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No theory can ever be proven; it can only be falsified. The well-known "all swans are white' proverb was falsified when the first flock... Through use of a lecture-slide format, this book presents an astrophysics detective story that chronicles Jerome Drexler's literature...
Nearly 50 years ago it was discovered that the fundamental particles, such as the electron and proton, have `left-handed' interactions ... Chief engineer Thomas J. Kelly gives a firsthand account of designing, building, testing, and flying the Apollo lunar module. It was, he...
Relativistic Flight Mechanics and Space Travel is about the fascinating prospect of future human space travel. Its purpose is to... The dissertation presents the results of a multi-epoch very long baseline interferometric study of water masers located in the extended...
The diversity of stellar death is revealed in the energy, velocity and geometry of the explosion debris ("ejecta"). Using... Neutron stars are invaluable tools for exploring stellar death, the physics of ultra-dense matter, and the effects of extremely strong...
This book is different from all other modern cosmology books in several ways. It introduces a cosmologic universe, which is orderly,... Since our first manned space flights we have learned much about how the human body adapts to the space environment and in particular, to...
Fully revised and updated to include the latest discoveries in cosmic science In the past year, we have witnessed unprecedented breakthroughs in the seemingly unrelated fields of synthetic biology and exoplanetary...
The Local Group is a small cluster of galaxies of which 35 members are currently known, including the Milky Way. At least half of all... Like the Earth and planets, stars rotate. Understanding how stars rotate is central to modelling their structure, formation and...
This timely volume provides the first comprehensive review and synthesis of current understanding of magnetic fields in the Sun and... Spectropolarimetry embraces the most complete and detailed measurement and analysis of light, as well as its interaction with matter....
In all phases of the life of a star, hydrodynamical processes play a major role. This volume gives a comprehensive overview of the... The Hubble Space Telescope has made some of the most dramatic discoveries in the history of astronomy. From its vantage point 600km above...
This text describes the development of astronomy in the Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) wavelength range, from the first rocket-based... Black holes and gravitational radiation are two of the most dramatic predictions of general relativity. The quest for rotating black holes...
This work provides a comprehensive overview of our current theoretical and observational understanding of the interstellar medium of... How do three celestial bodies move under their mutual gravitational attraction? This problem has been studied by Isaac Newton and leading...
With the Hubble Space Telepscope's next servicing mission still uncertain, identifying the most crucial science to be performed by this... Thoroughly revised and updated, this textbook provides a pedagogical introduction to relativity. It is self-contained, but the reader is...
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