This textbook gives an introduction to fluid dynamics based on flows for which analytical solutions exist, like individual vortices, vortex streets, vortex sheets, accretions disks, wakes, jets, cavities, shallow water waves, bores, tides, line...Loe edasi...
The Foundations of Celestial Reckoning gives the reader direct access to the foundational documents of the tradition of calculation created by astronomers of the early Chinese empire between the late second century BCE and the third century CE....Loe edasi...
Zeljko Ivezic, Andrew J. Connolly, Jacob T. VanderPlas, Alexander Gray
Sari: Princeton Series in Modern Observational Astronomy
(Ilmumisaeg: 03-Dec-2019, Hardback, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691198309)
As telescopes, detectors, and computers grow ever more powerful, the volume of data at the disposal of astronomers and astrophysicists will enter the petabyte domain, providing accurate measurements for billions of celestial objects. This book provi...Loe edasi...
David Eelbode takes you on a fascinating trip to the mathematical concept of space through personal anecdotes, sharp observations and absurd reasoning...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 07-Nov-2019, Hardback, Kirjastus: Michael Joseph Ltd, ISBN-13: 9780718185268)
Vargics Alternative Guide to Astronomy is a breath of fresh air in this field, brilliantly combining beautiful design and accessible information...Loe edasi...
Second, the book demonstrates that the two types of anisotropy of turbulent fluctuations that are observed in solar wind at 1AU originate not only from two distinct classes of conditions near the Sun but also from the imbalance in Alfven wave p...Loe edasi...
Essential Relativistic Celestial Mechanics presents a systematic exposition of the essential questions of relativistic celestial mechanics and their relation to relativistic astrometry. The book focuses on the comparison of calculated and measurable...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Aug-2019, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198788416)
The development of quantum technologies has seen a tremendous upsurge in recent years, and the theory of Bell nonlocality has been key in making these technologies possible. Bell nonlocality is one of the most striking discoveries triggered by quantu...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Aug-2019, Mixed media product, Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-13: 9783319018706)
The past few decades have witnessed the explosive growth of Earth Sciences in the pursuit of knowledge and understanding the planet Earth. Such a development addresses the challenging endeavour to enrich human lives with bounding Nature as well as to...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Aug-2019, Hardback, Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-13: 9783319018683)
The past few decades have witnessed the explosive growth of Earth Sciences in the pursuit of knowledge and understanding the planet Earth. Such a development addresses the challenging endeavour to enrich human lives with bounding Nature as well as to...Loe edasi...
This book is the first thorough and overdue biography of one of the giants of science in the twentieth century, Jan Hendrik Oort. His fundamental contributions had a lasting effect on the development of our insight and a profound influence on the...Loe edasi...
This book discusses the study of astronomy in different cultures, applied historical astronomy and history of multi-wavelength astronomy, and the genesis of recent research. It contains peer-reviewed papers gathered from the International Conferen...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 17-Jun-2019, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: World Scientific Europe Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781786347077)
In astronomy, spectroscopy is the technique that often provides most insight into the physical make-up of an object. In his book, Prof. Jonathan Tennyson (University College London) sets out to connect observed spectral line features to the quantumm...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 17-Jun-2019, Hardback, Kirjastus: World Scientific Europe Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781786346940)
The third edition of Astronomical Spectroscopy examines the physics necessary to understand and interpret astronomical spectra. It offers a step-by-step guide to the atomic and molecular physics involved in providing astronomical spectra starti...Loe edasi...
This book addresses the mechanism of enrichment of heavy elements in galaxies, a long standing problem in astronomy. It mainly focuses on explaining the origin of heavy elements by performing state-of-the-art, high-resolution hydrodynamic sim...Loe edasi...
In a fully updated second edition, this book offers both history and analysis of extreme climate change on Earth. The book provides an complete and independent summary of the latest data on ice ages and interglacial periods, independent of theory or...Loe edasi...
Giulio Magli, Antonio Cesar Gonzalez-Garcia, Juan Belmonte Aviles, Elio Antonello
Sari: Historical & Cultural Astronomy
(Ilmumisaeg: 10-Apr-2019, Hardback, Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG, ISBN-13: 9783319970066)
This book explores the insights that Cultural Astronomy provides into the classical Roman world by unveiling the ways in which the Romans made use of their knowledge concerning the heavens, and by shedding new light on the interactions between ast...Loe edasi...