Light Elements in the Universe (IAU S268)
Light Elements in the Universe (IAU S268)

Author: International Astronomical Union. Symposium

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2010-05-13

Total Pages: 528

ISBN-13: 9780521765060

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IAU Symposium 268 presents an overview of the most recent observational and theoretical research on the formation and evolution of light elements in the Universe: H, He, Li, Be, B, and their isotopes. Astrophysicists from a variety of subfields discuss recent developments that will improve our understanding of the light elements and provide important clues to stellar and galactic evolution, Big Bang nucleosynthesis, and cosmology. Striking observational progress has been achieved recently through the advent of next generation ground- and space-based telescopes, such as the cosmic microwave background experiments that allow the accurate determination of the baryon density of the Universe. New theoretical breakthroughs in describing stellar interiors and the chemical evolution of complex systems and the remaining challenges in this field are also addressed. This critical review is a useful resource for all those interested in the chemical evolution of the Universe.

Reports on Astronomy 2006-2009 (IAU XXVIIA)
Reports on Astronomy 2006-2009 (IAU XXVIIA)

Author: Karel A. van der Hucht

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2009-03-23

Total Pages: 488

ISBN-13: 9780521856058

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The Transactions XXVIIA Reports on Astronomy 2006-2009 provides a comprehensive and authoritative review of what has been achieved in astronomy during the years 2006 to 2009. These insightful and up-to-date reviews have been written by the presidents and chairpersons of the IAU scientific bodies: the Divisions, the Commissions, and the Working Groups. Topics covered in this wide-ranging volume include: fundamental astronomy; the Sun and heliosphere; planetary sciences; stars; variable stars; interstellar matter; the Galactic system; galaxies and the Universe; optical and infrared techniques; radio astronomy; space and high-energy astrophysics; and other IAU activities. The reviews have been written at a level suitable for colleagues in the same fields, but will also be useful for students and researchers wishing to gain an overview of astronomical fields beyond their own research area.

Fine-Tuning in the Physical Universe
Fine-Tuning in the Physical Universe

Author: David Sloan

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-10-29

Total Pages: 571

ISBN-13: 1108484549

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An overview of fine-tuning arguments in physics, for students and researchers in physics and philosophy.

Translation and Meaning
Translation and Meaning

Author: Marcel Thelen

Publisher: Lodz Studies in Language

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783631663905

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This book presents new and innovative ideas on the didactics of translation and interpreting. They include assessment methods and criteria, assessment of competences, graduate employability, placements, skills labs, the perceived skills gap between training and profession, the teaching of terminology, and curriculum design.

History of the IAU
History of the IAU

Author: Adriaan Blaauw

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 9401109788

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This History has its origin in a suggestion, made in September 1990 by former IAU General Secretary Derek McNally, who felt "that a 75 year history of the Union was needed before the col lective memory of those who knew the Union before the Second World War vanished. It would then be a preparatory volume to a centennial history in 2019. " Indeed, of those who knew the Union that long ago, few are still with us. Six years ago, at Baltimore on August 2, 1988, listening and reminiscing at the Inaugural Ceremonies of the Union's 20th General Assembly, I realized that it was almost exactly half a century ago that, at the age of 24, I attended the Inaugurations at my "first" Assembly: on August 3, 1938 in Stockholm. Now, in 1994, this is almost 56 years ago, three quarters of the Union's age. Only vague recollections - no better than that -lead me back to this event, just before World War II. And so, this is not a history based on recollection, far from it. Recollection was helpful in that it allowed me, better perhaps than a younger author, to appreciate circumstances under which the letters and reports which form the basis for this History were written. The account is largely based on archival documents, collected from a wide variety of sources.

Exploration of Halley’s Comet
Exploration of Halley’s Comet

Author: Michael Grewing

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 1005

ISBN-13: 3642829716

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The 1985/86 apparition of Halley's Comet turned out to be the most important apparition of a comet ever. It provided a worldwide science community with a wealth of exciting new discoveries, the most remarkable of which was undoubtedly the first image of a cometary nucleus. Halley's Comet is the brightest periodic comet, and the most famous of the 750 known comets. With its 76-year period, its recent appearance was truly a "once-in-a-lifetime" observational opportunity. The 1985/86 apparition was the thirtieth consecutive recorded apparition. Five apparitions ago, the English astronomer Edmond Halley discovered the periodicity of "his" comet and correctly predicted its return in 1758, a triumph for science best appreciated in the context of contemporary views, or rather fears, about comets at that time. The increasingly rapid progress in technological development is very much apparent when one compares the dominant tools for cometary research during Halley's next three apparitions: in 1835 studies were made based on drawings ofthe comet; in 1910 photographic plates were used; while in March 1986 an armada of six spacecraft from four space agencies approached the comet and carried out in situ measurements, 1 AU from the Earth. In 1910, nobody could have dreamed that this was possible, and today it is equally difficult to anticipate what scientists will be able to achieve in 2061.

Icy Bodies of the Solar System (IAU S263)
Icy Bodies of the Solar System (IAU S263)

Author: International Astronomical Union. Symposium

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2010-04-29

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 9780521764889

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IAU S263 provides a state-of-the-art review of icy bodies in the Solar System, emphasizing their importance across many disciplines.

Chemometrics and Chemoinformatics
Chemometrics and Chemoinformatics

Author: Barry K. Lavine

Publisher: American Chemical Society

Published: 2005-11-24

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13:

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Chemometrics and Chemoinformatics will provide chemists and other scientists with the fundamental knowledge on chemometrics coupled with chemoinformatics.