E-book Eyewitness Companions: Astronomy

Showing you what others only tell you, this title helps you discover the history and origins of the universe and observe the stars and galaxies, with over 100 star charts and profiles of all 88 constellations. Including a month-by-month guide to highlights of the night sky, it is perfect for any enthusiast, and is the definitive visual guide to enjoying and appreciating astronomy.

E-book Maximilian Hell (1720–92) and the Ends of Jesuit Science in Enlighte…

The Viennese Jesuit astronomer Maximilian Hell was a nodal figure in the eighteenth-century circulation of knowledge. This study of his career sheds light on the Enlightenment, Catholicism, reform in the Habsburg monarchy, and the cultivation of science in the Republic of Letters. Readership: Anyone interested in eighteenth-century Central Europe and Scandinavia, in the production and circulati…

E-book Golden Years of Australian Radio Astronomy: An Illustrated History

The evolution of Australian radio astronomy from 1945 to 1960 has been studied in detail by numerous historians of science in recent years. This Open Access book is the first to present an overview of this remarkable chapter in Australian science. The book begins in the post-war period, as the Radiophysics Laboratory in Sydney switched from secret wartime research on radar to peacetime applicat…

E-book Big Ideas in Astronomy : A Proposed Definition of Astronomy Literacy

This is the motto of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Office for Astronomy Outreach. If “All” is a very vast term to define society and its communities, “Astronomy” as a body of knowledge is also similarly vast. This project, “Big Ideas in Astronomy”, explores the issue: “What should science-educated citizens know about astronomy?” As a result of several discussion…

E-book The Space Book Revised and Updated: From the Beginning to the End of T…

Since the original edition of The Space Book was published in 2013, much has happened in the world of space exploration. This revised and updated edition, with a new introduction from author Jim Bell, brings the popular Milestones book up to date. It includes the most exciting and newsworthy breakthroughs, from the groundbreaking discovery of the Trappist-1 system to the technologies of the fut…

E-book Making the Invisible Visible: A History of the Spitzer Infrared Telesc…

In the early 1970s, there was a small group of advocates for an infrared space telescope; however, the field of infrared astronomy was only a few years old, and no one had ever built a space-based observatory of the required complexity. Considering the technical, political, scientific, and economic uncertainties, it was not obvious that a project like SIRTF could—or should—be dared by NASA.…

E-book Astronomy and Astrophysics in the New Millenium

In this new book, a distinguished panel makes recommendations for the nation's programs in astronomy and astrophysics, including a number of new initiatives for observing the universe. With the goal of optimum value, the recommendations address the role of federal research agencies, allocation of funding, training for scientists, competition and collaboration among space facilities, and much mo…

E-book Eyewitness: Astronomy

Looks at the history of astronomy, identifies important astronomers, and summarizes what is known about the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars.

E-book Astronomy: A Visual Guide

This stunningly-illustrated space book is split into eight sections that cover every aspect of astronomy. Learn about the history of discoveries in the field and astronomical phenomena, from the earliest human civilizations to the present day, and then take a lavish visual tour of the Solar System, complete with the most spectacular photographs of the planets. A magnificent month-by-month g…

E-book A Researcher’s Guide to: Cellular Biology

The International Space Station offers a valuable platform and environment for cell biology investigations, novel discoveries and innovation in a microgravity environment. Areas of opportunity include tissue culture studies, tissue engineering research using 3-D tissue models, biopharmaceutical production, host microbe interactions, host-toxicology interactions, and host-drug sensitivity and re…

E-book A Researcher’s Guide to: Fruit Fly Research

For decades, researchers have used the fruit fly Drosophila to probe the combined effects of microgravity and other conditions of spaceflight with exposure to ionizing radiation. Drosophila melanogaster provides a well-characterized model organism that is both genetically complex and relatively modest in its habitat and life support requirements. Microgravity exposure, a unique biological chall…

E-book The Glass Universe: The Hidden History of the Women Who Took the Measu…

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E-book First Space Encyclopedia

Reach for the stars in the updated First Space Encyclopedia! Explore the planets and discover amazing facts about nearby galaxies. A delightful first reference book about space for young astronomers, First Space Encyclopedia takes readers on a journey through the universe, from the beginning of space itself to current space technology. Find out what it takes to be an astronaut, what it is…

E-book The Overview Effect: Space Exploration and Human Evolution, 4rd Edition

More than three decades ago, Frank White coined the term “Overview Effect” to describe the cognitive shift that results from the experience of viewing the Earth from space and in space, from orbit or on a lunar mission. He found that with great consistency, this experience profoundly affects space travelers’ worldviews—their perceptions of themselves, our planet, and our understanding o…

E-book CAP Journal Issues 34 Special Edition II Celebrating 100 Years of the …

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E-book Astronomy: A history of Man's Investigation of the Universe

Hoyle begins his story with accomplishments of the astronomers of the ancient world - the Babylonians, Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans - amd their attempts to measure distance between heavenly bodies and to find order in the bewilding motions of the planets. Hoyle then recreates the richly varied lives and works of Copernicus, Kepler, Brache, and Galileo, showing hoe their work set…

E-Book Astronomy Hours

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E-Book CAP Journal Issues 33: Special Edition Celebrating 100 Years of The Pl…

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E-Book CAP JOURNAL ISSUE 26: Spotlighting A Black Hole

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E-book Fundamental Astronomy

During the rapid development of seafaring, when voyages extended farther and farther from home ports, position determination presented a problem for which astronomy offered a practical solution. Solving these problems of navigation were the most important tasks of astronomy in the 17th and 18th centuries, when the first precise tables on the movements of the planets and on other celestial pheno…

E-book Introduction to Astronomy and Cosmology

Astronomy is probably the oldest of all the sciences. It differs from virtually all other science disciplines in that it is not possible to carry out experimental tests in the laboratory. Instead, the astronomer can only observe what he sees in the Universe and see if his observations fi t the theories that have been put forward. Astronomers do, however, have one great advantage: in the Univers…

E-book Handbook of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics

This ebook contains space Astronomy and Astrophysics.