How Air Travel Changed the World
by Marc Dierikx
Mixing in elements of pop culture, Dierikx provides a chronological history of the evolution of air travel. He covers the significant challenges and developments in air transportation for a specific period, starting with how and why aviation came to play an important role ...
(2008)
This volume in the Greenwood Guides to the Universe series covers asteroids, comets, and dwarf planetsÑthose small bodies that revolve the SunÑand provides readers with the most up-to-date understanding of the current state of scientific knowledge about them. Scientifically so...
(2009)
The new science of astrobiology and the search for life in the universe
This book tells the incredible story of the birth of a whole new field of science called Astrobiology.
(2011)
Devices
A thorough exposition of quantum computing and the underlying concepts of quantum physics, with explanations of the relevant mathematics and numerous examples.
(2008)
From Novice to Master Observer
by Robert Bruce... and Barbara Frit...
With the advent of inexpensive, high-power telescopes priced at under $250, amateur astronomy is now within the reach of anyone, and this is the ideal book to get you started. _The Illustrated Guide to Astronomical Wonders_ offers you a guide to the equipment you need, and sho...
(2011)
Sixty Years Drittes Physikalisches Institut. A Festschrift
by Thomas Kurz, Ulrich Parlitz, and Udo Kaatze
A broad variety of research topics emerged during the past sixty years from the institute's global theme »oscillations and waves«. Some of these topics are addressed in this book in which topical review articles by former and present members of the institute are collected. The...
(2007)
