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Author: International Astronomical Union. Colloquium
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006-05-25
Total Pages: 674
ISBN-13: 9780521856072
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProceedings volume for researchers and graduate students of exoplanetary astrophysics, a rapidly evolving discipline.
Author: C. R. Kitchin
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2011-12-02
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 1461406447
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExoplanets: Finding, Exploring, and Understanding Alien Worlds probes the basis for possible answers to the fundamentals questions asked about these planets orbiting stars other than our Sun. This book examines what such planets might be like, where they are, and how we find them. Until around ten years ago, the only planets that we knew about were within the Solar System. The first genuine planet beyond the confines of the Solar System was discovered only 1988. Since then another 350 or so exoplanets have been detected by various methods, and most of these haven been found in the last ten years. Although many more exoplanets discoveries may be expected to occur even as this book is being read, a large enough data set is now available to form the basis for an informed general account of exoplanets. The topic hence is an extremely "hot" one - all the more so because the recently launched Kepler spacecraft should soon start uncovering many more exoplanets, some perhaps comparable with the Earth (and therefore possibly alternative homes for mankind, if we could ever reach them). Exoplanets: Finding, Exploring, and Understanding Alien Life gives a comprehensive, balances, and above all accurate account of exoplanets.
Author: International Astronomical Union. General Assembly
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008-12-18
Total Pages: 530
ISBN-13: 9780521856065
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIAU Transactions XXVIB contains the Proceedings of the IAU XXVII General Assembly held in Prague, 14-25 August 2006, hosting a total of 2412 participants from 73 countries. The Assembly featured a rich scientific program, comprising 6 Symposia, 17 Joint Discussions and 7 Special Sessions. During the program about 650 papers were presented and more than 1550 posters displayed. The Proceedings of the 6 Symposia have been published in the Proceedings of the IAU Symposia Series, and the proceedings of the Joint Discussions and Special Sessions feature in IAU Highlights of Astronomy, 14. Together with those 7 volumes, these Transactions cover the entire General Assembly. In addition to the scientific program, the XXVI General Assembly hosted the regular Business Meetings of the EC, the 12 Divisions, 40 Commissions and 75 Working Groups. This volume records the organizational and administrative business of the XXVI General Assembly and the status of the IAU membership.
Author: Asit B. Bhattacharya
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2016-11-25
Total Pages: 690
ISBN-13: 1315350580
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe authors have put forth great efforts in gathering present day knowledge about different objects within our solar system and universe. This book features the most current information on the subject with information acquired from noted scientists in this area. The main objective is to convey the importance of the subject and provide detailed information on the physical makeup of our planetary system and technologies used for research. Information on educational projects has also been included in the Radio Astronomy chapters.This information is a real plus for students and educators considering a career in Planetary Science or for increasing their knowledge about our planetary system.
Author: Manjunath.R
Publisher: Manjunath.R
Published: 2021-07-03
Total Pages: 2658
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book takes readers back and forth through time and makes the past accessible to all families, students and the general reader and is an unprecedented collection of a list of events in chronological order and a wealth of informative knowledge about the rise and fall of empires, major scientific breakthroughs, groundbreaking inventions, and monumental moments about everything that has ever happened.
Author: Carole A. Haswell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010-07-29
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780521191838
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe methods used in the detection and characterisation of exoplanets are presented in this unique textbook for advanced undergraduates.
Author: H. Paul Shuch
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2011-02-14
Total Pages: 541
ISBN-13: 3642131964
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is a collection of essays written by the very scientists and engineers who have led, and continue to lead, the scientific quest known as SETI, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Divided into three parts, the first section, ‘The Spirit of SETI Past’, written by the surviving pioneers of this then emerging discipline, reviews the major projects undertaken during the first 50 years of SETI science and the results of that research. In the second section, ‘The Spirit of SETI Present’, the present-day science and technology is discussed in detail, providing the technical background to contemporary SETI instruments, experiments, and analytical techniques, including the processing of the received signals to extract potential alien communications. In the third and final section, ‘The Spirit of SETI Future’, the book looks ahead to the possible directions that SETI will take in the next 50 years, addressing such important topics as interstellar message construction, the risks and assumptions of interstellar communications, when we might make contact, what aliens might look like and what is likely to happen in the aftermath of such a contact.
Author: Michael Perryman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2018-08-30
Total Pages: 973
ISBN-13: 1108419771
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA complete and in-depth review of exoplanet research, covering the discovery methods, physics and theoretical background.
Author: Joseph Braat
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2019-05-02
Total Pages: 987
ISBN-13: 1108428088
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis comprehensive and self-contained text for researchers and professionals presents a detailed account of optical imaging from the viewpoint of both ray and wave optics.
Author: Sociedad Española de Astronomía. Scientific Meeting
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2001-07-31
Total Pages: 442
ISBN-13: 9780792369745
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume documents the contributions presented at the 4th Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society (SEA). Covering a wide range of topics, the 146 contributed papers give a comprehensive overview of the current state of Spanish astronomy. The Proceedings include special reviews dealing with the cosmological information obtained from galaxy spectra, supernovae at high redshift, black holes, dynamics of galaxy interactions, and non-LTE inversion of spectral lines. The contents of these Proceedings thus reflect the broad interests of the Spanish astronomical community. The symbolic significance of these proceedings can hardly be exaggerated, since here, for the second time, the SEA publishes the proceedings of its own scientific meeting. This book is recommended to professional astronomers and astronomy graduate students worldwide.
