As a crewmember of the D-2 shuttle mission and a full professor of astronautics at the Technical University in Munich, Ulrich Walter is an acknowledged expert in the field. He is also the author of a number of popular science books on space flight…
This introductory text covers all the key concepts, relationships, and ideas behind spaceflight and is the perfect companion for students pursuing courses on or related to astronautics. As a crew member of the STS-55 Space Shuttle mission and a full…
Astronomer By Chance is an especially apt title. Living in the small, isolated village of Oldland Common midway between Bath and Bristol, the twin pursuits of the young Bernard Lovell, playing the church organ and playing cricket, gave no indication…
In Astronomers Anonymous Steve presents an exaggerated parody of queries from stargazers to himself, in the style of letters to an agony aunt. Anyone who has received requests for help from beginners in this hobby will know the amazing range of…
Sterren en planeten facineren de mens al sinds het antstaan van de mensheid. In de loop der eeuwen hebben ontelbare observatoren steeds meer en steeds gedeteilleerdere informatie onthuld over het universum. Maar de zoektocht naar gegevens over ons…
Stated in book," Virtually every previous handbook on celestial calcuations was forced to rely on formaulae for Sun Moon and planets that were developed in the last century or before 1920. With his special knack for computations of all sorts, the…
The Hipparcos satellite, developed and launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) in 1989, was the first space mission dedicated to astrometry – the accurate measurement of positions, distances, and proper motions of stars. Amongst the key…
Book Description This is a thorough introduction to observatories that have made particularly important observational and theoretical advances in the field of astronomy, and to the astronomers who made them famous.
About the Author Kevin Krisciunas…