Author: Don Lessem
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780590115360
Category : Dinosaurs
Languages : en
Pages : 42

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Describes some of the largest specimens of dinosaurs and how they were found and studied.

Author: Emily M. Levesque
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780750313292
Category : Astrophysics
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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"Astrophysics of Red Supergiants' is the first book of its kind devoted to our current knowledge of red supergiant stars, a key evolutionary phase that is critical to our larger understanding of massive stars. It provides a comprehensive overview of the fundamental physical properties of red supergiants, their evolution, and their extragalactic and cosmological applications. It serves as a reference for researchers from a broad range of fields (including stellar astrophysics, supernovae, and high-redshift galaxies) who are interested in red supergiants as extreme stages of stellar evolution, dust producers, supernova progenitors, extragalactic metallicity indicators, members of massive binaries and mergers, or simply as compelling objects in their own right. The book is accessible to a range of experience levels, from graduate students up to senior researchers."--Source : résumé de l'éditeur.

Author: Anthony S. Wawrukiewicz
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Supergiant stars
Languages : en
Pages : 244

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Author: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Artificial satellites
Languages : en
Pages : 554

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Author: Henny J. G. L. M. Lamers
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521595650
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 456

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The first comprehensive introduction to the observations and theories of stellar winds; a long-awaited graduate textbook, written by two founders of the field.

Author: Siegfried Böhme
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3662123258
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 851

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Author: Steven J. Dick
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3030103803
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 494

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Since the invention of the telescope 400 years ago, astronomers have rapidly discovered countless celestial objects. But how does one make sense of it all? Astronomer and former NASA Chief Historian Steven J. Dick brings order to this menagerie by defining 82 classes of astronomical objects, which he places in a beginner-friendly system known as "Astronomy’s Three Kingdoms.” Rather than concentrating on technicalities, this system focuses on the history of each object, the nature of its discovery, and our current knowledge about it. The ensuing book can therefore be read on at least two levels. On one level, it is an illustrated guide to various types of astronomical wonders. On another level, it is considerably more: the first comprehensive classification system to cover all celestial objects in a consistent manner. Accompanying each spread are spectacular historical and modern images. The result is a pedagogical tour-de-force, whereby readers can easily master astronomy’s three realms of planets, stars, and galaxies.

Author: Siegfried Böhme
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3662123282
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 862

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Category : Nuclear energy
Languages : en
Pages : 810

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Author: D. Vanbeveren
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401110808
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 472

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Massive stars occupy an exceptional place in general astrophysics. They trigger many if not all of the important processes in galactic evolution whereas due to their intrinsic brightness, they offer the (only until now) possibility to study the stellar content and stellar behaviour in distant galaxies. The last, say, 25 years, massive stars have been the subject of numerous meetings discussing the influence of massive stars on population synthesis, the number distribution of different types of massive stars, the LBV phenomenon, WR stars, X-ray binaries, stellar winds in massive stars, chemical pecularities in massive stars, supernova explosions of massive stars and the important SN1987A event, the influence of massive stars and chemical evolution of galaxies. It is clear that without a theory of stellar evolution, the study of these topics loses a lot of its significance. Massive star evolution therefore got a chance in these meetings, but rarely as a prime subject. The state of the art, the physical processes and the uncertainties in stellar evolution were barely touched. Even more, the influence of close binaries in all these massive star meetings slowly disappeared the last, say, 13 years without any scientific justification, although a significant fraction of stars occurs in close binaries with periods small enough so that both components will interact during their evolution. Denying the binaries or not discussing their influence on results and conclusions, makes the latter very uncertain or even completely unreliable.