![Encyclopedia of Lunar Science]( "Encyclopedia of Lunar Science")
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Cudnik, B. (Ed) (2021)
A very useful reference work for a broad audience, not limited to the professional lunar scientist: general astronomers, researchers, theoreticians, practitioners, graduate …
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![A Natural History of the Milky Way]( "A Natural History of the Milky Way")
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Chiappini, C., Matteucci, F. (2020)
One of the most stunning features of the night sky, and Earth's home, the Mily Way is fertile ground for exploring the mysteries of the universe. This book will provide an …
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![Tutorial Guide to X-ray and Gamma-ray Astronomy]( "Tutorial Guide to X-ray and Gamma-ray Astronomy")
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Bambi, C. (Ed) (2020)
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy. The first part discusses the basic theoretical and observational topics related to black hole …
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![Handbook of Small Satellites]( "Handbook of Small Satellites")
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Pelton, J. N. (Ed), Madry, S. (Ed) (2020)
In the past decade, the field of small satellites has expanded the space industry in a powerful way. Hundreds, indeed thousands, of these innovative and highly cost-efficient …
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![The Mathematical Universe]( "The Mathematical Universe")
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Schiff, J. (2020)
This is a book about the mathematical nature of our Universe. Armed with no more than basic high school mathematics, Dr. Joel L. Schiff takes you on a foray through some of the …
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![An Assessment Framework for Compliance with International Space Law and Norms]( "An Assessment Framework for Compliance with International Space Law and Norms")
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Lindgren, D. (2020)
This book proposes a framework for assessing countries’ levels of compliance with international space law and norms. It begins by exploring the development of two movements – the …
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![Sacred Landscapes of Imperial China]( "Sacred Landscapes of Imperial China")
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Magli, G. (2020)
This book analyses the magnificent imperial necropolises of ancient China from the perspective of Archaeoastronomy, a science which takes into account the landscape in which …
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![The Spacefarer's Handbook]( "The Spacefarer's Handbook")
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Ganse, B., Ganse, U. (2020)
Now is the time to fly to space! New technological developments, commercialisation of spaceflight and advances in space medicine have made human space travel more attainable than …
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![The Beauty of Space Art]( "The Beauty of Space Art")
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Ramer, J. (Ed), Miller, R. (Ed) (2020)
Long before humans wrote, we painted. From mud and ash to acrylic and computers, artists across the centuries have found countless inventive ways to explore and express some of …
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![Astronomy of the Inca Empire]( "Astronomy of the Inca Empire")
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Gullberg, S. R. (2020)
Astronomy in the Inca Empire was a robust and fundamental practice. The subsequent Spanish conquest of the Andes region disrupted much of this indigenous culture and resulted in a …
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![A History of the Italian Space Adventure]( "A History of the Italian Space Adventure")
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Caprara, G. (2020)
This well-documented and fascinating book tells how, over the centuries, a series of visionaries, scientists, technologists, and politicians fostered the involvement of Italy in …
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![Superradiance]( "Superradiance")
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Brito, R., Cardoso, V., Pani, P. (2020)
This book focuses on one mechanism in black hole physics which has proven to be universal, multifaceted and with a rich phenomenology: rotational superradiance. This is an energy …
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![Archaeoastronomy]( "Archaeoastronomy")
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Magli, G. (2020)
This is a second edition of a textbook that provides the first comprehensive, easy-to-read, and up-to-date account of the fascinating discipline of archaeoastronomy, in which the …
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![The Mythology of the Night Sky]( "The Mythology of the Night Sky")
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Falkner, D. E. (2020)
This book is for amateur astronomers who would like to know the mythology behind the names of astronomical objects in the night sky. It covers the lore and legend behind Ptolemy’s …
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![A Short Course in General Relativity and Cosmology]( "A Short Course in General Relativity and Cosmology")
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Hentschke, R., Hölbling, C. (2020)
Unlike most traditional introductory textbooks on relativity and cosmology that answer questions like “Does accelerated expansion pull our bodies apart?”, “Does the presence of …
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![Tetrad Formalism for Exact Cosmological Observables]( "Tetrad Formalism for Exact Cosmological Observables")
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Mitsou, E., Yoo, J. (2020)
This book presents a novel mathematical formalism, based on the tetrad formulation of differential geometry, for describing cosmological observables exactly and conveniently. It …
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![NASA's First Space Shuttle Astronaut Selection]( "NASA's First Space Shuttle Astronaut Selection")
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Shayler, D. J., Burgess, C. (2020)
Unofficially they called themselves the TFNG, or the Thirty-Five New Guys. Officially, they were NASA’s Group 8 astronauts, selected in January 1978 to train for orbital missions …
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![The History of Celestial Navigation]( "The History of Celestial Navigation")
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Seidelmann, P. K. (Ed), Hohenkerk, C. Y. (Ed) (2020)
This edited volume charts the history of celestial navigation over the course of five centuries. Written by a group of historians and scientists, it analyzes how competing …
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![Astrophotography is Easy!]( "Astrophotography is Easy!")
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Redfern, G. I. (2020)
There are many books covering different facets of astrophotography, but few of them contain all the necessary steps for beginners in one accessible place. Astrophotography is …
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![Astrobiology and Cuatro Ciénegas Basin as an Analog of Early Earth]( "Astrobiology and Cuatro Ciénegas Basin as an Analog of Early Earth")
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Souza, V. (Ed), Segura, A. (Ed), Foster, J. (Ed) (2020)
Astrobiology not only investigates how early life took hold of our planet but also life on other planets – both in our Solar System and beyond – and their potential for …
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