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  • Observational Constraints on the Influence of Active Galactic Nuclei on the Evolution of Galaxies

    by Christopher Mark Harrison ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This prize-winning Ph.D. thesis by Chris Harrison adopts a multi-faceted approach to address the lack of decisive observational evidence, utilising large observational data sets from several world-leading telescopes. Developing several novel observational techniques, Harrison demonstrated that energetic winds driven by Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are found in a large number of galaxies, with ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

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  • Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space

    by Janna Levin ...
    The authoritative story of the headline-making discovery of gravitational waves—by an eminent theoretical astrophysicist and award-winning writer.From the author of How the Universe Got Its Spots and A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines, the epic story of the scientific campaign to record the soundtrack of our universe.Black holes are dark. That is their essence. When black holes collide, they will ... Read more

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  • The Infinite Cosmos

    Questions from the frontiers of cosmology

    by Joseph Silk ...
    From time immemorial, poets and philosophers have looked in awe and wonder at the Universe. Such awe is shared by astrophysicists, too, as they seek to understand its nature, and whether it has any limits. In The Infinite Cosmos, Joseph Silk, Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford University, cosmologist and well-known science writer, brings together the modern understanding of the Universe, ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Little Book of Black Holes

    by Frans Pretorius, Steven S. Gubser ...
    Series series Science Essentials
    Dive into a mind-bending exploration of the physics of black holesBlack holes, predicted by Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity more than a century ago, have long intrigued scientists and the public with their bizarre and fantastical properties. Although Einstein understood that black holes were mathematical solutions to his equations, he never accepted their physical reality—a ... Read more

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  • Physics of the Plasma Universe

    by Anthony L. Peratt ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    Today many scientists recognize plasma as the key element to understanding new observations in near-Earth, interplanetary, interstellar, and intergalactic space; in stars, galaxies, and clusters of galaxies, and throughout the observable universe. Physics of the Plasma Universe, 2nd Edition is an update of observations made across the entire cosmic electromagnetic spectrum over the two decades ... Read more

    $107.99 USD

  • Extra Dimensions in Space and Time

    by Itzhak Bars, John Terning ...
    Series series Multiversal Journeys
    In physics, the idea of extra spatial dimensions originates from Nordstöm’s 5-dimensional vector theory in 1914, followed by Kaluza-Klein theory in 1921, in an effort to unify general relativity and electromagnetism in a 5 dimensional space-time (4 dimensions for space and 1 for time). Kaluza–Klein theory didn’t generate enough interest with physicist for the next five decades, due to its problems ... Read more

    $170.09 USD

  • The Rise and Fall of COMSAT

    Technology, Business, and Government in Satellite Communications

    by D. Whalen ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    After pioneering this technology and growing the market, COMSAT fell prey to changes in government policy and to its own lack of entrepreneurial talent. The author explores the factors which contributed to this rise and fall of COMSAT. ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • The Amazing Unity of the Universe

    And Its Origin in the Big Bang

    by Edward van den Heuvel ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    In the first chapters the author describes how our knowledge of the position of Earth in space and time has developed, thanks to the work of many generations of astronomers and physicists. He discusses how our position in the Galaxy was discovered, and how in 1929, Hubble uncovered the fact that the Universe is expanding, leading to the picture of the Big Bang. He then explains how astronomers ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • The Nature of Dusty Star-Forming Galaxies

    by William Cowley ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This thesis combines a theoretical model of galaxy formation with a treatment of the radiative transfer in the titular dusty star-forming galaxies. Embedding this within the well-established ΛCDM (Lambda cold dark matter) cosmology, the author was able to simulate galaxy populations from which realistic observational images were synthesised. Based on further analysis, he shows that there is a good ... Read more

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  • The Labyrinth of Star Formation

    Edited by Dimitris Stamatellos, Simon Goodwin, Derek Ward-Thompson ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This volume contains the proceedings from the conference "The Labyrinth of Star Formation" that was held in Crete, Greece, in June 2012, to honour the contributions to the study of star formation made by Professor Anthony Whitworth of Cardiff University.The book covers many aspects of theoretical and observational star formation: low-mass star formation; young circumstellar discs; computational ... Read more

    $188.99 USD

  • We are the Martians

    Connecting Cosmology with Biology

    by Giovanni F Bignami ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    For many thousands of years, human beings have been asking themselves whether they are more frightened of being alone in the universe or of the thought that there is someone else out there. Over the past few decades, however, we have moved from imagination to action, exploring the cosmos using new techniques, often with surprising results. Numerous fascinating but little known facts have emerged – ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Diffuse Radio Foregrounds

    All-Sky Polarisation, and Anomalous Microwave Emission

    by Matias Vidal Navarro ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This extensive thesis work covers several topics, including intensity and polarization, focusing on a new polarization bias reduction method. Vidal studied data from the WMAP satellite, which is low signal-to-noise and as such has to be corrected for polarization bias. He presents a new method for correcting the data, based on knowledge of the underlying angle of polarization. Using this novel ... Read more

    $49.99 USD