Suitable for a one-semester course in general relativity for senior undergraduate or beginning graduate students, this text clarifies the mathematical aspects of Einstein's general theory of relativity without sacrificing physical understanding. The…
Introduction is by Carl Sagan and there are many color photographs and other illustrations. Book is written by 21 eminent scientists, men who designed the famous space missions of the 1970's.
"A well-illustrated tour of our solar system...The authors' discussions of what we don't know about these phenomena are bound to arouse the curiosity of the general reader, and their explanations of what we do know are supplemented with informative…
Complete, thorough history: Near Eastern, early Greeks, homocentric theories, Ptolemaic system, medieval cosmology, Copernicus, Kepler, etc. This volume is a Dover republication of Dreyer's "History of the Planetary Systems from Thales to Kepler"…
A masterpiece of historical insight and scientific accuracy, this is the definitive work on Greek astronomy and the Copernican Revolution. Beginning with the ancient Egyptians, it ranges from the Pythagoreans and Plato to medieval European and…
This revised edition of a successful text, originally subtitled ‘A guide to its consequences for gravity and cosmology’, maintains an emphasis on the physical aspects of General Relativity, bringing the full mathematics in only when relevant. Such…
In 1976 ontstond het idee,in het kader van de Vereniging voor Sterrenkunde,een onderzoek te beginnen van het ufofenomeen,omde vele wilde verhalen die hierover werden gepubliceerd,op hun betrouwbaarheid te controleren.Het oorspronkelijke doel,het…
This book gives a review of the necessary math knowledge, and then explains many aspects of celestial mechanics. It is a little less sophisticated than other books on the market.
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 that Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott taught…
From supernovae and gamma-ray bursts to the accelerating Universe, this is an exploration of the intellectual threads that lead to some of the most exciting ideas in modern astrophysics and cosmology. This fully updated second edition incorporates…