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Engineering (R0) eBook Series

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  • The International Handbook of Space Technology

    Edited by Malcolm Macdonald, Viorel Badescu ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This comprehensive handbook provides an overview of space technology and a holistic understanding of the system-of-systems that is a modern spacecraft.With a foreword by Elon Musk, CEO and CTO of SpaceX, and contributions from globally leading agency experts from NASA, ESA, JAXA, and CNES, as well as European and North American academics and industrialists, this handbook, as well as giving an ... Read more

    $620.09 USD

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  • The Cosmos For Kids (I Spy Universe)

    Solar System and Planets in our Universe

    by Speedy Publishing ...
    Series series Awesome Kids Educational Books
    A parent who wishes to teach a child more about the universe needs to definitely help the child understand the many items that occupy our galaxy. This book would be excellent because a young child will not be skilled enough to gather information from a text only book. However, this is an illustrated guide of the cosmos that will show beautiful and artistically created pictures that will stick in ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Fundamentals of Space Business and Economics

    by Ozgur Gurtuna ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This book provides an overview of key topics related to space business and management. Case studies and an integrative section are included to illustrate the fundamental concepts and to build intuition. Key topics in the field, such as risk management and cost management, are covered in detail. ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Interplanetary Travel

    by Yakov Perelman ...
    First published in 1915, a best-seller in the 1920s and long out of print, Interplanetary Travel is a short excursion into space physics. Using conundrums, entertaining examples, and unexpected comparisons, Yakov Perelman dispelled some of the public prejudice that prevailed against celestial mechanics and physics of being too abstract and unable to nourish the mind. He explored, in a witty style, ... Read more

    $3.49 USD

  • Geostationary Satellites Collocation

    by Hengnian Li ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    Geostationary Satellites Collocation aims to find solutions for deploying a safe and reliable collocation control. Focusing on the orbital perturbation analysis, the mathematical foundations for orbit and control of the geostationary satellite. The mathematical and physical principle of orbital maneuver and collocation strategies for multi geostationary satellites sharing with the same dead band ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Introduction to Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

    by Francis Chen ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This complete introduction to plasma physics and controlled fusion by one of the pioneering scientists in this expanding field offers both a simple and intuitive discussion of the basic concepts of this subject and an insight into the challenging problems of current research. In a wholly lucid manner the work covers single-particle motions, fluid equations for plasmas, wave motions, diffusion and ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • Remote Sensing

    by Siamak Khorram, Frank H. Koch, Cynthia F. van der Wiele, Stacy A.C. Nelson ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    Remote Sensing provides information on how remote sensing relates to the natural resources inventory, management, and monitoring, as well as environmental concerns. It explains the role of this new technology in current global challenges. "Remote Sensing" will discuss remotely sensed data application payloads and platforms, along with the methodologies involving image processing techniques as ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • The Politics and Perils of Space Exploration

    Who Will Compete, Who Will Dominate?

    by Linda Dawson ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    Written by a former Aerodynamics Officer on the space shuttle program, this book provides a complete overview of the “new” U. S. space program, which has changed considerably over the past 50 years.The future of space exploration has become increasingly dependent on other countries and private enterprise.Can private enterprise fill NASA's shoes and provide the same expertise, safety measures and ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Space Safety is No Accident

    The 7th IAASS Conference

    Edited by Tommaso Sgobba, Isabelle Rongier ...
    Includes the proceedings from the 7th IAASS Conference, "Space Safety is No Accident," held in Friedrichshafen, Germany, in October 2014.The 7th IAASS Conference, “Space Safety is No Accident” is an invitation to reflect and exchange information on a number of topics in space safety and sustainability of national and international interest. The conference is also a forum to promote mutual ... Read more

    $188.99 USD

  • Global Climate

    Current Research and Uncertainties in the Climate System

    by Xavier Rodo, Francisco Comin ...
    Uncertainty for Everyone The one thing that is certain about the world is that the world is uncertain. I have here, the question that apart of the matter, living matter, has to resolve in each and every one of its moments of existance. The environment of a living being is apart of the living being where it turns out, the rest of the living beings live. This is the drama of life on earth. Every ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Titan from Cassini-Huygens

    Edited by Robert Brown, Jean Pierre Lebreton, Hunter Waite ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This book is one of two volumes meant to capture, to the extent practical, the sci- ti? c legacy of the Cassini–Huygens prime mission, a landmark in the history of pl- etary exploration. As the most ambitious and interdisciplinary planetary exploration mission ? own to date, it has extended our knowledge of the Saturn system to levels of detail at least an order of magnitude beyond that gained ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • The Structure and Evolution of the Sun

    by Giuseppe Severino ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This book equips the reader with a coherent understanding of the structure of the Sun and its evolution and provides all the knowledge required to construct a simplified model of the Sun.The early chapters cover key aspects of basic physics and describe the Sun’s size, mass, luminosity, and temperature. Using a semi-empirical approach, the structure of the present Sun is then modeled in detail, ... Read more

    $53.99 USD