This book offers a completely up-to-date introduction to the exciting science of cosmology. It describes the very latest discoveries that have led astronomers and physicists ever closer to understanding the deepest secrets of the universe: its…
A highly engaging study of mirages, illusions of multiple moons, the fata morgana, colored shadows and scores of other phenomena in a book praised by Science and Math Weekly as "a great depository of projects, science fair ventures, experiments,…
In 1608 toonde de Middelburger Hans Lipperhey zijn eerste, zelfgemaakte telescoop aan Prins Maurits. In Italië hoorde Galilei hiervan. Hij maakte een verbeterde versie van het apparaat en richtte die op de maan en de sterren. Wat hij zag schreef hij…
Until recently, minor planet namme citations were scattered in the astronomical literature, and the origin of many names remained obscure. IAU Commission 20 in 1988 established a study group to ecucidate the meanings of asteroid names. Under the…
Deals with the book of Giovanni Lupato called `SN1054: Una Supernova sul Medioevo' regarding the identification of the supernova of 1054 in the Latin West, Europe. Comments on Lupato's claims in the role of the supernova of 1054 in the supernova in…
Jährlich 60 Millionen Besucher, 200 000 Sitzplätze weltweit - die Anziehungskraft der Planetarien auf die Menschen war und bleibt ununterbrochen. Anlaß genug für den Wissenschaftler Ludwig Meier, die mehr als zweitausendjährige Geschichte dieser so…