Welcome to the Universe: An Astrophysical Tour

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Welcome to the Universe is a personal guided tour of the cosmos by three of today’s leading astrophysicists. Inspired by the enormously popular introductory astronomy course...

Understanding Our Universe, 3rd edition

Research shows that active learning supports deeper, long-term understanding. The Third Edition text and media package gives students more opportunities to interact with astronomy?both in real life and online....

Wandering Stars: About Planets And Exo-planets, An Introductory Notebook

The space vehicle spectaculars of recent years have been revealing the full scope and beauty of our own solar system but have also shown that a growing number of other stars too have planetary bodies orbiting...

100 великих загадок астрономии

С той знаменитой январской ночи 1610 года, когда Галилей навел свой телескоп на небо и открыл спутники Юпитера,...

Yearbook of Astronomy 2019

An inspiration to amateur and professional astronomers alike, the Yearbook of Astronomy warrants a place on the bookshelf of all sky watchers and stargazers. Maintaining its appealing style and presentation,...

99 секретов астрономии

В этой книге спрятано 99 секретов астрономии. Откройте ее и узнайте о том, как устроена Вселенная, из чего состоит...

Universe Britannica Illustrated Science Library

100 чудес Вселенной

Звездное небо издавна манит и притягивает нас. Это неудивительно, ведь мы – дети Вселенной в самом прямом смысле....

Tools of Radio Astronomy (6th edition)

This 6th edition of “Tools of Radio Astronomy”, the most used introductory text in radio astronomy, has been revised to reflect the current state of this important branch of astronomy. This includes the...

The Universe: Leading Scientists Explore the Origin, Mysteries, and Future of the Cosmos

John Brockman brings together the world’s best-known physicists and science writers—including Brian Greene, Walter Isaacson, Nobel Prize-winner Frank Wilczek, Benoit Mandelbrot, and Martin Rees—to...

The Universe: A Biography

John Gribbin’s The Universe: A Biography explores the story of our cosmos, from the mystery of its origins to how scientists think it might end. How did the universe grow from a tiny fireball to its...

The Universe in the Rearview Mirror: How Hidden Symmetries Shape Reality

A physicist speeds across space, time and everything in between showing that our elegant universe—from the Higgs boson to antimatter to the most massive group of galaxies—is shaped by hidden symmetries...

Universe Ninth Edition

When it comes to staying current with latest discoveries, clearing away common misconceptions, and harnessing the power of media in the service of students and instructors, no other full-length introduction to...

The Unknown Universe: What We Don’t Know About Time and Space in Ten Chapters

On 21 March 2013, the European Space Agency released a map of the afterglow of the Big Bang. Taking in 440 sextillion kilometres of space and 13.8 billion years of time, it is physically impossible to make a...

The Star Atlas Companion: What you need to know about the Constellations

Conventional star atlases are great for locating constellations and individual stars but The Star Atlas Companion goes one step further and describes the physical properties of more than 1,100 stars. With the...

Tools of Astronomy: How they transformed our view of the Universe

Stellar Spectral Classification

Written by leading experts in the field, Stellar Spectral Classification is the only book to comprehensively discuss both the foundations and most up-to-date techniques of MK and other spectral classification...

Planets, Stars and Stellar Systems: Volume 2: Astronomical Techniques, Software, and Data

This is volume 2 of Planets, Stars and Stellar Systems, a six-volume compendium of modern astronomical research, covering subjects of key interest to the main fields of contemporary astronomy. This volume on...

Stars [A Very Short Introduction]

Every atom of our bodies has been part of a star. In this lively and compact introduction, astrophysicist Andrew King reveals how the laws of physics force stars to evolve, driving them through successive...

The physics of the interstellar medium (2nd ed.)

The Cosmic Perspective, 7th edition

Building on a long tradition of effective pedagogy and comprehensive coverage, The Cosmic Perspective, Seventh Edition provides a thoroughly engaging and up-to-date introduction to astronomy for non-science...

The Day We Found the Universe

On January 1, 1925, thirty-five-year-old Edwin Hubble announced the observation that ultimately established that our universe was a thousand trillion times larger than previously believed, filled with myriad...

Physics of solar system plasmas

The New Quantum Universe (7th printing)

The principles of quantum mechanics are the basis of everything in the physical world—from atoms to stars, from nuclei to lasers. Quantum paradoxes and the eventful life of Schroedinger’s Cat are...

The Physics of Reality : Space, Time, Matter, Cosmos — Proceedings of the 8th Symposium

A truly Galilean class volume as it also introduces a new method in theory formation this time completing the tools of epistemology. This book covers a broad spectrum of theoretical and mathematical physics by...

Teach Yourself VISUALLY Astronomy

From dramatic lunar eclipses to brilliant comets, the night sky fascinates people. Brimming with beautiful color photos, this book walks you through everything you need to know to maximize your enjoyment of...

The secret lives of stars

COPYRIGHT 2004 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, INC. contents2004 42 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN Volume 14, Number 4 The Secret Lives of Stars 3 Letter from the Editor YOUTH 4 The First Stars in the Universe BY RICHARD B. LARSON...

SETI: Поиск внеземного разума

The Secret of the Universe / Тайна Вселенной

Тайна Вселенной (1991) является двадцать второй и заключительный сбор научных эссе Айзека Азимова,...

Science Advice to NASA: Conflict, Consensus, Partnership, Leadership

NASA has a long tradition of interacting closely with and inviting advice from the scientific community, which is integral to the culture of its scientific programs. In this newly published monograph, the...

The role of Rayleigh-Taylor and Richtmyer-Meshkiv instabilities in astrophysics