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UNINA9910458470003321 |
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Titolo |
Encyclopedia of the solar system / / edited by Tilman Spohn, Doris Breuer and Torrence Johnson |
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Amsterdam, Netherlands ; ; Oxford, England ; ; Waltham, Massachusetts : , : Elsevier, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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1-78402-870-3 |
0-12-416034-4 |
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Edizione |
[Third edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (1335 p.) |
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Electronic books. |
Solar system Encyclopedias |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Foreword -- Preface to the Third Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- About the Editors -- Contributors -- Part I The Solar System -- 1 The Solar System and Its Place in the Galaxy -- 2 The Origin of the Solar System -- 3 Solar System Dynamics: Regular and Chaotic Motion -- Part II Fundamental Planetary Processes and Properties -- 4 Planetary Impacts -- 5 Planetary Volcanism -- 6 Magnetic Field Generation in Planets -- 7 Planetary Magnetospheres -- 8 Rotation of Planets -- 9 Evolution of Planetary Interiors -- 10 Astrobiology -- Part III The Sun -- 11 The Sun -- 12 The Solar Wind -- Part IV Earthlike Planets -- 13 Mercury -- 14 Venus: Atmosphere -- 15 Venus: Surface and Interior -- 16 Mars Atmosphere: History and Surface Interactions -- 17 Mars: Surface and Interior -- 18 Interior Structure and Evolution of Mars -- 19 Mars: Landing Site Geology, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry -- Part V Earth and Moon as Planets -- 20 Earth as a Planet: Atmosphere and Oceans -- 21 Earth as a Planet: Surface and Interior -- 22 Space Weather -- 23 The Moon -- 24 Interior of the Moon -- 25 Lunar Exploration -- Part VI Asteroids, Dust and Comets -- 26 Main-Belt Asteroids -- 27 Near-Earth Objects -- 28 Meteorites -- 29 Dust in the Solar System -- 30 |
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Physics and Chemistry of Comets -- 31 Comet Populations and Cometary Dynamics -- |
Part VII Giant Planets and their Satellites -- 32 Atmospheres of the Giant Planets -- 33 Interiors of the Giant Planets -- 34 Planetary Satellites -- 35 Io: The Volcanic Moon -- 36 Europa -- 37 Ganymede and Callisto -- 38 Titan -- 39 Enceladus -- 40 Triton -- 41 Planetary Rings -- Part VIII Beyond the Planets -- 42 Pluto -- 43 Kuiper Belt: Dynamics -- 44 Kuiper Belt Objects: Physical Studies -- 45 Extrasolar Planets -- Part IX Exploring the Solar System -- 46 Strategies of Modern Solar System Exploration -- 47 A History of Solar System Studies -- 48 X-rays in the Solar System -- 49 The Solar System at Ultraviolet Wavelengths -- 50 Infrared Views of the Solar System from Space -- 51 New Generation Ground-Based Optical/Infrared Telescopes -- 52 The Solar System at Radio Wavelengths -- 53 Planetary Radar -- 54 Remote Sensing of Chemical Elements Using Nuclear Spectroscopy -- 55 Probing the Interiors of Planets with Geophysical Tools -- 56 Planetary Exploration Missions -- 57 Exploration and Analysis of Planetary Shape and Topography Using Stereophotogrammetry -- Appendix – Glossary. |
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"This book is filled with the knowledge about our solar system that resulted from all this exploration, whether by spacecraft or by telescopes both in space and earth-bound. All of this new knowledge is based on discoveries made in the interim by scientist-explorers who have followed their inborn human imperative to explore and to understand. Many old mysteries, misunderstandings, and fears that existed 50 years ago about what lay beyond the Earth have been eliminated. We now know the major features of the landscape in our cosmic backyard and can look forward to the adventure, excitement, and new knowledge that will result from more in-depth exploration by today's spacecraft, such as those actually exploring the surface of these faraway places, including the Huygens Titan lander and the Mars Exploration rovers, doing things that were unimaginable before the Space Age began. The Encyclopedia of the Solar System is filled with images, illustrations, and charts to aid in understanding. Every object in the solar system is covered by at least one chapter. Other chapters are devoted to the relationships among the objects in the solar system and with the galaxy beyond. The processes that operate on solar system objects, in their atmospheres, on their surfaces, in their interiors, and interactions with space itself are all described in detail. There are chapters on how we explore and learn about the solar system and about the investigations used to make new discoveries. And there are chapters on the history of solar system exploration and the missions that have carried out this enterprise. All written by an international set of world-class scientists using rigorous yet easy-to-understand prose"--Provided by publisher. |
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UNINA9910299980003321 |
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Autore |
Cristiani Emiliano |
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Titolo |
Multiscale Modeling of Pedestrian Dynamics / / by Emiliano Cristiani, Benedetto Piccoli, Andrea Tosin |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2014.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (271 p.) |
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MS&A, Modeling, Simulation and Applications, , 2037-5263 ; ; 12 |
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Disciplina |
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Differential equations |
System theory |
Mathematical physics |
Mathematical models |
Game theory |
Mathematics |
Differential Equations |
Complex Systems |
Mathematical Physics |
Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics |
Game Theory |
Applications of Mathematics |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1 An Introduction to the Modeling of Crowd Dynamics -- 2 Problems and Simulations -- 3 Psychological Insights -- 4 An Overview of the Modeling of Crowd Dynamics -- 5 Multiscale Modeling by Time-Evolving Measures -- 6 Basic Theory of Measure-Based Models -- 7 Evolution in Measure Spaces with Wasserstein Distance -- 8 Generalizations of the Multiscale Approach -- 9 Appendices: A Basics of Measure and Probability Theory; B Pseudo-Code for the Multiscale Algorithm. |
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This book presents mathematical models and numerical simulations of crowd dynamics. The core topic is the development of a new multiscale |
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paradigm, which bridges the microscopic and macroscopic scales taking the most from each of them for capturing the relevant clues of complexity of crowds. The background idea is indeed that most of the complex trends exhibited by crowds are due to an intrinsic interplay between individual and collective behaviors. The modeling approach promoted in this book pursues actively this intuition and profits from it for designing general mathematical structures susceptible of application also in fields different from the inspiring original one. The book considers also the two most traditional points of view: the microscopic one, in which pedestrians are tracked individually, and the macroscopic one, in which pedestrians are assimilated to a continuum. Selected existing models are critically analyzed. The work is addressed to researchers and graduate students. |
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