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Alsabti, Athem W |
Handbook of Supernovae |
I09997 |
2017 |
eBook |
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Murdin, Paul |
Rock Legends |
I09845 |
2016 |
eBook |
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Murdin, Paul |
Planetary Vistas |
I07332 |
2015 |
eBook |
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Murdin, Paul |
Full Meridian of Glory |
I06852 |
2009 |
eBook |
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| 5 |
Paul Murdin |
Encyclopedia of astronomy and astrophysics |
016820 |
2000 |
Book |
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| 6 |
Paul Murdin |
Encyclopedia of astronomy and astrophysics |
016819 |
2000 |
Book |
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| 7 |
Paul Murdin |
Encyclopedia of astronomy and astrophysics |
016818 |
2000 |
Book |
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Paul Murdin |
Encyclopedia of astronomy and astrophysics |
016817 |
2000 |
Book |
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Paul Murdin |
Catalogue of the universe; With original photographs by David Malin |
006676 |
1979 |
Book |
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Paul Murdin |
End in fire: The supernova in the large magellanic cloud |
002768 |
1990 |
Book |
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| Title | Handbook of Supernovae |
| Author(s) | Alsabti, Athem W;Murdin, Paul |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2017. |
| Description | 850 illus., 680 illus. in color. eReference : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This reference work gathers all of the latest research in the supernova field areas to create a definitive source book on supernovae, their remnants and related topics. It includes each distinct subdiscipline, including stellar types, progenitors, stellar evolution, nucleosynthesis of elements, supernova types, neutron stars and pulsars, black holes, swept up interstellar matter, cosmic rays, neutrinos from supernovae, supernova observations in different wavelengths, interstellar molecules and dust. While there is a great deal of primary and specialist literature on supernovae, with a great many scientific groups around the world focusing on the phenomenon and related subdisciplines, nothing else presents an overall survey. This handbook closes that gap at last. As a comprehensive and balanced collection that presents the current state of knowledge in the broad field of supernovae, this is to be used as a basis for further work and study by graduate students, astronomers and astrophysicists working in close/related disciplines, and established groups. Editorial Board EDITORS-IN-CHIEF Athem W. Alsabti University College London Observatory, University College London, London, UK Sections: Supernovae and Supernova Remnants Supernovae and the Environment of the Solar System Paul Murdin Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Section: Supernovae and Supernova Remnants SECTION EDITORS David Arnett Steward Observatory,University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA Section: Nucleosynthesis in Supernovae Phil Charles University of Southampton, School of Physics and Astronomy, Southampton, UK Section: Stellar Remnants - Neutron Stars and Black Holes Robert A. Fesen Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA Section: Evolution of Supernovae and the Interstellar Medium David A. Green Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK Section: Historical Supernovae Mario Hamuy Astronomy Department, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile; Millennium Institute of Astrophysics, Santiago, Chile Section: Cosmology from Supernovae Peter Hoeflich Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA Section: Explosion Mechanisms of Supernovae Ken???ichi Nomoto Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan Section: Supernovae and Stellar Evolution Stephen Smart Astrophysics Research Centre, Queen's University, Belfast; Northern Ireland, UK Section: Light Curves and Spectra of Supernovae Mark Sullivan School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, UK Section: Types of Supernovae Friedrich-Karl Thielemann Department of Physics, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland Sections: Neutrinos, Gravitational Waves and Cosmic Rays Nucleosynthesis in Supernovae Chengmin M. Zhang National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; Key Laboratory of Radio Astronomy, CAS, Beijing, China; School of Physical Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Section: Stellar Remnants - Neutron Stars and Black Holes |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319218465 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
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| Title | Rock Legends : The Asteroids and Their Discoverers |
| Author(s) | Murdin, Paul |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2016. |
| Description | IX, 207 p. 38 illus., 19 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book relates the history of asteroid discoveries and christenings, from those of the early pioneering giants of Hersehel and Piazzi to modern-day amateurs. Moving from history and anecdotal information to science, the book's structure is provided by the names of the asteroids, including one named after the author. Free from a need to conform to scientific naming conventions, the names evidence hero-worship, sycophancy, avarice, vanity, whimsy, erudition and wit, revealing the human side of astronomers, especially where controversy has followed the christening. Murdin draws from extensive historical records to explore the debate over these names. Each age reveals its own biases and preferences in the naming process. < Originally regarded as ???vermin of the skies,??? asteroids are minor planets, rocky scraps left over from the formation of the larger planets, or broken fragments of worlds that have collided. Their scientific classification as ???minor??? planets makes them seem unimportant, but over the past decades asteroids have been acknowledged to be key players in the Solar System. This view of their starring role even alters the trajectories of spacecraft: NASA???s policy for new space missions en route to the outer planets is that they must divert to study passing asteroids whenever possible. This book provides for readers a complete tour of the fascinating world of asteroids |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319318363 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. PLANETOLOGY
5. Popular Science in Astronomy
6. SPACE SCIENCES
7. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
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| Title | Planetary Vistas : The Landscapes of Other Worlds |
| Author(s) | Murdin, Paul |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2015. |
| Description | XI, 185 p. 157 illus., 124 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The word ???landscape??? can mean picture as well as natural scenery. Recent advances in space exploration imaging have allowed us to now have landscapes never before possible, and this book collects some of the greatest views and vistas of Mars, Venus???s Titan, Io and more in their full glory, with background information to put into context the foreign landforms of our Solar System. Here, literally, are 'other-worldly' visions of strange new scenes, all captured by the latest technology by landing and roving vehicles or by very low-flying spacecraft. ?? There is more than scientific interest in these views. They are also aesthetically beautiful and intriguing, and Dr. Murdin in a final chapter compares them to terrestrial landscapes in fine art. ?? Planetary Vistas is a science book and a travel book across the planets and moons of the Solar System for armchair space explorers who want to be amazed and informed. This book shows what future space explorers will experience, because these are the landscapes that astronauts and space tourists will see |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319152424 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. PLANETOLOGY
7. Popular Science in Astronomy
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| Title | Full Meridian of Glory : Perilous Adventures in the Competition to Measure the Earth |
| Author(s) | Murdin, Paul |
| Publication | New York, NY, 1. Imprint: Copernicus
2. Springer New York, 2009. |
| Description | XVIII, 190 p. 39 illus., 31 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The Paris Meridian is the name of the line running north-south through the astronomical observatory in Paris. One of the original intentions behind the founding of the Paris Observatory was to determine and measure this line. To that end, the French government financed the Paris Academy of Sciences to do so in the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries employing both astronomers ??? people who study and measure the stars ??? and geodesists ??? people who study and measure the Earth. This book is about what they did and why. Full Meridian of Glory is the first English language presentation of this historical material in its entirety. It is an attractively written story of the scientists who created the Paris Meridian. They collaborated and worked together in alliances, like scientists everywhere; they also split into warring factions. They transcended national and political disputes, as scientists do now, their eyes fixed on ideals of accuracy, truth and objectivity. Yet also when their work served national interests they were sometimes less than neutral, and if their work was questioned they sometimes blindly descended into petty politics. This book tells the story of the adventures in France, in Spain, in Lapland and in Ecuador of the scientists who worked through revolution, war, rebellion, piracy, fire, shipwreck, blockade, snow, tropical heat, kidnapping, murder and turbulent love affairs to pursue a problem of map making. They turned that practical problem into a crucial scientific test of one of the most important intellectual problems of their time ??? Newton???s theory of universal gravitation. Their work changed their own lives, affected the course of science and politics, and left its mark on the landscape, the art and the literature of history and in our own age |
| ISBN,Price | 9780387755342 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. GEOPHYSICS
7. Geophysics/Geodesy
8. HISTORY
9. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
10. Popular Science in Astronomy
11. Popular Science, general
12. Popular works
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