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Cosmology
Wiley | ISBN 0471489093 | 2002-06-15 | DJVU | 520 pages | 3 MBThis is the 2nd edition of a highly successful title on this fascinating and complex subject. Concentrating primarily on the theory behind the origin and the evolution of the universe, and where appropriate relating it to observation, the new features of the [...]
A Companion to Astronomy and Astrophysics: Chronology and Glossary with Data Tables
Springer | ISBN 0387307346 | 2006-06-19 | PDF | 375 pages | 4.8 MBAstronomy and Astrophysics is a comprehensive, fundamental, up-to-date reference book. It is filled with vital information and basic facts for amateur astronomers and professional astrophysicists, and for anyone interested in the Universe, from the Earth and other planets to the stars, galaxies [...]
Space, Time, Matter
Dover Publications | ISBN 0486602672 | 1952-06-01 | DJVU |330 pages |2.9 MB”A classic of physics … the first systematic presentation of Einstein’s theory of relativity.”鈥擝ritish Journal for Philosophy and Science. Long one of the standard texts in the field, this excellent introduction probes deeply into Euclidean space, Riemann’s space, Einstein’s general relativity, gravitational waves [...]
The Astrophysical Context of Life
National Academy Press| ISBN 0309096278 | 2005-06-30 | PDF | 79 pages | 433 kBIn 1997, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) formed the National Astrobiology Institute to coordinate and fund research into the origins, distribution, and fate of life in the universe. A 2002 NRC study of that program, “Life in the Universe: [...]