Deep Space Propulsion: A Roadmap to Interstellar Flight (2012)

English | 2012 | 388 pages | PDF | 4.61 Mb

As humans take their first tentative steps off our home planet, and debate the costs/benefits of sending people back to the Moon and perhaps on to Mars, we must also start to make plans for the day when we will venture forth as pioneers farther out into the Solar System and beyond - perhaps far, far beyond - to explore and settle new worlds around other stars. It is vital that we develop the deep space propulsion technologies that will take us there, first to explore with robotic probes, then to follow ourselves.

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Earth: Evolution of a Habitable World (2013)

Publication Date: April 8, 2013 | ISBN-10: 0521615194 | ISBN-13: 978-0521615198 | Edition: 2nd

Fully updated throughout, including revised illustrations and new images from NASA missions, this new edition provides an overview of Earth's history from a planetary science perspective for Earth science undergraduates. Earth's evolution is described in the context of what we know about other planets and the cosmos at large, from the origin of the cosmos to the processes that shape planetary environments and from the origins of life to the inner workings of cells. Astronomy, earth science, planetary science and astrobiology are integrated to give students the whole picture of how the Earth has come to its present state and an understanding of the relationship between key ideas in different fields. The book presents concepts in nontechnical language and mathematical treatments are avoided where possible. New end-of-chapter summaries and questions allow students to check their understanding and critical thinking is emphasized to encourage students to explore ideas scientifically for themselves.


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Particle Physics at the Year of Astronomy (2010)

2010-10-10 | ISBN: 9814329673 | PDF | 472 pages | 7.83 Mb

These proceedings are devoted to a wide variety of both theoretical and experimental areas in particle physics. The topics include physics at accelerators and studies of Standard Model and Beyond, neutrino and astroparticle physics, cosmology, CP Violation and rare decays, hadron physics, and new developments in quantum field theory. The papers of the volume reveal the present status and new development in the above mentioned items. In particular, the first results on measurement of LHC pp collision events are also reported.

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Atlas of the Galilean Satellites (2010)

2010 | ISBN: 0521868351 | 406 pages | PDF | 36.89 MB

Complete color global maps and high-resolution mosaics of Jupiter's four large moons - Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto - are compiled for the first time in this important atlas. The satellites are revealed as four visually striking and geologically diverse planetary bodies: Io's volcanic lavas and plumes and towering mountains; Europa's fissured ice surface; the craters, fractures and polar caps of Ganymede; and the giant impact basins, desiccated plains and icy pinnacles of Callisto. Featuring images taken from the recent Galileo mission, this atlas is a comprehensive mapping reference guide for researchers. It contains 65 global and regional maps, nearly 250 high-resolution mosaics, and images taken at resolutions from 500 meters to as high as 6 meters.

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The Dawn Mission to Minor Planets 4 Vesta and 1 Ceres (2012)

English | ISBN: 1461449022 | 2012 | 580 pages | PDF | 43 MB

Dawn is the first mission to orbit a main belt asteroid and the first scientific mission to use ion propulsion.

Major objectives of this mission include mapping of the surfaces of 4 Vesta and 1 Ceres, determining its topography from stereo measurements, determining its mineralogy, measuring its elemental composition and obtaining gravity data.

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50 Years of Brown Dwarfs: From Prediction to Discovery to Forefront of Research (2014)

2014 | ISBN-10: 3319011618 | 180 pages | PDF | 5,8 MB

The years 2012/2013 mark the 50th anniversary of the theoretical prediction that Brown Dwarfs, i.e.

degenerate objects which are just not massive enough to sustain stable hydrogen fusion, exist. Some 20 years after their discovery, how Brown Dwarfs form is still one of the main open questions in the theory of star formation.

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