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Garfinkle, Robert A |
Luna Cognita |
I09200 |
2020 |
eBook |
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Powell, Jonathan |
From Cave Art to Hubble |
I09198 |
2019 |
eBook |
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| 93 |
van der Kruit, Pieter C |
Jan Hendrik Oort |
I09176 |
2019 |
eBook |
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| 94 |
Shamey, Renzo |
Pioneers of Color Science |
I09129 |
2020 |
eBook |
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| 95 |
Masters, Barry R |
Superresolution Optical Microscopy |
I09097 |
2020 |
eBook |
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| 96 |
Cunningham, Clifford J |
Investigating the Origin of the Asteroids and Early Findings on Vesta |
I09032 |
2017 |
eBook |
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| 97 |
Mussardo, Giuseppe |
The ABC???s of Science |
I09029 |
2020 |
eBook |
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| 98 |
Kossovsky, Alex Ely |
The Birth of Science |
I09017 |
2020 |
eBook |
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| 99 |
Wall, Wilson |
A History of Optical Telescopes in Astronomy |
I08955 |
2018 |
eBook |
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Jungnickel, Christa |
The Second Physicist |
I08935 |
2017 |
eBook |
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| Title | Luna Cognita : A Comprehensive Observer???s Handbook of the Known Moon |
| Author(s) | Garfinkle, Robert A |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 2020. |
| Description | CV, 1680 p. 1309 illus., 444 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This comprehensive, all-in-one handbook takes you on an incomparable journey of our closest celestial neighbor. Not since the golden age of 19th-century lunar guidebooks has one text managed to cover the Moon in such detail as this three-volume set. The handbook begins with a section on the Moon???s place in human history, mythology and lore, before gravitating closer to the Moon itself through scientific sections on the Earth-Moon system, lunar motions and cycles. Following these are technical chapters on how to purchase, use and care for lunar observing and photography equipment. Techniques for observing the Moon (both with the naked eye and optical instruments) are detailed as the reader approaches the Moon???s surface on this visual tour-de-force. A close-up exploration of the Moon is the result. The ???crater-hop??? chapters discuss the physical aspects of the Moon???s features, offering brief biographical information on the person for whom the feature is named, as well as how each individual was involved in the development of science and selenography from ancient to modern times. Luna Cognita goes far beyond any recent work in both breadth and depth of coverage on the Moon. Written in an accessible, engaging manner for readers of all backgrounds and levels of expertise, this handbook is thus an invaluable resource for anybody who looks up at the glowing sphere in the night sky and wants to learn more about the ???Known Moon.??? |
| ISBN,Price | 9781493916641 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
3. Astronomy???Observations
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. HISTORY
7. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
8. Observations, Astronomical
9. Popular Science in Astronomy
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| Title | From Cave Art to Hubble : A History of Astronomical Record Keeping |
| Author(s) | Powell, Jonathan |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2019. |
| Description | VII, 265 p. 16 illus., 15 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Since ancient times, humans have engaged in a continual quest to make sense of the night sky. Cultures across the world recorded their earliest efforts in artwork made directly on the natural landscapes around them, and from there developed increasingly sophisticated techniques for observing and documenting astronomy. This book brings readers on an astronomical journey through the ages, offering a history of how our species has recorded and interpreted the night sky. From cave art to parchment scribe to modern X-ray mapping of the sky,it chronicles the development of tools that informed and at times entirely toppled our understanding of the natural world. Our recording techniques formed the bedrock for increasingly complex forays into astronomy and celestial mechanics. In addition to these topics,the book explores how nature itself has recorded the skies in its own way, which we can unravel through geological and archaeological studies. This tale of human discovery and ingenuity over the ages will appeal to anybody interested in astronomy and its rich cultural history |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030316884 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
3. Astronomy???Observations
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. HISTORY
7. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
8. HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY
9. Observations, Astronomical
10. Popular Science in Astronomy
11. Technology???History
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| I09198 |
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| Title | Jan Hendrik Oort : Master of the Galactic System |
| Author(s) | van der Kruit, Pieter C |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2019. |
| Description | XX, 726 p. 354 illus., 72 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book is the first thorough and overdue biography of one of the giants of science in the twentieth century, Jan Hendrik Oort. His fundamental contributions had a lasting effect on the development of our insight and a profound influence on the international organization and cooperation in his area of science and on the efforts and contribution of his native country. This book aims at describing Oort's life and works in the context of the development of his branch of science and as a tribute to a great scientist in a broader sense. The astronomer Jan Hendrik Oort from the Netherlands was founder of studies of the structure and dynamics of the Milky Way Galaxy, initiator of radioastronomy and the European Southern Observatory, and an important contributor to many areas of astronomy, from the study of comets to the universe on the largest scales |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030178017 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. HISTORY
7. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
8. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
9. PHYSICS
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| I09176 |
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| Title | Pioneers of Color Science |
| Author(s) | Shamey, Renzo;Kuehni, Rolf G |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2020. |
| Description | XXXVI, 431 p. 198 illus., 85 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book provides a comprehensive overview of the historical development of color science, told through the stories of more than 90 of the most prominent figures in the field and their contributions. The text comprises an extensive set of biographical essays about pioneering scientists, describing their most significant achievements and explaining how their findings influenced the general understanding of color. Grouped by historical period, each part is prefaced with a short introduction that sets the essays into context. Beginning with classical Greece and the works of Plato and Aristotle, the book goes on to describe the advances made by Islamic and European scholars between the 10th and 15th centuries. The subsequent part discusses color formation and visual perception from the 16th to 18th centuries, spanning the Age of Enlightenment. The final part of the book chronicles the most recent discoveries and contributions from pioneers born after 1800, and includes over 60 essays. Among these pioneers are Nobel laureates, vision scientists, and many other notable figures in contemporary color science. A useful reference for color scientists, science historians, artists, and others, Pioneers of Color Science offers a fascinating insight into the development of color science and the nature of scientific advancement |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319308111 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Atomic structure????
2. Atomic/Molecular Structure and Spectra
3. CLASSICAL ELECTRODYNAMICS
4. Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. ELECTRODYNAMICS
8. HISTORY
9. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
10. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
11. Molecular structure??
12. OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING
13. OPTICS
14. PHYSICS
15. SPECTROSCOPY
16. Spectroscopy/Spectrometry
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| I09129 |
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| Title | Superresolution Optical Microscopy : The Quest for Enhanced Resolution and Contrast |
| Author(s) | Masters, Barry R |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2020. |
| Description | XXII, 403 p. 50 illus., 31 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book presents a comprehensive and coherent summary of techniques for enhancing the resolution and image contrast provided by far-field optical microscopes. It takes a critical look at the body of knowledge that comprises optical microscopy, compares and contrasts the various instruments, provides a clear discussion of the physical principles that underpin these techniques, and describes advances in science and medicine for which superresolution microscopes are required and are making major contributions. The text fills significant gaps that exist in other works on superresolution imaging, firstly by placing a new emphasis on the specimen, a critical component of the microscope setup, giving equal importance to the enhancement of both resolution and contrast. Secondly, it covers several topics not typically discussed in depth, such as Bessel and Airy beams, the physics of the spiral phase plate, vortex beams and singular optics, photoactivated localization microscopy (PALM), stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (STORM), structured illumination microscopy (SIM), and light-sheet fluorescence microscopy (LSFM). Several variants of these techniques are critically discussed. Noise, optical aberrations, specimen damage, and artifacts in microscopy are also covered. The importance of validation of superresolution images with electron microscopy is stressed. Additionally, the book includes translations and discussion of seminal papers by Abbe and Helmholtz that proved to be pedagogically relevant as well as historically significant. This book is written for students, researchers, and engineers in the life sciences, medicine, biological engineering, and materials science who plan to work with or already are working with superresolution light microscopes. The volume can serve as a reference for these areas while a selected set of individual chapters can be used as a textbook for a one-semester undergraduate or first-year graduate course on superresolution microscopy. Moreover, the text provides a captivating account of curiosity, skepticism, risk-taking, innovation, and creativity in science and technology. Good scientific practice is emphasized throughout, and the author???s lecture slides on responsible conduct of research are included as an online resource which will be of interest to students, course instructors, and scientists alike |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030216917 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Biological Microscopy
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. HISTORY
5. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
6. LASERS
7. MICROSCOPY
8. MICROWAVES
9. Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering
10. OPTICAL ENGINEERING
11. Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices
12. PHOTONICS
13. SPECTROSCOPY
14. Spectroscopy and Microscopy
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| Title | Investigating the Origin of the Asteroids and Early Findings on Vesta : Historical Studies in Asteroid Research |
| Author(s) | Cunningham, Clifford J |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2017. |
| Description | XIII, 399 p. 211 illus., 35 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book assesses the origin of asteroids by analyzing the discovery of Vesta in 1807. Wilhelm Olbers, who discovered Vesta, suggested that the asteroids were the result of a primordial planet???s explosion. Cunningham studies that idea in detail through the writings of Sir David Brewster in Scotland, the era's most prolific writer about the asteroids. He also examines the link between meteorites and asteroids, revealing a synergy between Ernst Chladni, Romantic symbolism, and the music of the spheres. Vesta was a lightning rod for controversy throughout the nineteenth century with observers arguing over its size and color, and the astounding notion that it was self-luminous.??It was also a major force for change, as new methods in the field of celestial mechanics were developed to study the orbital perturbations it is subject to. A large selection of private correspondence and scientific papers complete the first comprehensive historical study of Vesta ever published. With a synoptic look at the four asteroids, Ceres, Pallas, Juno and Vesta, Cunningham provides a valuable resource on asteroid origins and explains how they were integrated into the newly revealed solar system of the early nineteenth century. ?? |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319581187 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
2. Astronomy???Observations
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. HISTORY
6. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
7. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
8. Observations, Astronomical
9. PHYSICS
10. PLANETOLOGY
11. SPACE SCIENCES
12. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
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| Title | The ABC???s of Science |
| Author(s) | Mussardo, Giuseppe |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2020. |
| Description | X, 248 p. 35 illus., 5 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Science, with its inherent tension between the known and the unknown, is an inexhaustible mine of great stories. Collected here are twenty-six among the most enchanting tales, one for each letter of the alphabet: the main characters are scientists of the highest calibre mostly of whom, however, are unknown to the general public. This book goes from A to Z. The letter A stands for Abel, the great Norwegian mathematician, here involved in an elliptic thriller about a fundamental theorem of mathematics, while the letter Z refers to Absolute Zero, the ultimate and lowest temperature limit, - 273,15 degrees Celsius, a value that is tremendously cooler than the most remote corner of the Universe: the race to reach this final outpost of coldness is not yet complete, but, similarly to the history books of polar explorations at the beginning of the 20th century, its pages record successes, failures, fierce rivalries and tragic desperations. In between the A and the Z, the other letters of the alphabet are similar to the various stages of a very fascinating journey along the paths of science, a journey in the company of a very unique set of characters as eccentric and peculiar as those in Ulysses by James Joyce: the French astronomer who lost everything, even his mind, to chase the transits of Venus; the caustic Austrian scientist who, perfectly at ease with both the laws of psychoanalysis and quantum mechanics, revealed the hidden secrets of dreams and the periodic table of chemical elements; the young Indian astrophysicist who was the first to understand how a star dies, suffering the ferocious opposition of his mentor for this discovery. Or the Hungarian physicist who struggled with his melancholy in the shadows of the desert of Los Alamos; or the French scholar who was forced to hide her femininity behind a false identity so as to publish fundamental theorems on prime numbers. And so on and so forth. Twenty-six stories, which reveal the most authentic atmosphere of science and the lives of some of its main players: each story can be read in quite a short period of time -- basically the time it takes to get on and off the train between two metro stations. Largely independent from one another, these twenty-six stories make the book a harmonious polyphony of several voices: the reader can invent his/her own very personal order for the chapters simply by ordering the sequence of letters differently. For an elementary law of Mathematics, this can give rise to an astronomically large number of possible books -- all the same, but - then again - all different. This book is therefore the ideal companion for an infinite number of real or metaphoric journeys |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030551698 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. BIOLOGY - HISTORY
2. CHEMISTRY - HISTORY
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. HISTORY
6. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
7. History of Biology
8. History of Chemistry
9. History of Mathematical Sciences
10. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
11. MATHEMATICS
12. PHYSICS
13. Popular Science in Physics
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| Title | The Birth of Science |
| Author(s) | Kossovsky, Alex Ely |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2020. |
| Description | XV, 220 p. 95 illus., 47 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book reveals the multi-generational process involved in the discovery of modern physics and examines the personal lives of six of the intellectual giants involved. It explores the profound revolution in the way of thinking, and in particular the successful refutation of the school of thought inherited from the Greeks, which focused on the perfection and immutability of the celestial world. In addition, the emergence of the scientific method and the adoption of mathematics as the central tool in scientific endeavors are discussed. Lastly, the book turns to Kepler???s crucial 3rd law and shows how it was derived from a mere six data points, corresponding to the six planets known at the time. Written in a straightforward and accessible style, the book will inform and fascinate all aficionados of science, history, philosophy, and, in particular, astronomy |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030517441 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. HISTORY
7. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
8. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
9. MATHEMATICS
10. Mathematics, general
11. PHYSICS
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| Title | A History of Optical Telescopes in Astronomy |
| Author(s) | Wall, Wilson |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2018. |
| Description | XV, 173 p. 45 illus., 31 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book is uniquely about the relationship between the optical telescope and astronomy as they developed together. It covers the time between the telescope's pivotal invention in the 1600's up to the modern era of space-based telescopes. Over the intervening centuries, there were huge improvements in the optical resolution of telescopes, along with changes in their positioning and nature of application that forever altered the course of astronomy. For a long time, the field was an exclusive club for self-motivated stargazers who could afford to build their own telescopes. Many of these leisure-time scholars left their mark by virtue of their meticulous observations and record keeping. Although they would now be considered amateurs, these figures and their contributions were pivotal and are covered in this book alongside professionals, for the first time giving a complete picture of the history of telescopic science |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319990880 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
2. Astronomy???Observations
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. HISTORY
6. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
7. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
8. HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY
9. Observations, Astronomical
10. PHYSICS
11. Technology???History
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| Title | The Second Physicist : On the History of Theoretical Physics in Germany |
| Author(s) | Jungnickel, Christa;McCormmach, Russell |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2017. |
| Description | XXXI, 460 p. 15 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book explores the rise of theoretical physics in 19th century Germany. The authors show how the junior second physicist in German universities over time became the theoretical physicist, of equal standing to the experimental physicist. Gustav Kirchhoff, Hermann von Helmholtz, and Max Planck are among the great German theoretical physicists whose work and career are examined in this book. Physics was then the only natural science in which theoretical work developed into a major teaching and research specialty in its own right. Readers will discover how German physicists arrived at a well-defined field of theoretical physics with well understood and generally accepted goals and needs. The authors explain the nature of the work of theoretical physics with many examples, taking care always to locate the research within the workplace. The book is a revised and shortened version of Intellectual Mastery of Nature: Theoretical Physics from Ohm to Einstein, a two-volume work by the same authors. This new edition represents a reformulation of the larger work. It retains what is most important in the original work, while including new material, sharpening discussions, and making the research more accessible to readers. It presents a thorough examination of a seminal era in physics |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319495651 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Applications of Mathematics
2. APPLIED MATHEMATICS
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS
6. EPISTEMOLOGY
7. HISTORY
8. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
9. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
10. Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics
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