Version mise à jour et relookée de ce guide d'initiation simple et accessible, qui aborde les notions principales de l'astronomie, donne des pistes pour choisir un instrument en fonction de ce que l'on souhaite observer (objets du système solaire ou…
Few launch vehicles are as iconic and distinctive as NASA's behemoth rocket, the Saturn V, and none left such a lasting impression on those who watched it ascend. Developed with the specific brief to send humans to the Moon, it pushed rocketry to new…
This is an extensively revised, updated and enlarged edition of Dr Steel's popular textbook on interferometry. The book provides a general treatment that brings together the many different applications of the interference of electromagnetic waves.…
Challenges of Astronomyin a unique collection of thirty astronomy experiments ranging from ancient astronomy to cosmology. Each of the experiments contains one or more challenges for the reader. The progression is from the Earth outward through the…
Een Franse vertaling van de eerste uitgave van History of Rocketry and Space Travel uitgegeven in 1966. Het rijkelijk zwart-wit geïllustreerd boek beschrijft de lange weg vanaf oude Babylonische en Griekse inzichten in het heelal tot de schuchtere…
Many years ago amateur astronomers made observations of equal quality to professionals and hence could participate in the intellectual challenge of advancing our knowledge of the universe. Throughout most of this century, however, the cost and…