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  • Galaxy Scaling Relations Galaxy Scaling Relations
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    Galaxy Scaling Relations

    Luiz N. DaCosta

    At close inspection every galaxy appears to have its own individuality.A galaxy can be warped, lop-sided, doubly-nucleated, boxy or disky, ... in its own specific, peculiar way. Hence, for a complete...
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  • Astrophysical Formulae Astrophysical Formulae
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    Astrophysical Formulae

    Kenneth Lang

    This is a definitive reference of 2,100 fundamental formulae used in astronomy and astrophysics. It not only makes accessible all the indispensable equations employed in the field, but also carefully...
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  • Disks and Outflows Around Young Stars Disks and Outflows Around Young Stars
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    Disks and Outflows Around Young Stars

    Steven Beckwith

    The subject of the book, the ubiquitous circumstellar disks around very young stars and the corresponding jets of outflowing matter, has recently become one of the hottest areas in astrophysics. The...
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  • Der Urknall Der Urknall
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    Der Urknall

    Joe Silk

    Der Urknall ist die moderne Form der Schopfungsgeschichte, ein seit dem Beginn der Menschheit faszinierendes Thema. Ais Inspirationsquelle fiir den Weltanfang ist die Mystik durch die Wissenschaft...
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  • Atmospheric Electrodynamics Atmospheric Electrodynamics
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    Atmospheric Electrodynamics

    H. Volland

    This book resulted from lectures which I gave at the Universities of Kyoto, Cologne, and Bonn. Its objective is to summarize in a unifying way two other­ wise rather separately treated subjects of...
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  • Galaxies and Relativistic Astrophysics Galaxies and Relativistic Astrophysics
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    Galaxies and Relativistic Astrophysics

    B. Barbanis

    In the twenties the new atomic physics opened the way toward a quantitative interpretation of stellar spectra. It was one of the aims in this new branch of astrophysics to determine in a quantitative...
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  • Coronal Expansion and Solar Wind Coronal Expansion and Solar Wind
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    Coronal Expansion and Solar Wind

    A. J. Hundhausen

    Little more than ten years have passed since spaceprobe-borne instruments con­ clusively demonstrated the existence of the solar wind. These observations con­ firmed the basic validity of a...
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  • Precision Spectroscopy in Astrophysics Precision Spectroscopy in Astrophysics
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    Precision Spectroscopy in Astrophysics

    Nuno C. Santos

    Since the use of high-precision/resolution spectroscopy is closely connected to the ability to collect a large number of photons, the scientific domains using this technique benefit tremendously from...
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  • Aerospace Engineering on the Back of an Envelope Aerospace Engineering on the Back of an Envelope
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    Aerospace Engineering on the Back of an Envelope

    Irwin E. Alber

    Engineers need to acquire "Back-of-the-Envelope" survival skills to obtain rough quantitative answers to real-world problems, particularly when working on projects with enormous complexity and very...
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  • Golden Oldies in General Relativity Golden Oldies in General Relativity
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    Golden Oldies in General Relativity

    Andrzej Krasinski

    The Golden Oldies series of the journal General Relativity and Gravitation reprints important papers in general relativity theory that were published 30 or more years ago and are either hard to get...
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  • Computational Space Flight Mechanics Computational Space Flight Mechanics
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    Computational Space Flight Mechanics

    Claus Weiland

    Themechanicsofspace?ightisan olddiscipline.Itstopicoriginallywasthemotion of planets, moons and other celestial bodies in gravitational ?elds. Kepler's (1571 - 1630) observations and measurements...
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  • Fundamentals of Cosmology Fundamentals of Cosmology
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    Fundamentals of Cosmology

    James Rich

    A self-contained introduction to general relativity that is based on the homogeneity and isotropy of the local universe. Emphasis is placed on estimations of the densities of matter and vacuum...
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  • Methods of Celestial Mechanics Methods of Celestial Mechanics
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    Methods of Celestial Mechanics

    Gerhard Beutler

    G. Beutler's Methods of Celestial Mechanics is a coherent textbook for students as well as an excellent reference for practitioners. The first volume gives a thorough treatment of celestial mechanics...
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  • Astrophysics at Very High Energies Astrophysics at Very High Energies
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    Astrophysics at Very High Energies

    Felix Aharonian

    With the success of Cherenkov Astronomy and more recently with the launch of NASA's Fermi mission, very-high-energy astrophysics has undergone a revolution in the last years. This book provides three...
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  • The Life of Stars The Life of Stars
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    The Life of Stars

    Giora Shaviv

    It is the stars, The stars above us, govern our conditions. William Shakespeare, King Lear A Few Words about What, Why and How The structure of the stars in general, and the Sun in particular, has...
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  • Carl Størmer Carl Størmer
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    Carl Størmer

    Alv Egeland

    This biography summarizes the seminal contributions to auroral and space science of Carl Størmer (1874 - 1957). He was the first to develop precise photographic methods to calculate heights and...
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  • On Orbit and Beyond On Orbit and Beyond
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    On Orbit and Beyond

    Douglas A. Vakoch

    As we stand poised on the verge of a new era of spaceflight, we must rethink every element, including the human dimension. This book explores some of the contributions of psychology to yesterday's...
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  • The Environments of the Sun and the Stars The Environments of the Sun and the Stars
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    The Environments of the Sun and the Stars

    Jean-Pierre Rozelot

    Based on lectures given at a CNRS summer school in France, this book covers many aspects of stellar environments (both observational and theoretical) and offers a broad overview of the field. More...
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  • Mathematical SETI Mathematical SETI
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    Mathematical SETI

    Claudio Maccone

    This book introduces the Statistical Drake Equation where, from a simple product of seven positive numbers, the Drake Equation is turned into the product of seven positive random variables. The...
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  • Physics of the Upper Polar Atmosphere Physics of the Upper Polar Atmosphere
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    Physics of the Upper Polar Atmosphere

    Asgeir Brekke

    This is the  only  extended textbook that covers in particular the physics of the upper polar atmosphere where the polar lights demonstrates the end product of a process taking place at extremely...
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  • Nanodust in the Solar System Nanodust in the Solar System
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    Nanodust in the Solar System

    Ingrid Mann

    Nanodust and nanometer-sized structures are important components of many objects in space. Nanodust is observed in evolved stars, young stellar objects, protoplanetary disks, and dust debris disks...
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  • Fine Structure of Solar Radio Bursts Fine Structure of Solar Radio Bursts
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    Fine Structure of Solar Radio Bursts

    Gennady P. Chernov

    The study of the fine structure of solar radio emissions is key to understanding plasma processes in the solar corona. It remains a reliable means for both diagnosing the corona and verifying the...
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  • From Varying Couplings to Fundamental Physics From Varying Couplings to Fundamental Physics
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    From Varying Couplings to Fundamental Physics

    Carlos Martins

    Nature is characterized by a number of physical laws and fundamental dimensionless couplings. These determine the properties of our physical universe, from the size of atoms, cells and mountains to...
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  • Principles of Star Formation Principles of Star Formation
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    Principles of Star Formation

    Peter Bodenheimer

    Understanding star formation is one of the key fields in present-day astrophysics. This book treats a wide variety of the physical processes involved, as well as the main observational discoveries,...
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  • Principles and Perspectives in Cosmochemistry Principles and Perspectives in Cosmochemistry
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    Principles and Perspectives in Cosmochemistry

    Aruna Goswami

    Part I Stellar structure, nucleosynthesis and evolution of low and intermediate-mass Stars.- Stellar Structure and Evolution: An Introduction.- Nucleosynthesis of Low and Intermediate-mass Stars.-...
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  • Heliophysical Processes Heliophysical Processes
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    Heliophysical Processes

    Natchimuthuk Gopalswamy

    The Sun in the Universe.- Solar Interior.- Dynamo Processes.- Large-Scale Solar Eruptions.- Solar Energetic Particles: Acceleration and Observations.- The Solar Wind and Its Interaction with the...
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  • Stability and Chaos in Celestial Mechanics Stability and Chaos in Celestial Mechanics
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    Stability and Chaos in Celestial Mechanics

    Alessandra Celletti

    Order and chaos.- Numerical dynamical methods.- Kepler's problem.- The three-body problem and the Lagrangian solutions.- Rotational dynamics.- Perturbation theory.- Invariant tori.- Long-time...
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  • Lectures on Cosmology Lectures on Cosmology
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    Lectures on Cosmology

    Georg Wolschin

    The lectures that four authors present in this volume investigate core topics related to the accelerated expansion of the Universe. Accelerated expansion occured in the ?36 very early Universe - an...
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  • Giant Planets of Our Solar System Giant Planets of Our Solar System
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    Giant Planets of Our Solar System

    Patrick Irwin

    This book reviews the current state of knowledge of the atmospheres of the giant gaseous planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The current theories of their formation are reviewed and their...
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  • The Heliosphere through the Solar Activity Cycle The Heliosphere through the Solar Activity Cycle
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    The Heliosphere through the Solar Activity Cycle

    A. Balogh

    Understanding how the Sun changes though its 11-year sunspot cycle and how these changes affect the vast space around the Sun - the heliosphere - has been one of the principal objectives of space...
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  • Axions Axions
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    Axions

    Markus Kuster

    Axion Theory.- The Strong CP Problem and Axions.- Axion Cosmology.- Astrophysical Axion Bounds.- Axions and Large Extra Dimensions.- Axions and Their Relatives.- Observations and Experiments.-...
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