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Beyond Classical Physics by Mark A. Cunningham
epub, pdf |eng | | Author:Mark A. Cunningham

As we begin our studies into the nature of the chemical bond, we will make use of numerical simulation as a means of developing an understanding of the fundamental properties ...
( Category: Particle Physics March 11,2020 )
Planet Hunters: The search for extraterrestrial life by Lucas Ellerbroek
mobi |eng | 2017-07-31 | Author:Lucas Ellerbroek [Ellerbroek, Lucas]

‘WE HAVE no choice,’ Michel Mayor told his son. ‘I think we’re going to have to take you down a peg or two.’ During a holiday in Provence, Mayor and ...
( Category: Astronomy March 10,2020 )
Lords of the Ice Moons by Michael Carroll
epub |eng | | Author:Michael Carroll

© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018 Michael CarrollLords of the Ice MoonsScience and Fictionhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98155-0_22 22. You Can’t Go Home Again Michael Carroll1 (1)Littleton, CO, USA Taina was still playing the ...
( Category: Astronautics & Space Flight March 10,2020 )
101 Amazing Facts About Space by Jack Goldstein
epub |eng | 2013-08-06 | Author:Jack Goldstein

The Voyager 2 Probe Space Travel Because of the lack of gravity, astronauts become taller in space. Only twelve astronauts have set foot on the surface of the moon. The ...
( Category: Astronomy March 10,2020 )
Back-of-the-Envelope Physics by Clifford Swartz
epub |eng | 2003-03-09 | Author:Clifford Swartz

SEEING UNDER WATER An early lesson in learning to swim is to open one’s eyes under water. It must be a little frightening for a child because one can’t see ...
( Category: Astronomy March 10,2020 )
Extreme Cosmos by Bryan Gaensler
epub |eng | 2012-07-02 | Author:Bryan Gaensler [Gaensler, Bryan]

As big as they come Although most of the stars in the sky are small and unimpressive red dwarfs, we have already seen in chapter 4 that it’s the rare, ...
( Category: Astrophysics & Space Science March 10,2020 )
One-Shot Color Astronomical Imaging by L. A. Kennedy
epub |eng | | Author:L. A. Kennedy

When you calibrate your images using the light frame, the imaging program will automatically adjust the level of each pixel in your images based on the median level of brightness ...
( Category: Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition March 9,2020 )
Using Sequence Generator Pro and Friends by Alex McConahay
epub |eng | | Author:Alex McConahay

Focuser Equipment and Preliminary Configuration The Focuser The focuser is at heart a mechanical device. For efficient astroimaging, the focuser is usually equipped with motors, sensors , and electronics. A ...
( Category: Astronomy March 9,2020 )
A Concise History of Solar and Stellar Physics by Tassoul Monique; Tassoul Jean-Louis;
epub |eng | 2014-03-08 | Author:Tassoul, Monique; Tassoul, Jean-Louis;

Figure 5.1 Some of the participants in the Fourth Annual Conference on Theoretical Physics in Washington, D.C. (March 1938). Left to right: (seated) L. H. Thomas, George Gamow, Svein Rosseland, ...
( Category: Particle Physics March 9,2020 )
Letters from an Astrophysicist by Neil deGrasse Tyson
azw3 |eng | 2019-10-07 | Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson [deGrasse Tyson, Neil]

Dead Man Talking Wednesday, March 27, 2019 Dear Cousin Neil, The day after my father died, I went to the funeral home to view his body. He’d been sick for ...
( Category: Astrophysics & Space Science March 9,2020 )
How Cosmologists Explain the Universe to Friends and Family by Karim A. Malik & David R. Matravers
epub |eng | | Author:Karim A. Malik & David R. Matravers

6.4.2.3 Gravitational Waves Another surprising consequence of Einstein’s theory of general relativity are gravitational waves. It took astronomers roughly hundred years until gravitational waves were directly observed for the first ...
( Category: Astronomy March 9,2020 )
Probability in Physics by Andy Lawrence
epub |eng | | Author:Andy Lawrence

Each of the terms is simply a number made of a sum over the data values and their errors. The equations now read The standard way to solve such a ...
( Category: Probability & Statistics March 9,2020 )
If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... WHERE IS EVERYBODY? by Stephen Webb
epub |eng | | Author:Stephen Webb

Solution 49 The Migration Hypothesis Nothing burns like the cold. George R. R. Martin, A Game of Thrones In recent years the Serbian astronomer Milan Ćirković has thought more deeply ...
( Category: Astronomy March 9,2020 )
Copernicus' Secret by Jack Repcheck
epub |eng | | Author:Jack Repcheck

BEFORE THE EVENTS OF 1538–39, it was difficult to imagine Nicolaus Copernicus reengaging with his manuscript and finding the motivation to finish and prepare it for publication. After all, even ...
( Category: Scientists March 9,2020 )
Astronavigation by K.A. Zischka
epub |eng | | Author:K.A. Zischka

By making use of the expression (3) for the correction of the time for the maximum altitude TMA, we deduce:(5) It follows then from (5) that for small values of ...
( Category: Astronautics & Space Flight March 9,2020 )

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