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  • Asteroids IV

    Edited by Patrick Michel, Francesca E. DeMeo, William F. Bottke ...
    Series series The University of Arizona Space Science Series
    Over the past decade, asteroids have come to the forefront of planetary science. Scientists across broad disciplines are increasingly recognizing that understanding asteroids is essential to discerning the basic processes of planetary formation, including how their current distribution bespeaks our solar system’s cataclysmic past. For explorers, the nearest asteroids beckon as the most accessible ... Read more

    $55.49 USD

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  • Rare Earth

    Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe

    by Peter D. Ward, Donald Brownlee ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    In November 12, 2002, Dr. John Chambers of the NASA Ames Research Center gave a seminar to the Astrobiology Group at the University of Washington. The audience of about 100 listened with rapt attention as Chambers described results from a computer study of how planetary systems form. The goal of his research was to answer a deceptively simple question: How often would newly forming planetary ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Lucky Planet

    Why Earth is Exceptional-and What That Means for Life in the Universe

    by David Waltham ...
    Why Earth’s life-friendly climate makes it exceptional-and what that means for the likelihood of finding intelligent extraterrestrial lifeWe have long fantasized about finding life on planets other than our own. Yet even as we become aware of the vast expanses beyond our solar system, it remains clear that Earth is exceptional. The question is: why? In Lucky Planet, astrobiologist David Waltham ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Your Ticket to the Universe

    A Guide to Exploring the Cosmos

    by Kimberly K. Arcand, Megan Watzke ...
    An entertaining and accessible trip to the most interesting stops in the cosmos. Accompanied by dramatic visuals, Your Ticket to the Universe is a hybrid coffee-table book and field guide.Beginning with our home planet, Your Ticket to the Universe embarks on an entertaining and accessible trip to the most interesting stops known in the cosmos. Learn about objects nearby within our Solar System ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Telescopes

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Geoff Cottrell ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    From the first, telescopes have made dramatic revelations about the Universe and our place in it. Galileo's observations of the Moon's cratered surface and discovery of Jupiter's four big satellites profoundly altered the perception of the heavens, overturning a two-thousand year cosmology that held the Earth to be the centre of the Universe. Over the past century, the rapid development of ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Modelling Pulsar Wind Nebulae

    Edited by Diego F. Torres ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    In view of the current and forthcoming observational data on pulsar wind nebulae, this book offers an assessment of the theoretical state of the art of modelling them. The expert authors also review the observational status of the field and provide an outlook for future developments.During the last few years, significant progress on the study of pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) has been attained both ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Cosmic Rays in Star-Forming Environments

    Proceedings of the Second Session of the Sant Cugat Forum on Astrophysics

    Edited by Diego F. Torres, Olaf Reimer ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    These are the proceedings of the Sant Cugat Forum 2nd Workshop on Cosmic-ray Induced Phenomenology in Stellar Environments, held April 16-19, 2012. The aim of this Workshop was to address the current knowledge and challenges of high-energy emission from stellar environments at all scales and provide a comprehensive review of the state of the field from the observational to the theoretical ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

  • The Spiral Galaxy M33

    by P. Hodge ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This book summarizes the gathering of information on and the growing understanding of M33 from the 1920s, when Hubble first determined its true nature, to the 21st century, when the Hubble Telescope probed deeply into its many secrets. With its regular symmetrical spiral structure, and its being not tilted too much and near enough to allow detailed studies of its stars, M33 is well-suited for the ... Read more

    $170.09 USD

  • The Outer Solar System

    Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and the Dwarf Planets

    by Erik Gregersen ...
    Series series An Explorer's Guide to the Universe
    Beyond Earth’s small, red neighbor Mars lie the gaseous, giant planets of the Outer Solar System. This book investigates these behemoths and dwarf planet Pluto, as well as other curiosities within the solar system’s farthest reaches, such as asteroid fields and the Kuiper belt. ... Read more

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