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Astrobiology: Future Perspectives

Astrobiology, a new exciting interdisciplinary research field, seeks to unravel the origin and evolution of life wherever ...

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978-0-387-49768-6
Calibrating the Cosmos

Calibrating the Cosmos describes hard science, but is gently written. It explains in clear, non-mathematical language the ...

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978-3-540-34136-9
Chemical Abundances and Mixing in Stars in the Milky Way and its Satellites

The proceedings of this book cover topics from chemical abundances in the different components of the Milky Way and in local ...

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978-0-387-76562-4
Clocks in the Sky : The Story of Pulsars

In this book, Geoff McNamara explores the history, subsequent discovery and contemporary research into pulsar astronomy. ...

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978-1-4020-5027-5
Close Binaries in the 21st Century: New Opportunities and Challenges

This book is the proceedings of an international conference entitled "Close Binaries in the 21st Century: New Opportunities ...

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978-3-540-27340-0
Deep Space Probes

This second edition includes an entirely new chapter on holographic message plaques for future interstellar probes – a ...

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978-1-4020-5425-9
Diffuse Matter from Star Forming Regions to Active Galaxies

In this volume dedicated to him, introductory reviews to a number of the key processes and to the sources themselves are ...

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978-1-84628-180-8
Double & Multiple Stars, and How to Observe Them

The first part of Jim Mullaney’s book provides a comprehensive review of the different classes of double and multiple systems, ...

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978-3-540-74163-3
First Light in the Universe : Saas-Fee Advanced Course 36. Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy

The exploration of the first billion years of the history of the Universe, from the so-called Dark Ages to cosmic reionisation, ...

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978-1-56898-638-8
Fresh Dialogue Five

This book is a documentation wide range of disciplines and experience, looking of an inspiring evening of design and discussion.

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978-3-540-27321-9
From Dust To Stars

Studies of stellar formation in galaxies have a profound impact on our understanding of the present and the early universe. ...

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978-3-540-34144-4
Fundamental Astronomy

Fundamental Astronomy gives a well-balanced and comprehensive introduction to the topics of classical and modern astronomy. ...

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978-0-387-72851-3
Guide to Observing Deep-Sky Objects : A Complete Global Resource for Astronomers

Guide to Observing Deep-Sky Objects is an invaluable reference for all amateur astronomers. The book contains, for each constellation, ...

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978-3-540-31606-0
High Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy in Astronomy

Two specialized new instruments for ESO's VLT, VISIR and CRIRES, spawned the idea for this workshop. CRIRES is a dedicated ...

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978-3-030-42204-2
Highly-Skilled Migration: Between Settlement and Mobility IMISCOE Short Reader

This book discusses the emerging patterns of sedentary migration versus mobility of the highly-skilled thereby providing ...

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978-1-4020-2620-1
How does the Galaxy Work?

"This volume presents a multi-disciplinary approach to the physical mechanisms which structure the shape, evolution and ...

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978-1-4020-5998-8
Isolated Neutron Stars: from the Surface to the Interior

This book collects the contributions presented at the conference Isolated Neutron Stars, held in London in April 2006. It ...

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978-3-540-68035-2
Jets from Young Stars

This volume contains the edited lecture notes of the First JETSET School on Jets from Young Stars: Models and Constraints, ...

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978-88-470-0749-9
L’osservazione delle stelle variabili = The observation of variable stars

The observation of variable stars is one of the main contributions that amateur astronomers can offer to science and this ...

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978-3-540-74745-1
Multiple Stars Across the H-R Diagram : Proceedings of the ESO Workshop held in Garching, Germany, 12-15 July 2005

Stars show a marked tendency to be in systems of different multiplicity, ranging from simple binaries and triples to globular ...

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