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  • The Blue Straggler Mystery

    by Martin Beech ...
    Blue stragglers are celestial misfits. They stand out from the crowd, and they require special explanation. Remarkably, for so the observations indicate, they have aged differently to similar mass 'normal' stars. First recognized as being altogether different in the early 1950s, blue stragglers have occupied the thoughts of astronomers ever since. This book looks into the mystery of blue straggler ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

  • Mind the Gap

    The Labyrinthine Story of Planetary Orbits, Mathematics, and the Titius-Bode Rule

    by Martin Beech ...
    This book is concerned with two tightly knit topics — those of mathematics and astronomy. Its focus is primarily concerned with planetary astronomy, and specifically the history of accounting for the spacing of planetary orbits. The story begins with the ancient Greek philosophers and continues to the modern era and the new data being gleaned from the study of exoplanetary systems. Throughout the ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • William Frederick Denning

    Grand Amateur and Doyen of British Meteor Astronomy

    by Martin Beech ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This book provides a detailed biographical account of the industrious late nineteenth-century astronomer William Frederick Denning who, in later life, rose to be a celebrated public figure and a highly respected amateur astronomer. The book also examines Denning’s many contributions to the astronomy of his time.As an indomitable promotor of amateur astronomy, Denning was closely involved in the ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Wayward Comet:

    A Descriptive History of Cometary Orbits, Kepler's Problem and the Cometarium

    by Martin Beech ...
    Comets have not only blazed across the celestial vault throughout human history, they have embellished the night sky since the Earth itself formed some 4.5 billion years ago. Comets were among the first-born solid bodies in the solar system, and their frozen nuclei tell of the primordial chemistry and chaos that ultimately resulted in the formation of the planets, the evolution of life and us. For ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Cabinet Of Curiosities, A: The Myth, Magic And Measure Of Meteorites

    by Martin Beech ...
    Hurtling through the atmosphere, in a blaze of light and reverberating percussions, the arrival of a meteorite on Earth is a magical, rare, and precious sight. These characteristics have accordingly ensured a long, yet often controversial history. For all this, meteorites are cosmic messengers. They tell us about the entire history of the solar system, their story carrying us from the very ... Read more

    $91.79 USD

  • Going Underground: The Science And History Of Falling Through The Earth

    by Martin Beech ...
    This book follows the historical trail by which humanity has determined the shape and internal structure of the Earth. It is a story that bears on aspects of the history of science, the history of philosophy and the history of mathematics. At the heart of the narrative is the important philosophical practice of performing thought experiments — that is, the art of considering an idealized ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Introducing the Stars

    Formation, Structure and Evolution

    by Martin Beech ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This textbook introduces the reader to the basic concepts and equations that describe stellar structure. Various approximation techniques are used to solve equations, and an intuitive rather than rigorous approach is employed to interpret the properties of the stars. The book provides step-by-step instructions, helpful exercises and relevant historical lessons to familiarize students with key ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Alpha Centauri

    Unveiling the Secrets of Our Nearest Stellar Neighbor

    by Martin Beech ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    As our closest stellar companion and composed of two Sun-like stars and a third small dwarf star, Alpha Centauri is an ideal testing ground of astrophysical models and has played a central role in the history and development of modern astronomy—from the first guesses at stellar distances to understanding how our own star, the Sun, might have evolved. It is also the host of the nearest known ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

  • The Pillars of Creation

    Giant Molecular Clouds, Star Formation, and Cosmic Recycling

    by Martin Beech ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This book explores the mechanics of star formation, the process by which matter pulls together and creates new structures. Written for science enthusiasts, the author presents an accessible explanation of how stars are born from the interstellar medium and giant molecular clouds. Stars produce the chemicals that lead to life, and it is they that have enabled the conditions for planets to form and ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

  • The Large Hadron Collider

    Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe

    by Martin Beech ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    It may at first seem that the world of subatomic physics is far removed from our every day lives. Isn’t it all just a waste of time and taxpayers' money? Hopefully, all who read this book will come to a different conclusion. Collider physics is all about our origins, and this aspect alone makes it worthy of our very best attention. The experiments conducted within the vast collider chambers are at ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • The Physics of Invisibility

    A Story of Light and Deception

    by Martin Beech ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    The ability is see is fundamental to our very existence. How true our perceptions really are depends upon many factors, and not least is our understanding of what light is and how it interacts with matter. It was said that the camera, the icon of light recording instruments, never lies, and in the day of the glass plate and celluloid roll-film this might well have been true. But in this modern era ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Terraforming: The Creating of Habitable Worlds

    by Martin Beech ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    The word ‘‘terraforming’’ conjures up many exotic images and p- hapsevenwildemotions,butatitscoreitencapsulatestheideathat worldscanbechangedbydirecthumanaction.Theultimateaimof terraforming is to alter a hostile planetary environment into one that is Earth-like, and eventually upon the surface of the new and vibrant world that you or I could walk freely about and explore. It is not entirely clear ... Read more

    $31.49 USD