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Stackpole Classics eBook Series

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  • Wernher von Braun

    by Erik Bergaust ...
    Series series Stackpole Classics
    Here is Dr. Wernher von Braun's incredible story – from his early years in Germany, where he gave birth to modern rocketry, to his arrival in the United States and his launching of the first American satellite, the first man on the moon and other stunning space exploration feats. "Every page of Wernher von Braun's life is a monument to the drama of adventure. Few people have been fighting so hard ... Read more

    $20.00 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Accidental Universe

    The World You Thought You Knew

    by Alan Lightman ...
    In The Accidental Universe, physicist and novelist Alan Lightman explores the emotional and philosophical questions raised by discoveries in science, focusing most intently on the human condition and the needs of humankind.Here, in a collection of exhilarating essays, Lightman shows us our own universe from a series of fascinating and diverse perspectives. He takes on the difficult dialogue ... Read more

    $8.99 NZD

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  • Physics of the Interstellar and Intergalactic Medium

    by Bruce T. Draine ...
    This is a comprehensive and richly illustrated textbook on the astrophysics of the interstellar and intergalactic medium--the gas and dust, as well as the electromagnetic radiation, cosmic rays, and magnetic and gravitational fields, present between the stars in a galaxy and also between galaxies themselves.Topics include radiative processes across the electromagnetic spectrum; radiative transfer; ... Read more

    $98.99 NZD

  • Inbound to Earth

    by Wayne J. Lutz ...
    Tannon Bessimer is an amateur astronomer who has discovered an object that is inbound to our solar system. And it’s getting the world's attention. The final destination is unknown, but if earth is the target, communication is the key. But the UFO is silent – until Tannon becomes the unexpected first contact. Artificial intelligence has been evolving aboard the featureless inbound sphere during its ... Read more

    $3.78 NZD

  • Astronomy: A Physical Perspective

    by Marc L. Kutner ...
    This fully revised and updated text is a comprehensive introduction to astronomical objects and phenomena. By applying some basic physical principles to a variety of situations, students will learn how to relate everyday physics to the astronomical world. Starting with the simplest objects, the text contains explanations of how and why astronomical phenomena occur, and how astronomers collect and ... Read more

    $122.69 NZD

  • From the Universe to the Elementary Particles

    A First Introduction to Cosmology and the Fundamental Interactions

    by Ulrich Ellwanger ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    In this book, the author leads the reader, step by step and without any advanced mathematics, to a clear understanding of the foundations of modern elementary particle physics and cosmology. He also addresses current and controversial questions on topics such as string theory. The book contains gentle introductions to the theories of special and general relativity, and also classical and quantum ... Read more

    $111.77 NZD

  • Cosmological Physics

    by J. A. Peacock ...
    This textbook provides advanced undergraduate and graduate students with a complete introduction to modern cosmology. It successfully bridges the gap between undergraduate and advanced graduate texts by discussing topics of current research, starting from first principles. Throughout this authoritative volume, emphasis is given to the simplest, most intuitive explanation for key equations used by ... Read more

    $150.18 NZD

  • 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

    $182.84 NZD

  • Dynamics of the Milky Way

    Tidal Streams and Extended Distribution Functions for the Galactic Disc

    by Jason Sanders ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This work presents a study of methods useful for modeling and understanding dynamical systems in the Galaxy. A natural coordinate system for the study of dynamical systems is the angle-action coordinate system. New methods for the approximation of the action-angle variables in general potentials are presented and discussed. These new tools are applied to the construction of dynamical models for ... Read more

    $182.84 NZD

  • Stellar Disk Evolution and Gaseous Disk Turbulence of Dwarf Irregular Galaxies

    by Hong-Xin Zhang ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This book focuses on the stellar disk evolution and gas disk turbulence of the most numerous galaxies in the local Universe – the dwarf galaxies. The “outside-in” disk shrinking mode was established for a relatively large sample of dwarf galaxies for the first time, and this is in contrast to the “inside-out” disk growth mode found for spiral galaxies. Double exponential brightness profiles also ... Read more

    $182.84 NZD

  • From Ordered To Chaotic Motion In Celestial Mechanics

    by Yi-sui Sun, Li-yong Zhou ...
    This book provides a brief introduction to some basic but important problems in celestial mechanics, and particularly in the few-body problem, such as the permissible and forbidden region of motion, the evolution of moment of inertia of a system, and the orbital stability of asteroids in the solar system. All these are based on some main results in the authors' research works, which are related to ... Read more

    $106.99 NZD

  • Astroparticle, Particle, Space Physics And Detectors For Physics Applications - Proceedings Of The 14th Icatpp Conference

    by Simone Giani, Claude Leroy, Larry Price, Pier-giorgio Rancoita, Randal C Ruchti ...
    Series Book 8 - Astroparticle, Particle, Space Physics, Radiation Interaction, Detectors And Medical Physics Applications
    The exploration of the subnuclear world is done through increasingly complex experiments covering a wide range of energy and performed in a large variety of environments ranging from particle accelerators, underground detectors to satellites and the space laboratory. The achievement of these research programs calls for novel techniques, new materials and instrumentation to be used in detectors, ... Read more

    $136.99 NZD