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978-88-470-0613-3
La musica del Big Bang : Come la radiazione cosmica di fondo ci ha svelato i segreti dell’Universo = The music of the Big Bang: How the cosmic background radiation revealed the secrets of the Universe to us

Cosmic microwave background radiation is the residue of the great heat following the Big Bang. A tenuous sign, over 13 billion ...

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978-0-387-75468-0
Landscapes of Mars : A Visual Tour

Landscapes of Mars is essentially a picture book that provides a visual tour of Mars. All the major regions and topographical ...

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978-1-84628-761-9
Lights in the Sky

Lights in the Sky is a truly comprehensive guide to observing, identifying, and imaging sky glows and other unusual atmospheric/astronomical ...

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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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978-0-387-68894-7
Plasma Astrophysics, Part II : Reconnection and Flares

Devoted to classic fundamentals, current practice, and perspectives of modern plasma astrophysics. The first part is unique ...

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978-3-540-75485-5
Precision Spectroscopy in Astrophysics : Proceedings of the ESO/Lisbon/Aveiro Conference held in Aveiro, Portugal, 11–15 September 2006

High-accuracy Doppler shift measurements and high-precision spectroscopy are primary techniques in the search for exo-planets. Further ...

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978-0-387-68621-9
Setting-up a Small Observatory: From Concept to Construction

Every amateur astronomer who is considering a purpose-built observatory will find this book absolutely invaluable during ...

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978-1-4020-6544-6
Short-Period Binary Stars: Observations, Analyses, and Results

Short-period binaries run the gamut from widely separated stars to black-hole pairs; in between are systems that include ...

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978-1-4020-8319-8
Sirius Matters

Since very early times Sirius was a point of attraction in the night sky. It served to synchronize calendars in antiquity ...

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978-0-387-73998-4
State of the Universe 2008 : New Images, Discoveries, and Events

Provides an annual astronomy review suitable for the popular science level reader to be published every September. The book ...

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978-0-387-77516-6
Strategies of Life Detection

The search for life outside the Earth has been one of mankind's most challenging quests. We have reached a level of technology ...

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978-0-387-73206-0
The Far Side of the Moon : A Photographic Guide

The photographs show each part of the far side in the most favorable resolution and sun angle. There are many high-altitude ...

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978-1-4020-6118-9
The Multi-Messenger Approach to Unidentified Gamma Ray Sources

This book provides a theoretical and observational overview of the state of the art of gamma-ray astrophysics, and their ...

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978-1-4020-6881-2
The Sun : A User's Manual

The Sun is an account of the many ways in which our nearest star affects our planet, how its influence has changed over the ...

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978-3-540-34412-4
The Universe in X-Rays

In the last 45 years, X-ray astronomy has become an integral part of modern astrophysics and cosmology. There is a wide range ...

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