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The Real Space Cowboys
Ed Buckbee
Paperback - $47.95
The tension-filled careers of the Mercury Seven, a handful of elite fighter pilots selected as America's first astronauts, is traced in this account of the dreams and nightmares of the early days of the U.S. manned space program. A behind-the-scenes ...
Introduction to Astronomical Photometry
Edwin Budding
Hardcover - $177.95
Completely updated, this second edition gives a broad review of astronomical photometry to provide an understanding of astrophysics from a data-based perspective. It explains the underlying principles of the instruments used, and the applications and ...
Interplanetary Magnetohydrodynamics
Leonard F. Burlaga
Hardcover - $506.95
This book is an overview of these insights from space missions, using magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flows as the framework for interpreting objects and processes observed in the interplanetary medium. Students and researchers in astrophysics will value t ...
The Survival Imperative : Using Space to Protect Earth
William E. Burrows
Paperback - $27.95
Using Space to Save Earth
Veteran science journalist William E Burrows offers a bold new mission for the U.S. space program: to protect the Earth from the ever-growing number of perils that threaten our way of life--and even our very survival.
Cosmo-98 : Second International Workshop on Particle Physics and the Early Universe
David O. Caldwell
Hardcover - $264.95
Compact Objects in Astrophysics : White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars and Black Holes
Max Camenzind
Hardcover - $177.95
Compact objects are an important class of astronomical objects in current research. Supermassive Black Holes play an important role in the understanding of the formation of galaxies in the early Universe. Old White Dwarfs are nowadays used to calibra ...
Magnetohydrodynamics in Binary Stars
Campbell
Hardcover - $464.95
Magnetism in binary stars is now an area of central importance in stellar astrophysics. Magnetic fields are believed to play a fundamental role in the mass transfer process in all close binaries. After an outline of the early work in binary stars, th ...
An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics
Bradley W. Carroll
Hardcover - $339.95
"An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics, "Second Edition has been thoroughly revised to reflect the dramatic changes and advancements in astrophysics that have occurred over the past decade. The Second Edition of this market-leading book has been upd ...
Project Mercury
John Catchpole
Hardcover - $170.95
Catchpole tells the fascinating story behind the development of the first American manned space program and its associated infrastructure. He provides accounts of the space launch vehicles, astronauts and their training, tracking systems and individu ...
Modern Celestial Mechanics : From Theory to Applications
Alessandra Celletti
Hardcover - $378.95
This book is intended to diffuse original research results interesting people working in Celestial Mechanics in both theory and applications. Theoretical investigators will find several results on Hamiltonian Dynamics, periodic Orbits, Chaos Diagnost ...