Edizione	[3rd ed. 2015.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (406 p.)
Disciplina	520.223
Collana	The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series
Soggetto topico	Astronomy Observations, Astronomical Astronomy—Observations Popular Science in Astronomy Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
ISBN	3-319-18678-7
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Introduction to Second Edition -- Acknowledgements -- Phases of the Moon 2015 - 2020.- January -- February -- March -- April -- May -- June -- July -- August -- September -- October -- November -- December -- Afterword: Sir Patrick Moore, a Personal View -- Appendix A: The 88 Constellations -- Appendix B: Glossary -- Appendix C: The Greek Alphabet -- Index.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910300405003321

Edizione	[1st ed. 1988.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1988
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (VII, 208 p. 85 illus.)
Disciplina	539
Collana	Lecture Notes in Physics
Soggetto topico	Atoms Physics Observations, Astronomical Astronomy—Observations Astrophysics Geophysics Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics Mathematical Methods in Physics Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Astrophysics and Astroparticles Geophysics/Geodesy
ISBN	3-540-46061-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Methods for exploring the large-scale ocean turbulence -- Astrophysical jets -- Natural and artificial flying machines -- The role of cartoons in turbulence -- Early transonic ideas in the light of later developments -- Perspectives in vortex dynamics -- Dynamical system theory and simple fluid flow -- Turbulence research by numerical simulation -- Geologic nozzles.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910257395303321

Edizione	[1st ed. 2023.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (XII, 332 p. 1 illus.)
Disciplina	501
Collana	Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science
Soggetto topico	Science—Philosophy Astronomy Molecules—Models Knowledge, Theory of Astronomy—Observations Philosophy of Science Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences Molecular Modelling Epistemology Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
ISBN	3-031-26618-8
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	1. Introduction (Vera Matarese, Siska De Baerdemaeker, and Nora Mills Boyd) -- Part I: Theory, Observation, and the Relation Between Them. 2. Laboratory Astrophysics: Lessons for Epistemology of Astrophysics (Nora Mills Boyd) -- 3. A Crack in the Track of the Hubble Constant (Marie Gueguen) -- 4. Theory Testing in Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics (Jamee Elder) -- 5. Hybrid Enrichment of Theory and Observation in Next-Generation Stellar Population Synthesis (Lydia Patton) -- 6. Doing More with Less: Dark Matter & Modified Gravity (Niels C. M. Martens and Martin King) -- Part II: Models and Simulations. 7. Stellar Structure Models Revisited: Evidence and Data in Asteroseismology (Mauricio Suárez) -- 8. Idealizations in Astrophysical Computer Simulations (Melissa Jacquart and Regy-Null R. Arcadia) -- 9. Simulation Verification in Practice (Kevin Kadowaki) -- 10. (What) Do We Learn from Code Comparisons? A Case Study of Self-Interacting Dark Matter Implementations (Helen Meskhidze) -- 11. Simulation and Experiment Revisited: Temporal Data in Astronomy and Astrophysics (Shannon Sylvie Abelson) -- 12. What’s In a Survey? Simulation-Induced Selection Effects in Astronomy (Sarah C. Gallagher and Christopher Smeenk) -- Part III: Black Holes. 13. On the Epistemology of Observational Black Hole Astrophysics (Juliusz Doboszewski and Dennis Lehmkuhl) -- 14. Black Holes and Analogy (Alex Mathie) -- 15. Extragalactic Reality Revisited: Astrophysics and Entity Realism (Simon Allzén) -- Part IV: Concluding Thoughts. 16. Reflections by a Theoretical Astrophysicist (Kevin Heng) -- 17. Annotated Bibliography (Cameron C. Yetman).
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910731412903321

Edizione	[1st ed. 1995.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1995
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (XII, 251 p.)
Disciplina	523.8
Collana	Lecture Notes in Physics
Soggetto topico	Observations, Astronomical Astronomy—Observations Astrophysics Elementary particles (Physics) Quantum field theory Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Astrophysics and Astroparticles Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory
ISBN	3-540-44780-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Allocution d’Ouverture -- Opening address -- Physical processes in stellar evolution -- Solar neutrinos: What we have learned -- Angular momentum loss mechanisms and stellar spin-down -- Recent progress in condensed matter physics -- White dwarfs: Useful stars -- The studies of novae from Schatzman 1949 to cygnus 1992 -- A prelude to stellar convection theory -- Transport processes in stellar interiors -- Solar neutrinos and transport processes -- Evidence for non-standard mixing on the red giant branch -- A criterion to select Li-rich giants -- About solar model calibration -- Solar abundances, convection and the standard solar model -- Galactic evolution of carbon and oxygen with metallicity dependent yields -- Asymptotic properties of dynamo waves -- Numerical solution of stellar nonradial oscillations: the Galerkin and B-Splines method -- Is the binary pulsar PSR 1718–19 formed by accretion induced collapse? -- Dibaryons in dense nuclear matter -- Calibration of ? Centauri and the uniqueness of the mixing length -- Overshooting from convective cores.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910257392103321

Edizione	[1st ed. 1991.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1991
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (VIII, 312 p. 12 illus.)
Disciplina	530.1
Collana	Lecture Notes in Physics
Soggetto topico	Gravitation Elementary particles (Physics) Quantum field theory Observations, Astronomical Astronomy—Observations Astrophysics Geophysics Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Astrophysics and Astroparticles Geophysics/Geodesy
ISBN	3-540-47544-3
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Gravitation and hot big-bang cosmology -- Euclideanized Einstein-Yang-Mills equations, wormholes and the ground-state wave function of a radiation dominated Universe -- Experiments with neutrinos -- Topological defects in the early universe -- The space telescope and the problems of cosmology -- Self-gravitating magnetic monopoles, global monopoles and black holes -- Understanding large-scale cosmic structure -- Metric space as a model of spacetime: Classical theory and quantization -- Galaxy formation — An update -- The hypothesis of the expansion of the universe and the global tests -- The early universe behaviour with non-minimal coupling -- Stability of compactification in Einstein-Yang-Mills theories -- Multivariate analysis and pattern recognition methods: A short review and some current directions -- Cooling of neutron stars -- Experiments in high energy physics: A brief introduction -- Nucleosynthesis in big-bang models -- The cosmological constant, third quantization and all that -- Structure of the inflationary universe.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910257446403321