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Jeremiah P. Ostriker, Simon Mitton
Describes the saga of humankind's quest to unravel the secrets of the universe. This title explains the physics and the history of how the advanced model of our universe arose…
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Jacqueline Mitton
Anyone involved with astronomy, either professionally or as a leisure interest, will find this dictionary a handy and invaluable reference book. Over 3,000 words, names and abbreviations are explained clearly…
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Jacqueline Mitton,Simon Mitton
Jacqueline Mitton and Simon Mitton offer the first biography of Vera Rubin, an astronomer who made vital contributions to our understanding of dark matter. An outstanding scientist herself, Rubin also…
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Simon Mitton (University of Cambridge)
Tracing four centuries of discoveries by pioneering scientists and extraordinary scientific revolutions that changed our understanding of Earth’s deep carbon, this is a fascinating read for students and researchers working…
The scientific life of Fred Hoyle (1915-2001) was truly unparalleled. During his career he wrote groundbreaking scientific papers and caused bitter disputes in the scientific community with his revolutionary theories…
Dr Jacqueline Mitton (University of Arizona)
Large, vibrant paintings and shimmering foil stars make a brilliant connection between age-old stargazing tales and the constellations. Full color.
Poetic text and colorful illustrations highlighted by metallic stars combine to tell the stories of ten characters from Greek mythology and how their names became associated with the constellations.
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Ralph Lorenz,Jacqueline Mitton
For twenty-five years following the Voyager mission, scientists speculated about Saturn’s largest moon, a mysterious orb clouded in orange haze. This book reveals the startling discoveries that have been made…
John Chambers,Jacqueline Mitton
Tells the story of how the celestial objects that make up the solar system arose from common beginnings billions of years ago, and how scientists and philosophers have sought to…
An account of NASA’s NEAR mission to the asteroid Eros, by some of the scientists and engineers most closely involved with it. They recount the whole dramatic story, from concept…
Thomas Gold
Gold’s interests covered physiology, astronomy, cosmology, geophysics, and engineering.Written in an intriguing style and with an equally intriguing foreword by Freeman Dyson, this book constitutes an important historical document, made…
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Cambridge Scientific Minds provides a portrait of some of the most eminent scientists associated with the University of Cambridge over the past 400 years, including accounts of the work of…
Poetic text and colorful illustrations highlighted by metallic stars combine to tell the stories of 10 characters from Greek mythology and how their names became associated with the constellations. Full…
Jeremiah P. Ostriker,Simon Mitton
Heart of Darkness describes the incredible saga of humankind’s quest to unravel the deepest secrets of the universe. Over the past thirty years, scientists have learned that two little-understood components–dark…
Describes the saga of humankind’s quest to unravel the secrets of the universe. This title explains the physics and the history of how the advanced model of our universe arose…
The papers presented in this book examine in detail the historical, cosmological, philosophical and theological issues surrounding the development of the Big Bang theory from its beginnings in the pioneering…
Ralph Lorenz (University of Arizona),Jacqueline Mitton
An account of the second largest moon in our solar system.
This book makes good background reading for much of modern magnetospheric physics. Its origin was a Festspiel for Professor Jim Dungey, former professor in the Physics Department at Imperial College…
