The Best And Brightest from Four Decades of Comet Chasing
A survey of the distant yet observable objects in the night sky that takes amateur sky-watchers on a journey into deep space. Designed to be accessible for even beginners, this work offers a physical description and a discussion of each object's history and beauty, as well as a star atlas to aid in finding the objects.
Addresses the threats and potential benefits of asteroids. This book explains the major differences between comets and asteroids and describes what might happen should the Earth suffer a collision with either one of them.
A Basic Guide To Astronomy, Outer Space, And Space Exploration
Consisting of three sections: Questions and Answers, Quick Facts, and A Brief History of Lunar and Planetary Exploration, this illustrated volume aims to provide answers to the frequently asked questions regarding astronomy, outer space, and space exploration. It includes a colour insert containing images of Saturn from the Cassini spacecraft.
In The Fusion Quest, T. Kenneth Fowler offers a vivid and colorful insider's account of the decades-long search for fusion power - a potentially abundant and environmentally ''clean'' energy source that could sustain industrial society in the twenty-first century and beyond. Scientists have known for more than sixty years that nuclear fusion ......
This book provides an accessible introduction to stochastic processes in physics and describes the basic mathematical tools of the trade: probability, random walks, and Wiener and Ornstein-Uhlenbeck processes. It includes end-of-chapter problems and emphasizes applications. An Introduction to Stochastic Processes in Physics builds directly upon ......
50 years ago in July 2019 the human race's fascination with the Earth's moon went into overdrive when Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins landed on the surface. To celebrate this significant anniversary, we take an in-depth look at the Apollo program and how it landed man on the Moon.
Magnetic fields permeate our vast universe, urging electrically charged particles on their courses, powering solar and stellar flares, and focusing the intense activity of pulsars and neutron stars.Magnetic fields are found in every corner of the cosmos. For decades, astrophysicists have identified them by their effects on visible light, radio ......
Magnetic fields permeate our vast universe, urging electrically charged particles on their courses, powering solar and stellar flares, and focusing the intense activity of pulsars and neutron stars.Magnetic fields are found in every corner of the cosmos. For decades, astrophysicists have identified them by their effects on visible light, radio ......
