Glimpsing An Invisible Universe

Author : Richard F. Hirsh
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 : 9780521251211
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Glimpsing an Invisible Universe written by Richard F. Hirsh and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1983-10-13 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the evolution of X-ray astronomy during the initial phases of its development. Three transformations of astronomy as a discipline are highlighted: the augmentation of purely optical observations; the emergence of federal funding as the dominant source of financial support; and the greatly altered size and structure of the research community.

Author : Gideon Algernon Mantell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thoughts on Animalcules written by Gideon Algernon Mantell and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Herbert Gursky
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9789810244231
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exploring the Universe written by Herbert Gursky and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2000 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is dedicated to Riccardo Giacconi for his sixty-fifth birthday, on the occasion of his being awarded a ?Laurea Honoris Causa? in physics at the University of Rome ?La Sapienza?. A meeting was held in his honor, and presentations were given that reflected the state-of-the-art of research on subjects related to Giacconi's scientific interests and achievements through the decades. This volume is based upon the papers presented at that meeting. It provides a tribute to Riccardo Giacconi for his outstanding contributions towards opening up the entire field of high energy astrophysics.

Author : Philip A. Charles
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 : 9780521437127
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exploring the X-Ray Universe written by Philip A. Charles and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1995-10-12 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The one-stop general book on the whole of X-ray astronomy.

Author : Martin Harwit
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107661188
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In Search of the True Universe written by Martin Harwit and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-11-18 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Astrophysicist and scholar Martin Harwit examines how our understanding of the cosmos advanced rapidly during the twentieth century and identifies the factors contributing to this progress. Astronomy, whose tools were largely imported from physics and engineering, benefited mid-century from the US policy of coupling basic research with practical national priorities. This strategy, initially developed for military and industrial purposes, provided astronomy with powerful tools yielding access - at virtually no cost - to radio, infrared, X-ray, and gamma-ray observations. Today, astronomers are investigating the new frontiers of dark matter and dark energy, critical to understanding the cosmos but of indeterminate socio-economic promise. Harwit addresses these current challenges in view of competing national priorities and proposes alternative new approaches in search of the true Universe. This is an engaging read for astrophysicists, policy makers, historians, and sociologists of science looking to learn and apply lessons from the past in gaining deeper cosmological insight.

Author : John Lankford
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136508341
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of Astronomy written by John Lankford and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Encyclopedia traces the history of the oldest science from the ancient world to the space age in over 300 entries by leading experts.

Author : Albrecht Unsöld
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3662043564
Total Pages : 571 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Cosmos written by Albrecht Unsöld and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Astronomy, astrophysics and space research have witnessed an explosive development over the last few decades. The new observational potential offered by space stations and the availability of powerful and highly specialized computers have revealed novel aspects of the fascinating realm of galaxies, quasars, stars and planets. The present completely revised 5th edition of The New Cosmos provides ample evidence of these dramatic developments. In a concise presentation, which assumes only a modest prior knowledge of mathematics and physics, the book gives a coherent introduction to the entire field of astronomy and astrophysics. At the same time it takes into account the art of observation and the fundamental ideas behind their interpretation. Like its predecessors, this edition of The New Cosmos will provide new insight and enjoyment not only to students and researchers in the fields of astronomy, physics and earth sciences, but also to a wide range of interested amateurs.

Author : David Leverington
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521658331
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Cosmic Horizons written by David Leverington and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extensively illustrated account of the development and achievements of astronomical observations from space since WWII.

Author : Neil English
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319278142
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Space Telescopes written by Neil English and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Space telescopes are among humankind’s greatest scientific achievements of the last fifty years. This book describes the instruments themselves and what they were designed to discover about the Solar System and distant stars. Exactly how these telescopes were built and launched and the data they provided is explored. Only certain kinds of radiation can penetrate our planet's atmosphere, which limits what we can observe. But with space telescopes all this changed. We now have the means to "see" beyond Earth using ultraviolet, microwave, and infrared rays, X-rays and gamma rays. In this book we meet the pioneers and the telescopes that were built around their ideas. This book looks at space telescopes not simply chronologically but also in order of the electromagnetic spectrum, making it possible to understand better why they were made.

Author : Michael Hoskin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316342395
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Concise History of Astronomy written by Michael Hoskin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-03-18 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Astronomy is one of the oldest sciences, and one which has repeatedly led to fundamental changes in our view of the world. This book covers the history of our study of the cosmos from prehistory through to a survey of modern astronomy and astrophysics (sure to be of interest to future historians of twentieth-century astronomy). It does not attempt to cover everything, but deliberately concentrates on the important themes and topics. These include stellar astronomy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, at the time subordinate to the study of the solar system, but the source of many important concepts in modern astronomy, and the Copernican revolution, which led to the challenge of ancient authorities in many areas, not just astronomy. This is an essential text for students of the history of science and for students of astronomy who require a historical background to their studies.