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Lectures in Astrobiology

Based on material delivered at several summer schools, this book is the first comprehensive textbook at the graduate level ...

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Leibniz and the Natural World

In the present book, Pauline Phemister argues against traditional Anglo-American interpretations of Leibniz as an idealist ...

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978-1-4020-4403-8
Life as We Know It

Life As we Know It ["LAKI"] covers several aspects of Life, ranging from the prebiotic level, origin of life, evolution ...

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978-3-540-76817-3
Life in the Universe : Expectations and Constraints

Energy, chemistry, solvents, and habitats -- the basic elements of living systems - define the opportunities and limitations ...

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978-0-387-69039-1
Lonely Minds in the Universe

This interdisciplinary book probes the subject of extraterrestrial intelligent life, offering scientific and technological ...

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978-0-387-49981-9
Mars, A Cosmic Stepping Stone : Uncovering Humanity’s Cosmic Context

The questions of our origin and cosmic abundance of life are among the compelling facing humanity. For all of the difficulties ...

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978-3-540-72414-8
Mindful Universe : Quantum Mechanics and the Participating Observer

This book is a bold and original attack on the problem of consciousness and free will based on the openings provided by the ...

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978-1-4020-3748-1
Neutrinos and Explosive Events in the Universe

“Neutrinos and Explosive Events in the Universe” brought together experts from diverse disciplines to offer a detailed ...

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978-0-387-47301-7
Neutron Stars 1

The book gives an extended review of theoretical and observational aspects of neutron star physics. With masses comparable ...

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978-1-4020-4965-1
Nuclear Science and Safety in Europe

Recent results on the nature of low-, intermediate- and high-energy nuclear forces as well as on the internal structure of ...

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978-1-4020-5301-6
Organizations and Strategies in Astronomy

This book is the seventh volume under the title Organizations and Strategies in Astronomy (OSA). The chapters of this book ...

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978-1-84628-700-8
Origins : How the Planets, Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe Began

The biggest questions in astronomy are those of how the planets, stars, galaxies, and the Universe were formed. ORIGINS describes ...

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978-1-4020-4582-0
Outer Magnetospheric Boundaries: Cluster Results

When the stream of plasma emitted from the Sun (the solar wind) encounters Earth's magnetic field, it slows down and flows ...

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978-1-4020-3161-8
Particle Physics and Cosmology: The Interface

Introduces the experimental and theoretical particle physics background underlying several aspects of cosmology: matter anti-matter ...

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978-3-540-26798-0
Particle Physics and the Universe

The focus of the contributions contained in this proceedings is the interplay between cosmology, astroparticle physics and ...

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978-0-387-33366-3
Parting the Cosmic Veil

Astronomers have used telescopes, operating at the visible wavelengths that we see with our eye, to reveal the true extent ...

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978-1-4020-8350-1
Pedagogies of the Imagination : Mythopoetic Curriculum in Educational Practice

This book is about the practice of Imaginal Knowing in education. Imaginal knowing is not fantasy, but is linked to the way ...

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978-3-319-70815-7
Physical (A)Causality

This book addresses the physical phenomenon of events that seem to occur spontaneously and without any known cause. These ...

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978-3-540-34621-0
Physics of Active Galactic Nuclei at all Scales

This book contains a collection of lecture notes written by recognized experts in the field of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN). ...

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978-3-540-85293-3
Quantum Gravitation : The Feynman Path Integral Approach

The book covers the theory of Quantum Gravitation from the point of view of Feynman path integrals. These provide a manifestly ...

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