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Italian Contributions to Planetary Astronomy From the Discovery of Ceres to Pluto's Orbit
This book describes the most important contributions of Italian astronomers to the development of planetary astronomy during the nineteenth century...
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The Problem of Coronal Heating A Rosetta Stone for Electrodynamic Coupling in Cosmic Plasmas
This book reflects on 8 decades of research on one of the longest-standing unsolved problems in modern astrophysics: why does the Sun form a hot...
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Beams The Story of Particle Accelerators and the Science They Discover
This book describes and explains the world of particle accelerators and the physics they study. The presentation is non-technical (E=mc2is the only...
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The Quizzer’s Guide to the Cosmos 500 Questions About the Universe (with Answers)
Have you ever gazed up at the night sky and wondered how many stars you can see? Whether the universe is infinite? Or, more prosaically, what the...
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Fundamentals of ⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer Spectrometry
This book highlights the fundamental concepts related to 57Fe Mössbauer spectrometry, useful for graduate students and researchers. The first three...
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Choosing & Using Binoculars A Guide for Star Gazers, Birders and Outdoor Enthusiasts
Binoculars are life enhancing instruments, uniquely capable of bringing the intricacies of nature into sharp focus. Whether it be birds, majestic...
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The Square Kilometre Array A Science Mega-Project in the Making, 1990-2012
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is a grand vision project to build the most sensitive radio telescope in the world. This open access book tells the...
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Share the Universe A Guide to Outreach Astronomy
As every astronomer knows, astronomy is one of the most approachable and inspiring of the natural sciences. It appeals to both children and adults...
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Hansen Coefficients in Satellite Orbital Dynamics
This book highlights the systematic investigation into the calculation of Hansen coefficients and their derivatives in satellite orbital dynamics....
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The Millimeter Wave Synthetic Aperture Radar Technology
This book highlights the basic theories and technical principles of the synthetic aperture radar (SAR), aiming to bridge theories and applications...
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Rhythm in the Sky Periodic Motions in the Universe
This book provides a brief and pedagogic introduction to a variety of topics, with a common motif that they all occur, in some way or other, in “the...
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Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Space Science and Communication IconSpace 2023, 3–4 October, Penang, Malaysia
This book presents peer-reviewed articles from the 8th International Conference on Space Science and Communication (IConSpace 2023), held at Penang...
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Theoretical and Experimental Studies on Steady-State Microbunching
This open access book is devoted to the theoretical and experimental studies of a novel accelerator light source mechanism called steady-state...
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Cincinnati Observatory Its Critical Role in the Birth and Evolution of Astronomy in America
Previously dependent on Europe for scientific knowledge, the United States came into its own during the nineteenth century. A prime example of this...
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Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Attosecond Science and Technology
This open access volume brings together selected papers from the 8th International Conference on Attosecond Science and Technology. The contributions...
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Catalog of Unconfirmed Comets - Volume 2 1900 to the Present
This two-volume catalog is the first in-depth investigation of comets that were reported since the 17th century but not confirmed and subsequently...
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Herwig Schopper Scientist and Diplomat in a Changing World
This open access book is both a memoir and a biography. Born in Czechoslovakia in 1924, Herwig Schopper is one of the few people able to bear witness...
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Eruptions on the Sun
This book is devoted to eruptive phenomena on the Sun, the most dangerous sources of space weather disturbances. It discusses the latest achievements...
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Handbook of X-ray and Gamma-ray Astrophysics
This book highlights a comprehensive coverage of X‐ray and Gamma‐ray astrophysics. The first and the second parts discuss, respectively, X-ray and...
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Gamma Rays in the 100 TeV Region from Potential Galactic PeVatron Candidates Observation with the Tibet Air Shower Array and the Muon Detector Array
This book presents two candidates for astrophysical accelerators of cosmic rays with petaelectron-volt (PeV) energies in our Galaxy, the so-called...