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  • Collisionless Shocks in Space Plasmas

    Structure and Accelerated Particles

    by David Burgess, Manfred Scholer ...
    Series series Cambridge Atmospheric and Space Science Series
    Shock waves are an important feature of solar system plasmas, from the solar corona out to the edge of the heliosphere. This engaging introduction to collisionless shocks in space plasmas presents a comprehensive review of the physics governing different types of shocks and processes of particle acceleration, from fundamental principles to current research. Motivated by observations of planetary ... Read more

    $184.99 CAD

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  • Hyperspace

    A Scientific Odyssey through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the Tenth Dimension

    by Michio Kaku ...
    Are there other dimensions beyond our own? Is time travel possible? Can we change the past? Are there gateways to parallel universes? All of us have pondered such questions, but there was a time when scientists dismissed these notions as outlandish speculations. Not any more. Today, they are the focus of the most intense scientific activity in recent memory. In Hyperspace, Michio Kaku, author of ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • An Introduction to Astronomy - Take a Journey from Earth to the Moon, from the Sun to the Planets, to the Universe and Beyond

    by Forest Ray Moulton, Ph.D. ...
    An Introduction to Astronomy by F.R. Moulton - The definitive text for learning about the amazing science of Astronomy.The progress of mankind has been marked by a number of great intellectual movements. At one time the ideas of men were expanding with the knowledge which they were obtaining from the voyages of Columbus, Magellan, and the long list of hardy explorers who first visited the remote ... Read more

    $4.22 CAD

  • A Textbook of General Astronomy

    by Charles A. Young, Ph. D. ...
    Astronomy is the science which treats of the heavenly bodies. As such bodies we reckon the sun and moon, the planets (of which the earth is one) and their satellites, comets and meteors, and finally the stars and nebulae.We have to consider in Astronomy:(a) The motions of these bodies, both real and apparent, and the laws which govern these motions.(b) Their forms, dimensions, and masses.(c) Their ... Read more

    $4.22 CAD

  • The Planet Factory

    Exoplanets and the Search for a Second Earth

    by Elizabeth Tasker ...
    Twenty years ago, the search for planets outside the Solar System was a job restricted to science-fiction writers. Now it's one of the fastest-growing fields in astronomy with thousands of exoplanets discovered to date, and the number is rising fast.These new-found worlds are more alien than anything in fiction. Planets larger than Jupiter with years lasting a week; others with two suns lighting ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Astrophysics through Computation

    With Mathematica® Support

    by Brian Koberlein, David Meisel ...
    This new text surveys a series of fundamental problems in astrophysics, both analytically and computationally, for advanced students in physics and astrophysics. The contents are supported by more than 110 class-tested Mathematica® notebooks, allowing rigorous solutions to be explored in a visually engaging way. Topics covered include many classical and historically interesting problems, enabling ... Read more

    $87.99 CAD

  • Starship To New Earth Now

    by Phillip Duke ...
    The stars are very far away in terms of distances, but Not in terms of the times required to travel the distances. By applying Einstein's proven principle of Time Contraction, the many Earth type worlds orbiting distant stars become readily available for colonization. They are waiting to be claimed, it is only necessary to go there.This book explains why star travel is possible Now, and how it can ... Read more

    $4.05 CAD

  • Let's Explore the Solar System (Planets)

    Planets Book for Kids

    by Baby Professor ...
    Series series Children's Astronomy & Space Books
    Do you know that you live in a galaxy so big you are but a speck in its total existence? This beautiful picture book features the magnificent solar system and its planets. Here, you will learn about all the planets and the characteristics that make life possible or impossible in them. Grab a copy now! ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Mary Somerville and the World of Science

    by Allan Chapman ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    Mary Somerville (1780-1872), after whom Somerville College Oxford was named, was the first woman scientist to win an international reputation entirely in her own right, rather than through association with a scientific brother or father.She was active in astronomy, one of the most demanding areas of science of the day, and flourished in the unique British tradition of Grand Amateurs, who paid ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Astrophysics of the Interstellar Medium

    by Walter J. Maciel ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    The space between the stars contains a large diversity of objects in which physical processes occur that are fundamental to the structure and evolution of galaxies. This book offers the reader a basic knowledge of these processes and presents simple numeric estimates of the main quantities relevant to the interstellar medium. The main objects that constitute the interstellar space are described, ... Read more

    $167.99 CAD

  • Fundamentals of Lightning

    by Vladimir A. Rakov ...
    This new book provides a focused set of topics suitable for advanced undergraduate or graduate courses on lightning. It presents the current state of the art in lightning science including areas such as lightning modeling, calculation of lightning electromagnetic fields, electromagnetic methods of lightning location, and lightning damaging effects and protective techniques. Pedagogical features ... Read more

    $87.99 CAD

  • The Universe is Not Expanding

    by Richard Lighthouse ...
    The Universe is not expanding – this will seem like a blasphemy to scientists that have spent a lifetime learning physics or astrophysics, because it is a basic part of the college curriculum. However, as Seth has stated many times - in this case,..."your physical senses are lovely liars." The perception that the universe is expanding is primarily based on the red shift. Recent experiments have ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus