Shortly after its inauguration in 1985 the Birla Science Centre, Hyderabad, India, started a series of lectures by Nobel ...
Continue readingAstronomy is the science of studying the sky using telescopes and light collectors such as photographic plates or CCD detectors. ...
Continue readingThe book summarizes international progress over the last few decades in upper atmosphere airglow research. Measurement methods, ...
Continue readingAxions are peculiar hypothetical particles that could both solve the CP problem of quantum chromodynamics and at the same ...
Continue readingEinstein's Enigma, or black holes in my foam bath, tells the story of the theory of gravitation, from its beginnings to ...
Continue readingIn this book, Geoff McNamara explores the history, subsequent discovery and contemporary research into pulsar astronomy. ...
Continue readingThe second edition of Electronic Imaging in Astronomy: Detectors and Instrumentation describes the remarkable developments ...
Continue readingThe exploration of the first billion years of the history of the Universe, from the so-called Dark Ages to cosmic reionisation, ...
Continue readingIl volume è un'introduzione alla Fisica Solare che si propone lo scopo di illustrare alla persona che intende avvicinarsi ...
Continue readingStudies of Nearby Galaxies are currently the focus of many observations and numerical simulations. This book presents an ...
Continue readingIn the early 1900s, Albert Einstein formulated two theories that would forever change the landscape of physics: the Special ...
Continue readingHigh Time Resolution Astrophysics (HTRA) is an important new window to the universe and a vital tool in understanding a range ...
Continue readingIce, Rock, and Beauty is a book for anybody who lives in the solar neighborhood, and takes an interest in its significance ...
Continue readingAstronomy in Rome has always been there, but a little hidden: it was in the palaces, in the churches or, better, above the ...
Continue reading"Well, it’s not rocket science, is it?" How many times have you heard people use that expression when they mean something ...
Continue readingAn analysis of Newton's ideas dismisses this hypothesis by the simple fact that the Principia sought to demonstrate the ...
Continue readingThis book gives a comprehensive account of both the history and current achievements of molecular beam research. In 1919, ...
Continue readingStars show a marked tendency to be in systems of different multiplicity, ranging from simple binaries and triples to globular ...
Continue readingHigh-accuracy Doppler shift measurements and high-precision spectroscopy are primary techniques in the search for exo-planets. Further ...
Continue readingThe book covers the theory of Quantum Gravitation from the point of view of Feynman path integrals. These provide a manifestly ...
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