Popular astronomy & space (99)

publisher: Springer
year: 2017
description:This book offers a fascinating account of the life and scientific achievements of Giovanni Domenico Cassini, or Cassini I, the most famous astronomer of his time, who is remembered today especially for his observations of the rings and satellites of ...

publisher: Springer
year: 2018
description:In this book, David Stevenson offers us a look at the evolution of planets as they move from balls of mixed molten rock to vibrant worlds capable of hosting life. Embedded in our everyday architecture and in the literal ground beneath our feet, grani...

publisher: Springer
year: 2014
description:Das Sonnensystem ist unsere Heimat im Weltall. Alle Planeten und Monde in ihm entstanden gemeinsam aus einer „Urwolke“, sie sind damit gewissermaßen Geschwister. Aber genau wie diese besitzen auch die Planeten ganz unterschiedliche Charaktere und Eig...

publisher: Springer
year: 2018
description:This is a guide for anyone interested in practical astronomy but intimidated by the idea of investing in a telescope. It explores the world of remote observing, which requires nothing more than a laptop and an Internet connection. The book aims to ma...

publisher: Springer
year: 2018
description:Imagining Outer Space makes a captivating advance into the cultural history of outer space and extraterrestrial life in the European imagination. How was outer space conceived and communicated? What promises of interplanetary expansion and cosmic col...

publisher: Springer
year: 2018
description:A few hundred years into the future, a wave of space colonization follows a disastrous earlier attempt to inhabit nearby extrasolar planets. It is guided by a new computational method based on massive data-driven socio-cultural and socio-epidemiologi...

publisher: Springer
year: 2018
description:PixInsight has taken the astro-imaging world by storm. As the first comprehensive postprocessing platform to be created by astro-imagers for astro-imagers, it has for many replaced other generic graphics editors as the software of choice. PixInsight ...

publisher: Springer
year: 2016
description:In this book, Warren Keller reveals the secrets of astro-image processing software PixInsight in a practical and easy to follow manner, allowing the reader to produce stunning astrophotographs from even mediocre data. As the first comprehensive post-...

publisher: Springer
year: 2019
description:Die künstliche Intelligenz Isaac hat ein Ziel: die Gesetze von Raum und Zeit zu verstehen. Dieses Buch erzählt das Abenteuer von Isaac und seiner menschlichen Begleitung San auf ihrer Reise durch das Sonnensystem. In seinem Raumschiff erforscht Isaac...

publisher: Springer
year: 2017
description:Dieses Buch zeigt, welche wichtige Rolle die Naturwissenschaft in der Gesellschaft und bei der Gestaltung unserer Umwelt hat und diskutiert die daraus resultierende Verantwortung der Wissenschaftler in Bezug auf die Entwicklung der Welt.  Im Rahmen e...

publisher: Springer
year: 2015
description:Größer, schneller, heißer – das Buch der kosmischen RekordeIm Universum herrschen extreme Verhältnisse. Im Weltraum sinkt die Temperatur auf 270 Minusgrade. Sterne verglühen als Supernovae, die milliardenfach heller sind als unsere Sonne. Ein Schwarz...

publisher: Springer
year: 2018
description:What happens with something becomes someone? In the aftermath of an asteroid impact, Earth’s power grid is damaged nearly beyond recovery. The survival of our world may well depend on energy sources collected from an abandoned undersea settlement ben...