Kepler and the universe : how one man revolutionized astronomy / David K. Love. by Love, David, 1950-

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Picturing the cosmos : Hubble Space Telescope images and the astronomical sublime / Elizabeth A. Kessler. by Kessler, Elizabeth A.

Table of Contents: “…Astronomy's romantic landscapes -- The astronomical sublime and the American West -- Ambivalent astronomers and the embrace of Hubble images -- Translating data into pretty pictures -- From unknown frontiers to familiar places -- A very distant and peaceful star.…”
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Picturing the cosmos : Hubble Space Telescope images and the astronomical sublime / Elizabeth A. Kessler. by Kessler, Elizabeth A.

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Astronomy's Romantic Landscapes -- 1. The Astronomical Sublime and the American West -- 2. Ambivalent Astronomers and the Embrace of Hubble Images -- 3. …”

The Theory of the Top Volume III Perturbations. Astronomical and Geophysical Applications / by Felix Klein, Arnold Sommerfeld. by Klein, Felix, 1849-1925

Table of Contents: “…The influence of friction, air resistance, and elasticity of the material and the support on the motion of the top -- Chapter VIII Applications of the theory of the top -- Part A. Astronomical Applications -- Part B. Geophysical Applications -- Addenda and Supplements -- Translators' Notes -- References -- Index.…”
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The Moon in Close-up A Next Generation Astronomer's Guide / by John Wilkinson. by Wilkinson, John

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First Light and Beyond Making a Success of Astronomical Observing / by D. A. Jenkins. by Jenkins, D. A.

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Orreries, Clocks, and London Society The Evolution of Astronomical Instruments and Their Makers / by Tony Buick. by Buick, Tony

“…Astronomers' universe.…”
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The atom of the universe : the life and work of Georges Lemaitre / Dominique Lambert ; preface by P.J.E. Peebles ; translated by Luc Ampleman ; edited by Karl van Bibber. by Lambert, Dominique, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…(1931-1939) -- Science and faith: the theory of the two paths (1924-1936) -- An astronomer starstruck by algebra (1931-1957) -- From cosmology to calculation: the Stormer problem -- A time of war (1940-1944) -- Lemaître the master. …”
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Leonhard Euler and the Foundations of Celestial Mechanics by Dora Musielak. by Musielak, Dora

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Hindsight and popular astronomy / Alan B. Whiting. by Whiting, Alan B.

Subjects: “…Astronomical literature History and criticism.…”
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Astrophysical techniques C.R. Kitchin. by Kitchin, C. R. (Christopher R.)

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Astrophysical techniques / by C.R. Kitchin. by Kitchin, C. R. (Christopher R.)

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Astrophysical techniques / C.R. Kitchin. by Kitchin, C. R. (Christopher R.)

Table of Contents: “…1.1.9.3 Single Photon Avalanche Photodiodes -- 1.1.10 Photography -- 1.1.11 Photomultipliers (PMTs) -- 1.1.12 Superconducting Tunnel Junction (STJ) Detectors -- 1.1.13 Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors (MKIDs) or Kinetic Inductance Detectors (KIDs) -- 1.1.14 Future Possibilities -- 1.1.15 Infrared Detectors -- 1.1.15.1 Photoconductive Cells -- 1.1.15.2 Bolometers -- 1.1.15.3 Other Types of Detectors -- 1.1.15.4 Astronomical Applications -- 1.1.16 Ultraviolet Detectors -- 1.1.16.1 Applications -- 1.1.17 Noise, Uncertainties, Errors, Precision and Accuracy -- 1.1.17.1 Intrinsic Noise…”
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Ripples in the cosmos : a view behind the scenes of the new cosmology / Michael Rowan-Robinson. by Rowan-Robinson, Michael

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Charlemagne and Louis the Pious : the lives by Einhard, Notker, Ermoldus, Thegan, and the Astronomer /...

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Geometric Optics Theory and Design of Astronomical Optical Systems Using Mathematica® / by Antonio Romano. by Romano, Antonio

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Geometric Optics Theory and Design of Astronomical Optical Systems Using Mathematica® / by Antonio Romano, Roberto Cavaliere. by Romano, Antonio, Cavaliere, Roberto

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Giovanni Domenico Cassini A Modern Astronomer in the 17th Century / by Gabriella Bernardi. by Bernardi, Gabriella

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From Cave Art to Hubble A History of Astronomical Record Keeping / by Jonathan Powell. by Powell, Jonathan

Table of Contents: “…Chapter One – Introduction -- Chapter Two – Cave Paintings – Part I -- Chapter Three – Cave Paintings - Part II -- Chapter Four – The Astrolabe -- Chapter Five – Supernovae -- Chapter Six – Mercury Transitions -- Chapter Seven – Shi Shen to Charles Messier -- Chapter Eight – The 1639 Transit of Venus -- Chapter Nine – Comets -- Chapter Ten – Astronomical Observatories -- Chapter Eleven – Fossils, Tree Rings, and Ice -- Index.…”
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Mt Stromlo Observatory : from bush observatory to the Nobel prize / Ragbir Bhathal, Ralph Sutherland and Harvey Butcher. by Bhathal, R. S., Sutherland, Ralph, Butcher, Harvey R.

Table of Contents: “…A beginning in the bush -- A bush observatory -- Caretaker -- Second World War : the observatory becomes an optical munitions factory -- The change master -- The astronomical godfather -- A life on the dome floor -- An astronomical entrepreneur -- An instrumentalist and the MACHO project -- Masters of the universe -- Bushfires and a new beginning -- Stromlo fellows and a Nobel Prize -- Brian Schmidt's Nobel Lecture 2011 : accelerating expansion of the universe through observations of distant supernovae.…”
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