daughter and The Glass Universe |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030842703 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Art History
2. Art???History
3. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
4. Astronomy???Observations
5. Christian Cultural Studies
6. Christianity and culture
7. Comparative Religion
8. EBOOK
9. EBOOK - SPRINGER
10. History of Physics and Astronomy
11. Physics???History
12. Religions
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| I12531 |
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| Title | Cosmic Origins : Science???s Long Quest to Understand How Our Universe Began |
| Author(s) | Waldrop, M. Mitchell |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer International Publishing, 2022. |
| Description | XI, 152 p. 37 illus., 28 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Cosmic Origins tells the story of how physicists and astronomers have struggled for more than a century to understand the beginnings of our universe, from its origins in the Big Bang to the modern day. The book will introduce the science as a narrative, by telling the story of the scientists who made each major discovery. It will also address and explain aspects of our theories that some cosmologists are still hesitant to accept, as well as gaps in our knowledge and even apparent inconsistencies in our measurements. Clearly written by a master of scientific exposition, this book will fascinate the curious general reader as well as providing essential background reading for college-level courses on physics and astronomy |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030982140 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
2. Astronomy???Observations
3. Classical and Quantum Gravity
4. COSMOLOGY
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. Foundations of Physics and Cosmology
8. GENERAL RELATIVITY
9. GENERAL RELATIVITY (PHYSICS)
10. GRAVITATION
11. History of Physics and Astronomy
12. Physics???History
13. SCIENCE
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| Title | Investigating Art, History, and Literature with Astronomy : Determining Time, Place, and Other Hidden Details Linked to the Stars |
| Author(s) | Olson, Donald W |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer International Publishing, 2022. |
| Description | XVIII, 336 p. 176 illus., 145 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | How can shadows determine the date and time of a painting by Johannes Vermeer? How did the Moon and tides cause the loss of King John???s crown jewels? In his newest book, Professor Olson, author of Celestial Sleuth and Further Adventures of the Celestial Sleuth, explores how astronomical clues can uncover fascinating new details about art, history, and literature. He begins with an accessible introduction to amateur ???celestial sleuthing,??? showing how to use your astronomical knowledge, software, archives, vintage maps, historical letters and diaries, military records, and other resources to investigate the past. Follow along as Professor Olson then explores twenty real-world cases where astronomy has helped answer unresolved questions or correct longstanding interpretations about an event. Examples involve artists such as Vermeer, Monet, and O???Keeffe; the historical exploits of Alexander the Great, the desert travels of the Death Valley ???49ers, and a meeting between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill in Marrakech; and literary works by Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Longfellow. Packed with dozens of full-color illustrations, this book will enrich your knowledge of the past and equip you with all the tools you???ll need to become a celestial sleuth yourself. ???Many people have a passion for art, or world history, or great literature, or even astronomy ??? but seldom in all these things at once. This remarkable book by Donald Olson of Texas State University will put you in touch with such seemingly unrelated endeavors. It will open your eyes and broaden your mind as little else could.??? Roger W. Sinnott, Sky & Telescope |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030955540 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Art History
2. Art???History
3. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
4. Astronomy???Observations
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. History of Physics and Astronomy
8. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
9. Physics???History
10. Science???History
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| I12511 |
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| Title | Turbulence???an Odyssey : Origins and Evolution of a Research Field at the Interface of Science and Engineering |
| Author(s) | Eckert, Michael |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer International Publishing, 2022. |
| Description | XVI, 208 p. 32 illus., 8 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Turbulence is a research field where high expectations have met with recurrent frustration. It is a common perception among physicists, mathematicians and engineers that there is a "big mystery" behind the phenomenon of turbulence. Its history has also remained anything but well researched. Unlike topics such as quantum theory, which began to attract physics historians as long as fifty years ago, turbulence has - until now - received only little professional historical investigation. In this book, which complements his earlier SpringerBrief "The Turbulence Problem", the author sketches the history of turbulence from the vantage point of its roots (Part I), the basic concepts (Part II) and the formation of a scientific community that regarded turbulence as a research field in its own right (Part III). From this perspective turbulence research appears to undertake an odyssey through uncharted territories. The book follows this development up until a conference in Marseille in the year 1961, which marked the inauguration of turbulence in the words of its organizer as ???a new science???. The epilogue contains some observations about turbulence research since 1961. This book provides a rich source of information for all those interested in the history of this major field of basic and applied science |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030914592 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. Engineering Fluid Dynamics
4. FLUID MECHANICS
5. FLUIDS
6. History of Physics and Astronomy
7. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
8. Physics???History
9. Science???History
10. Soft condensed matter
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| I12490 |
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| Title | China and the International Astronomical Union : Divorce, Separation and Reconciliation (1958???1982) |
| Author(s) | Montmerle, Thierry;Zhou, Yi |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer International Publishing, 2022. |
| Description | XVII, 213 p. 69 illus., 15 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Seen from ???inside the IAU,??? this book tells the in-depth story of a major crisis in which China ???divorced??? from the International Astronomical Union in 1960 as a protest against the admission of Taiwan. This happened to all the scientific unions at the same time, and to the Olympic Games, which, unexpectedly, would serve as a laboratory for the ???reconciliation??? which took place following the re-opening of China to the world 20 years later. The so-called ???China conflict??? is the most important crisis in the post-WWII history of the IAU. Yet, many details about this conflict and its links to broader geopolitical events have long remained unsettled, obscure, or altogether absent. In particular, the book describes for the first time the ???separation??? period, which covered the Cultural Revolution, and in which the IAU made desperate official efforts to reach out to China, while some groups of Western and Chinese astronomers managed to keep contact at times. On the occasion of the IAU Centenary celebrations in 2019, the book revisits this painful succession of events using unpublished documents from the IAU Archives and the International Council of Scientific Unions. The book also contains supplementary typescripts of selected handwritten correspondences and the full translation of key original Chinese documents unknown to readers outside China. What emerges is a complex and fascinating story of human relations and science diplomacy under the shadow of the Cold War. Readers will learn how the 20-year ???China conflict??? as lived by astronomers and scientists is important not only for the history of the IAU, but also for the history of contemporary China. ???This book is full of so many original documents of the IAU office, very reliable and good to open to the public readers.??? Shuhua Ye, Shanghai Observatory (IAU Vice-President, 1988-1994) This book is a companion book to "Astronomers as Diplomats," published at the same time in the same series |
| ISBN,Price | 9783031017872 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Aeronautics???Law and legislation
2. ASTRONOMY
3. Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. History of Physics and Astronomy
7. INTERNATIONAL LAW
8. Law of the sea
9. Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space
10. Physics???History
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| I12440 |
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| Title | Astronomers as Diplomats : When the IAU Builds Bridges Between Nations |
| Author(s) | Montmerle, Thierry;Fauque, Danielle |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer International Publishing, 2022. |
| Description | XXV, 511 p. 224 illus., 127 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book illuminates a few highly significant events in history in which astronomers have helped keep contacts between astronomers of different states in moments of international political tensions or even crises. The chapters, written by 20 international authors, focus on four periods where astronomers were particularly active in international relations: 1. The WWI period, the epoch of the creation of the IAU, in the context of the simultaneous creation of other scientific unions. The book also singles out the important role of A.S. Eddington and his network ???across forbidden borders???. 2. The Cold war period and its consequences, when several countries were divided between opposite blocs. ???The China crisis??? is told here from different viewpoints by Chinese astronomers, both from the mainland and from Taiwan, in parallel with the evolution of astronomy in South and North Korea. Germany???s twisted path in its membership of the IAU, from its admission in 1951 to its reunification in 1991 is shown as another example. 3. The book then highlights a third period, when radio astronomers, in particular, were very active in ???building bridges??? between East and West. It also tells the history of how the apparently innocuous issue of the ???lunar nomenclature??? became extremely sensitive. The part ends on two chapters on Russian robotic missions and lunar surface features as well on the Russian participation in the ???International Virtual Observatory??? project. 4. The fourth part reports for the first time on the ???hidden story??? of the relations between the IAU and the United Nations after the ???Moon race??? when the United Nations decided to challenge the IAU???s authority on ???extraterrestrial names???. The final chapter reviews how twenty years later UNESCO and the IAU had become strong partners in the difficult, but highly successful organization of the International Year of Astronomy (2002-2009), and of the ???Astronomy and World Heritage??? intitiative (2008) |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030986254 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Diplomatic and International History
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. Education and state
5. Educational Policy and Politics
6. History of Physics and Astronomy
7. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
8. International relations???History
9. Physics???History
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| Title | The Two Lives of Cheng Maolan : From the "French Silk Road to Astronomy" to the Meanders of Mao???s China |
| Author(s) | Montmerle, Thierry;Zhou, Yi;Gomas, Yves |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Springer
2. Springer International Publishing, 2022. |
| Description | X, 116 p. 59 illus., 29 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book presents the exceptional biography of the 20th century Chinese astronomer Cheng Maolan, who came to France in 1926 on a China-France cooperation program to do his PhD with the idea of returning to China after a few years. Instead, he lived two lives. He first stayed in France and studied astronomy in Lyon, the ???Silk city???, where he suffered the hardships of the German occupation, but also witnessed the construction of the Haute-Provence Observatory. After the war, he started a promising career at Lyon Observatory. However, in 1957 he decided to live a second life, by returning to the motherland, which had in the meantime become the People's Republic of China. There, he suffered the hardships of the Cultural Revolution, but he managed to play a pivotal role in establishing the Beijing Observatory as its director. In particular, he prepared the ground for the Xinglong 2-m telescope, which saw its first light in 1989, ten years after his death. Cheng Maolan is now considered a "Chinese hero": an "Astronomy and Technology Museum" was built and named after him in 2018, in his native city of Boye, Hebei Province, China, featuring a tall, white statue in front of the building |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030999308 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. History of Physics and Astronomy
4. Physics???History
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| Title | SpaceX : Starship to Mars ??? The First 20 Years |
| Author(s) | Seedhouse, Erik |
| Publication | Cham, 1. Imprint: Praxis
2. Springer International Publishing, 2022. |
| Description | XI, 220 p. 126 illus., 120 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Learn about commercial spaceflight???s most successful startup in this fully updated book, which follows the extraordinary feats of engineering and human achievement that have placed SpaceX at the forefront of the launch industry and positioned it as the most likely candidate for transporting humans to Mars. This second edition emphasizes SpaceX's much-hyped manned mission to the Red Planet. With a plethora of new material gathered from 2013 to the present, the text offers the most up-to-date portrait of the maverick band of scientists and engineers producing some of the most spectacular aviation triumphs of the 21st century. Topics covered in this book include: all CRS flights, the challenges of developing retro-propulsion, and the pathway towards realizing the Falcon Heavy and BFR. In addition, the chapters describe SpaceX???s emphasis on simplicity, low-cost, and reliability, and the methods the company employs to reduce its costs while speeding up decision-making and delivery. Detailing the Falcon 1, Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch vehicles, the book shows how SpaceX is able to offer a full spectrum of light, medium, and heavy lift launch capabilities to its customers and how it is able to deliver spacecraft into any inclination and altitude, from low Earth orbit to geosynchronous orbit to planetary missions. This book is the perfect go-to guide on SpaceX for anybody working or interested in the commercial space arena |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030991814 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Aerospace engineering
2. Aerospace Technology and Astronautics
3. ASTRONAUTICS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. ENTREPRENEURSHIP
7. History of Physics and Astronomy
8. New business enterprises
9. Outer space???Exploration
10. Physics???History
11. Space Exploration and Astronautics
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