Author: Hector MacphersonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomers
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
A Century's Progress in Astronomy
Author: Hector MacphersonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomers
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309157994
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Driven by discoveries, and enabled by leaps in technology and imagination, our understanding of the universe has changed dramatically during the course of the last few decades. The fields of astronomy and astrophysics are making new connections to physics, chemistry, biology, and computer science. Based on a broad and comprehensive survey of scientific opportunities, infrastructure, and organization in a national and international context, New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics outlines a plan for ground- and space- based astronomy and astrophysics for the decade of the 2010's. Realizing these scientific opportunities is contingent upon maintaining and strengthening the foundations of the research enterprise including technological development, theory, computation and data handling, laboratory experiments, and human resources. New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics proposes enhancing innovative but moderate-cost programs in space and on the ground that will enable the community to respond rapidly and flexibly to new scientific discoveries. The book recommends beginning construction on survey telescopes in space and on the ground to investigate the nature of dark energy, as well as the next generation of large ground-based giant optical telescopes and a new class of space-based gravitational observatory to observe the merging of distant black holes and precisely test theories of gravity. New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics recommends a balanced and executable program that will support research surrounding the most profound questions about the cosmos. The discoveries ahead will facilitate the search for habitable planets, shed light on dark energy and dark matter, and aid our understanding of the history of the universe and how the earliest stars and galaxies formed. The book is a useful resource for agencies supporting the field of astronomy and astrophysics, the Congressional committees with jurisdiction over those agencies, the scientific community, and the public.
Progress of Astronomy
Author: The Recent Progress of Astronomy
Author: Elias LoomisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Progress of astronomy for 1889-1892 [with bibliography].
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Author: William Crawford WinlockPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Astronomy and Astrophysics in the New Millennium
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309183073
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
In preparing the report, Astronomy and Astrophysics in the New Millenium , the AASC made use of a series of panel reports that address various aspects of ground- and space-based astronomy and astrophysics. These reports provide in-depth technical detail. Astronomy and Astrophysics in the New Millenium: An Overview summarizes the science goals and recommended initiatives in a short, richly illustrated, non-technical booklet.
A Century's Progress in Astronomy
Author: Hector MacphersonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
An historical account of the origin and progress of astronomy
Author: John NarrienPublisher: London, Baldwin [1833]
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy History
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
An Historical Account of the Origin and Progress of Astronomy
Author: John NarrienPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
The Decade of Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309043816
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
Astronomers and astrophysicists are making revolutionary advances in our understanding of planets, stars, galaxies, and even the structure of the universe itself. The Decade of Discovery presents a survey of this exciting field of science and offers a prioritized agenda for space- and ground-based research into the twenty-first century. The book presents specific recommendations, programs, and expenditure levels to meet the needs of the astronomy and astrophysics communities. Accessible to the interested lay reader, the book explores: The technological investments needed for instruments that will be built in the next century. The importance of the computer revolution to all aspects of astronomical research. The potential usefulness of the moon as an observatory site. Policy issues relevant to the funding of astronomy and the execution of astronomical projects. The Decade of Discovery will prove valuable to science policymakers, research administrators, scientists, and students in the physical sciences, and interested lay readers.