2005, ISBN: 1860945775

[EAN: 9781860945779], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Imperial College Press], COSMOLOGY STAR LIFE CONDITION CLIMATE CHANGE INFLATION ORIGIN BLACK HOLE COLD DARK MATTER PROBE UNIVERSE… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781860945779], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Imperial College Press], COSMOLOGY STAR LIFE CONDITION CLIMATE CHANGE INFLATION ORIGIN BLACK HOLE COLD DARK MATTER PROBE UNIVERSE WILKINSON MICROWAVE ANISOTROPY GRAVITATIONAL WAVE TEST RELATIVISTIC GRAVITY PULSAR GAMMA RAY BURST FORMATION ASTROPHYSICAL DUST ASTROCHEMISTRY, ASTROPHYSICS EXTRASOLAR PLANET, Hardcover, xvi + 417 pages, NOT ex-library. Clean and bright interior with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Boards show moderate storage wear and shelfwear. Published without a dust jacket. -- In this highly accessible book, leading scientists from around the world give a general overview of research advances in their subject areas within the field of Astronomy. They describe some of their own cutting-edge research and give their visions of the future. Re-written in a popular and well-illustrated style, the articles are mainly derived from scholarly and authoritative papers published in special issues of the Royal Society's Philosophical Transactions, the world's longest running scientific journal. Carefully selected by the journal's editor, topics include the Big Bang creation of the universe, the formation and evolution of the stars and galaxies, cold dark matter, explosive sun-spot events, and humankind's exploration of the solar system. The book conveys the excitement and enthusiasm of the authors for their work at the frontiers of astronomy. All are definitive reviews for people with a general interest in the future directions of science. -- Contents: - Cosmology and the Big Bang: - 1. Thirteen Billion Years in Half an Hour' / Bruce A. Bassett 2. The Paradigm of Inflation / J. Garcia-Bellido 3. Cosmology With Varying Constants / C.J.A.P. Martins 4. Small Scales, Big Issues for Cold Dark Matter / Andrew J. Benson 5. Violence and Black Holes in the Hearts of Galaxies / Carole G. Mundell; - Probing the Universe: - 6. First Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe Results: Implications for Cosmology and Inflation / Hiranya Peiris 7. Quest for Gravitational Waves / B.S. Sathyaprakash 8. Strong-Field Tests of Relativistic Gravity with Pulsars / Michael Kramer 9. Gamma-Ray Bursts as Cosmological Probes / Nial R. Tanvir 10. New Radio Interferometers and Data Access: Investigations of Star Formation / A.M.S. Richards & R.A. Laing; - Stars and Conditions for Life: - 11. Gamma-Ray Bursts / Davide Lazzati 12. Astrophysical Dust / Malcolm Gray 13. The Astrophysics of Crowded Places / Melvyn Davies 14. Astrochemistry: From Molecular Clouds to Planetary Systems / Andrew Markwick 15. Extrasolar Planets / Hugh R.A. Jones & James S. Jenkins; - Solar System and Climate Change: - 16. Our Solar System / Andrew Coates 17. Planetary Upper Atmospheres / Ingo Mueller-Wodarg 18. The Solar Dynamo / Steven Tobias 19. Explosions on the Sun / Louise K. Harra 20. Solar Variability, Coupling Between Atmospheric Layers and Climate Change / Neil Arnold; Index, Books<

2005, ISBN: 9781860945779

Imperial College Press, 2005. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover, xvi + 417 pages, NOT ex-library. Clean and bright interior with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. B… Mehr…

Imperial College Press, 2005. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover, xvi + 417 pages, NOT ex-library. Clean and bright interior with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Boards show moderate storage wear and shelfwear. Published without a dust jacket. -- In this highly accessible book, leading scientists from around the world give a general overview of research advances in their subject areas within the field of Astronomy. They describe some of their own cutting-edge research and give their visions of the future. Re-written in a popular and well-illustrated style, the articles are mainly derived from scholarly and authoritative papers published in special issues of the Royal Society's Philosophical Transactions, the world's longest running scientific journal. Carefully selected by the journal's editor, topics include the Big Bang creation of the universe, the formation and evolution of the stars and galaxies, cold dark matter, explosive sun-spot events, and humankind's exploration of the solar system. The book conveys the excitement and enthusiasm of the authors for their work at the frontiers of astronomy. All are definitive reviews for people with a general interest in the future directions of science. -- Contents: - Cosmology and the Big Bang: - 1. Thirteen Billion Years in Half an Hour' / Bruce A. Bassett 2. The Paradigm of Inflation / J. Garcia-Bellido 3. Cosmology With Varying Constants / C.J.A.P. Martins 4. Small Scales, Big Issues for Cold Dark Matter / Andrew J. Benson 5. Violence and Black Holes in the Hearts of Galaxies / Carole G. Mundell; - Probing the Universe: - 6. First Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe Results: Implications for Cosmology and Inflation / Hiranya Peiris 7. Quest for Gravitational Waves / B.S. Sathyaprakash 8. Strong-Field Tests of Relativistic Gravity with Pulsars / Michael Kramer 9. Gamma-Ray Bursts as Cosmological Probes / Nial R. Tanvir 10. New Radio Interferometers and Data Access: Investigations of Star Formation / A.M.S. Richards & R.A. Laing; - Stars and Conditions for Life: - 11. Gamma-Ray Bursts / Davide Lazzati 12. Astrophysical Dust / Malcolm Gray 13. The Astrophysics of Crowded Places / Melvyn Davies 14. Astrochemistry: From Molecular Clouds to Planetary Systems / Andrew Markwick 15. Extrasolar Planets / Hugh R.A. Jones & James S. Jenkins; - Solar System and Climate Change: - 16. Our Solar System / Andrew Coates 17. Planetary Upper Atmospheres / Ingo Mueller-Wodarg 18. The Solar Dynamo / Steven Tobias 19. Explosions on the Sun / Louise K. Harra 20. Solar Variability, Coupling Between Atmospheric Layers and Climate Change / Neil Arnold; Index, Imperial College Press, 2005, 2.5<