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Advancing Variable Star Astronomy

The Centennial History of the American Association of Variable Star Observers

by Thomas R. Williams, Michael Saladyga ...

Founded in 1911, the AAVSO boasts over 1200 members and observers and is the world's largest non-profit organization dedicated to variable star observation. This timely book marks the AAVSO's centennial year, presenting an authoritative and accurate history of this important association. Writing in an engaging and accessible style, the authors move chronologically through five eras of the AAVSO, ... Read more

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Founded in 1911, the AAVSO boasts over 1200 members and observers and is the world's largest non-profit organization dedicated to variable star observation. This timely book marks the AAVSO's centennial year, presenting an authoritative and accurate history of this important association. Writing in an engaging and accessible style, the authors move chronologically through five eras of the AAVSO,
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14 Fun Facts About Black Holes: A 15-Minute Book

15-Minute Books, #122

by Jeannie Meekins ...

Series Book 122 - 15-Minute Books
TV and movies will have you believing that black holes are huge holes in space and anything that falls into them is lost for all time – possibly falling into another universe or another time, or even falling forever.You may think that black holes run around in space like huge vacuum cleaners sucking up everything in their path. This is not true.But what actually is a black hole and what do they do ... Read more

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TV and movies will have you believing that black holes are huge holes in space and anything that falls into them is lost for all time – possibly falling into another universe or another time, or even falling forever.You may think that black holes run around in space like huge vacuum cleaners sucking up everything in their path. This is not true.But what actually is a black hole and what do they do
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14 Fun Facts About Uranus: A 15-Minute Book

15-Minute Books, #126

by Jeannie Meekins ...

Series Book 126 - 15-Minute Books
What did scientists first think Uranus was?What are the names of Uranus' moons named after?Is Uranus bigger or smaller than Earth?What is strange about the way Uranus spins?Learn the answer to these questions and many more fun facts in this 15-Minute Book. In the middle of the galaxy is Uranus, one of the four gas planets in the Solar System. Here are some fun facts about Uranus.LearningIsland.com ... Read more

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What did scientists first think Uranus was?What are the names of Uranus' moons named after?Is Uranus bigger or smaller than Earth?What is strange about the way Uranus spins?Learn the answer to these questions and many more fun facts in this 15-Minute Book. In the middle of the galaxy is Uranus, one of the four gas planets in the Solar System. Here are some fun facts about Uranus.LearningIsland.com
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Heavenly Mathematics

The Forgotten Art of Spherical Trigonometry

by Glen Van Brummelen ...

Spherical trigonometry was at the heart of astronomy and ocean-going navigation for two millennia. The discipline was a mainstay of mathematics education for centuries, and it was a standard subject in high schools until the 1950s. Today, however, it is rarely taught. Heavenly Mathematics traces the rich history of this forgotten art, revealing how the cultures of classical Greece, medieval Islam, ... Read more

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Spherical trigonometry was at the heart of astronomy and ocean-going navigation for two millennia. The discipline was a mainstay of mathematics education for centuries, and it was a standard subject in high schools until the 1950s. Today, however, it is rarely taught. Heavenly Mathematics traces the rich history of this forgotten art, revealing how the cultures of classical Greece, medieval Islam,
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A Space Odd-Yssey

by Edward Rhoads ...

The Earth's WMDs (Women who make decisions) have been abducted by Space Pirates. The crew of the Odd-yssey need to search the Solar System to find the secret pirate based and save the WMDs from the space pirates before Earth descends to chaos - and without getting any more tickets from the Physics Police.Hold on a second readers of this.The captain did WHAT? Really? Oh that is not good. Hold on a ... Read more

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The Earth's WMDs (Women who make decisions) have been abducted by Space Pirates. The crew of the Odd-yssey need to search the Solar System to find the secret pirate based and save the WMDs from the space pirates before Earth descends to chaos - and without getting any more tickets from the Physics Police.Hold on a second readers of this.The captain did WHAT? Really? Oh that is not good. Hold on a
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Star Force on Human Life

by Ratnam Kandasamy, Aloysius Aseervatham ...

Planets in the cosmos affect the lives on earth; we know that all forms of life on earth are made up of building blocks from planets around the earth. Essentially, these planets therefore exert their control, on the lives of human beings on earth.These planets send electromagnetic radiation and rays to earth, both weak and strong which demonstrates one aspect of their ability to influence lives. ... Read more

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Planets in the cosmos affect the lives on earth; we know that all forms of life on earth are made up of building blocks from planets around the earth. Essentially, these planets therefore exert their control, on the lives of human beings on earth.These planets send electromagnetic radiation and rays to earth, both weak and strong which demonstrates one aspect of their ability to influence lives.
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Enhancing Hubble's Vision

Service Missions That Expanded Our View of the Universe

by David J. Shayler, David M. Harland ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book tells the story of the four missions to maintain Hubble's successful operation. Between 1997 and 2009 these repaired, serviced and upgraded the instruments on the telescope to maintain its state-of-the-art capabilities. It draws on first hand interviews with those closely involved in the project. The spacewalking skills and experiences gained from maintaining and upgrading Hubble had ... Read more

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This book tells the story of the four missions to maintain Hubble's successful operation. Between 1997 and 2009 these repaired, serviced and upgraded the instruments on the telescope to maintain its state-of-the-art capabilities. It draws on first hand interviews with those closely involved in the project. The spacewalking skills and experiences gained from maintaining and upgrading Hubble had
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Great Astronomers (Isaac Newton)

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by Robert Stawell Ball ...

IT was just a year after the death of Galileo, that an infant came into the world who was christened Isaac Newton. Even the great fame of Galileo himself must be relegated to a second place in comparison with that of the philosopher who first expounded the true theory of the universe.Isaac Newton was born on the 25th of December (old style), 1642, at Woolsthorpe, in Lincolnshire, about a half-mile ... Read more

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IT was just a year after the death of Galileo, that an infant came into the world who was christened Isaac Newton. Even the great fame of Galileo himself must be relegated to a second place in comparison with that of the philosopher who first expounded the true theory of the universe.Isaac Newton was born on the 25th of December (old style), 1642, at Woolsthorpe, in Lincolnshire, about a half-mile
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Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn

Born Investigator of the Heavens

by Pieter C. van der Kruit ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Jacobus C. Kapteyn (1851-1922) was a Dutch astronomer who contributed heavily to major catalogs of star positions, such as the Cape Photographic Durchmusterung and the Harvard-Groningen Durchmusterung, and arranged extensive international collaboration through his Plan of Selected Areas. He contributed to the establishment of statistical astronomy and structure and dynamics of the Sidereal System. ... Read more

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Jacobus C. Kapteyn (1851-1922) was a Dutch astronomer who contributed heavily to major catalogs of star positions, such as the Cape Photographic Durchmusterung and the Harvard-Groningen Durchmusterung, and arranged extensive international collaboration through his Plan of Selected Areas. He contributed to the establishment of statistical astronomy and structure and dynamics of the Sidereal System.
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Fred Hoyle’s Universe

Proceedings of a Conference Celebrating Fred Hoyle’s Extraordinary Contributions to Science 25–26 June 2002 Cardiff University, United Kingdom

Edited by N.C. Wickramasinghe, Geoffrey Burbidge, J.V. Narlikar ...

This volume contains papers presented at an international conference to celebrate Fred Hoyle's monumental contributions to astronomy, astrophysics and astrobiology and more generally to humanity and culture. The contributed articles highlight the important aspects of his scientific life and show how much of an example and inspiration he has been for over three generations in the 20th century. ... Read more

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This volume contains papers presented at an international conference to celebrate Fred Hoyle's monumental contributions to astronomy, astrophysics and astrobiology and more generally to humanity and culture. The contributed articles highlight the important aspects of his scientific life and show how much of an example and inspiration he has been for over three generations in the 20th century.
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Georges Lemaître: Life, Science and Legacy

Edited by Rodney D. Holder, Simon Mitton ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
The year 2011 marked the 80th anniversary of Georges Lemaître’s primeval atom model of the universe, forerunner of the modern day Big Bang theory. Prompted by this momentous anniversary the Royal Astronomical Society decided to publish a volume of essays on the life, work and faith of this great cosmologist, who was also a Roman Catholic priest. The papers presented in this book examine in detail ... Read more

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The year 2011 marked the 80th anniversary of Georges Lemaître’s primeval atom model of the universe, forerunner of the modern day Big Bang theory. Prompted by this momentous anniversary the Royal Astronomical Society decided to publish a volume of essays on the life, work and faith of this great cosmologist, who was also a Roman Catholic priest. The papers presented in this book examine in detail
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Zooming in

The Cosmos at High Resolution

Edited by Regina von Berlepsch ...

Series Book 23 - Reviews in Modern Astronomy
High resolution is a key element in research in astronomy and cosmology.Advances in instrumentation and new methods are enabling us to constantly make new exciting discoveries, and progress in theoretical modelling allows us to gain a deeper understanding of cosmic physics.One example of this progress in instrumentation and observing strategy have made possible the discovery of a rich population ... Read more

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High resolution is a key element in research in astronomy and cosmology.Advances in instrumentation and new methods are enabling us to constantly make new exciting discoveries, and progress in theoretical modelling allows us to gain a deeper understanding of cosmic physics.One example of this progress in instrumentation and observing strategy have made possible the discovery of a rich population
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