Science : Astronomy

This fully revised and updated text is a comprehensive introduction to astronomical objects and phenomena. By applying some basic physical principles to a variety of situations, students will learn how to relate everyday physics to the astronomical world. Suitable for undergraduate students taking a first course in astronomy. more...

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What happens when something is sucked into a black hole? Does it disappear? Three decades ago, a young physicist named Stephen Hawking claimed it did-and in doing so put at risk everything we know about physics and the fundamental laws of the universe. Most scientists didn't recognize the import of Hawking's claims, but Leonard Susskind and Gerard t'Hooft realized the threat, and responded with a counterattack that changed the course of physics. THE BLACK HOLE WAR is the thrilling story of their united effort to reconcile Hawking's revolutionary theories of black holes with their own sense of reality-effort that would eventually result in Hawking admitting he was wrong, paying up, and Susskind and t'Hooft realizing that our world is a hologram projected from the outer boundaries of space. A brilliant book about modern physics, quantum mechanics, the fate of stars and the deep mysteries of black holes, Leonard Susskind's account of the Black Hole War is mind-bending and exhilarating reading. more...

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Short guide to teach the essentials of DSLR astrophotography to amateur astronomers. more...

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Now available in full colour and updated throughout, the sixth edition of this famous guide to the night sky contains planet positions and forthcoming eclipses up to the end of 2007. This handbook helps in identifying constellations, star clusters, nebulae, plotting planet movements, and witnessing solar and lunar eclipses. more...

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The diverse forms that stars assume in the course of their lives can all be derived from the initial conditions: the mass and the original chemical composition. In this textbook the basic concepts of stellar structure and the main roads of stellar evolution are described. The authors aim at reaching an understanding of stars and their evolution by both graduate students and astronomers who are not themselves investigating stars. Ample references to specialised review articles as well as to relevant research papers are included. more...

Price: $39.00