One of the wonders of the universe we live in is the Milky Way. It spans the entire sky and can be seen every night of the year from anywhere on Earth. This is the first book that deals specifically with what can be seen within the Milky Way…
Earth is in the Sun’s habitable zone. It has generated life that is both intelligent and curious, delighted with the world. But the very evolution of life has stripped it of the star-filled sky which covered it until a few centuries ago. This…
Beyond Einstein takes readers on an exciting excursion into the discoveries that have led scientists to the brightest new prospect in theoretical physics today -- superstring theory. What is superstring theory and why is it important? This…
De telescoop en de wetten van Kepler
Theoretisch deel:
- Geschiedenis van de astronomie
- Astrodynamica
- Optica
- De telescoop
Praktisch deel:
- Reflectie van licht
- Het brandpunt bepalen bij lichtinval op lenzen
- Breking van het licht
- Het…
This work is about meteorites and those who search for them. Seeking an explanation of the role micrometeorites have played in the origin and evolution of life on earth, readers follow astronomers across the globe to hunt for these mysterious black…
Il y a un paradoxe de la mécanique quantique : voilà une théorie considérable de la physique contemporaine dont on est bien en peine de dire sur quoi elle porte et ce qu'elle signifie, car cela même ne va pas de soi. Le but de ce livre est de tenter…
This 5th edition contains recent information on the Voyager 2 mission to Uranus, Halley's Comet, superclusters and voids, and the inflationary universe model. Other new material covers image processing, solar activity and seismic studies, and…
This book traces the development of ideas about the origin of the Solar System from ancient times to the present day. A survey of more modern ideas, covering the last 200 years or so, highlights the difficulties experienced by theories and also…