Celestial Messengers : Cosmic Rays: The Story of a Scientific Adventure / / by Mario Bertolotti |
Autore | Bertolotti Mario |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (336 p.) |
Disciplina | 535 |
Collana | Astronomers' Universe |
Soggetto topico |
Physics
Nuclear physics Observations, Astronomical Astronomy—Observations Popular works History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics Particle and Nuclear Physics Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Popular Science, general |
ISBN | 3-642-28371-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Prehistory - The electron, the proton and X-rays -- Prehistory - Radioactivity -- Cosmic rays - The antefacts -- The discovery - Victor F. Hess and the balloon flights -- The confirmation - Robert Millikan and the “birth cry” of the borning atoms -- A turning point - Things are not as they look -- The earth magnetic field and the geomagnetic effects -- The positive electron -- The electromagnetic showers -- The muon -- The discovery of the π-meson, nuclear emulsions and the first “strange” particles -- The extended showers -- Nuclear stars -- The neutrino: elusive and capricious particles able to come from very far away -- What are the primary cosmic rays? -- The origin of cosmic rays -- X- and gamma rays from space. |
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Celestial Sleuth [[electronic resource] ] : Using Astronomy to Solve Mysteries in Art, History and Literature / / by Donald W. Olson |
Autore | Olson Donald W |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (368 p.) |
Disciplina | 520 |
Collana | Popular Astronomy |
Soggetto topico |
Observations, Astronomical
Astronomy—Observations Astronomy Arts Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Popular Science in Astronomy |
Soggetto genere / forma | History |
ISBN | 1-4614-8403-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part I Astronomy in Art -- Van Gogh’s Lost Night Sky -- Van Gogh’s “Moonrise (Wheat Stacks) -- Van Gogh’s Starry Nights -- Edvard Munch and the Blood-Red Sky of “The Scream” -- Edvard Munch’s “Girls on the Pier” -- Edvard Munch’s Starry Nights -- Monet in London -- Monet’s “Impression, Sunrise” -- The Moonrise Photographs of Ansel Adams -- Canaletto’s Night Festival Paintings of Venice -- The Night Skies of J. M. W. Turner -- Part II Astronomy in History -- The Moon and the Marathon -- Julius Caesar’s Invasion of Britiain -- The Boston Tea Party -- Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride -- Lincoln and the Almanac Trial -- Lincoln and the Leonids -- Stonewall Jackson’s Fatal Full Moon -- John Muir and Moonbows -- World War II – Pearl Harbor and the Waning Moon -- World War II: The Tide at Tarawa -- World War II: D-Day in Normandy -- World War II: “I’ll Met by Moonligh” – The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis -- What’s a Blue Moon -- Did the Moon Sink the Titanic? -- Part III Astronomy in Literature -- Chaucer – Moon, Tides, and “The Franklin’s Tale” -- Chaucer – Lunar Motion in “The Merchant’s Tale” -- Identifying a Meteor in James Joyce’s “Ulysses” -- William Blake’s “The Tiger” -- False Dawn in the “Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam”. |
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Central Activity in Galaxies [[electronic resource] ] : From Observational Data to Astrophysical Diagnostics / / edited by Aage Sandqvist, Thomas P. Ray |
Edizione | [1st ed. 1993.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1993 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIII, 240 p. 27 illus.) |
Disciplina | 523.1/12/028 |
Collana | Lecture Notes in Physics |
Soggetto topico |
Observations, Astronomical
Astronomy—Observations Astrophysics Geophysics Elementary particles (Physics) Quantum field theory Atoms Physics Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Astrophysics and Astroparticles Geophysics/Geodesy Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics |
ISBN | 3-540-47542-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The galactic centre -- Activity in galactic nuclei -- Observations and their implications for the inner parsec of AGN -- Infrared activity of galaxies -- Radio galaxies and jets -- Methods in astronomical image processing with special applications to the reduction of CCD data -- Multivariate methods for data analysis -- Multivariate methods for data analysis -- Multivariate methods for data analysis. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910257432503321 |
Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1993 | ||
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Central Activity in Galaxies [[electronic resource] ] : From Observational Data to Astrophysical Diagnostics / / edited by Aage Sandqvist, Thomas P. Ray |
Edizione | [1st ed. 1993.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1993 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIII, 240 p. 27 illus.) |
Disciplina | 523.1/12/028 |
Collana | Lecture Notes in Physics |
Soggetto topico |
Observations, Astronomical
Astronomy—Observations Astrophysics Geophysics Elementary particles (Physics) Quantum field theory Atoms Physics Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Astrophysics and Astroparticles Geophysics/Geodesy Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics |
ISBN | 3-540-47542-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The galactic centre -- Activity in galactic nuclei -- Observations and their implications for the inner parsec of AGN -- Infrared activity of galaxies -- Radio galaxies and jets -- Methods in astronomical image processing with special applications to the reduction of CCD data -- Multivariate methods for data analysis -- Multivariate methods for data analysis -- Multivariate methods for data analysis. |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996466725603316 |
Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1993 | ||
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Chaos, Kinetics and Nonlinear Dynamics in Fluids and Plasmas [[electronic resource] ] : Proceedings of a Workshop Held in Carry-Le Rouet, France, 16–21 June 1997 / / edited by Sadruddin Benkadda, George M. Zaslavsky |
Edizione | [1st ed. 1998.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1998 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (VIII, 440 p.) |
Disciplina | 532/.05 |
Collana | Lecture Notes in Physics |
Soggetto topico |
Statistical physics
Dynamical systems Fluids Thermodynamics Observations, Astronomical Astronomy—Observations Astrophysics Complex Systems Fluid- and Aerodynamics Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Astrophysics and Astroparticles Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems |
ISBN | 3-540-69180-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Dynamics in a neigborhood of separatrices of an area-preserving map -- On smooth Hamiltonian flows limited to ergodic billiards -- Strong variation of global-transport properties in chaotic ensembles -- Sticky orbits of chaotic Hamiltonian dynamics -- Turbulence: Beyond phenomenology -- Forced and decaying 2D turbulence: Experimental study -- Anomalous diffusion in quasi-geostrophic flow -- Chaotic dynamics of passive particles in three-vortex system: Dynamical analysis -- Tokamap: A model of a partially stochastic toroidal magnetic field -- Lagrangian chaos and the fast kinematic dynamo problem -- Turbulence scaling laws in fusion plasmas -- Bifurcation in first-order fermi acceleration and the origin of cosmic rays -- Dynamical aspects of photon acceleration -- Enhanced velocity diffusion in slow-growing 1-D langmuir turbulence -- Statistical mechanics of a self gravitating gas -- The arising and evolution of the passive tracer clusters in compressible random media -- Anomalous diffusion in the strong scattering limit: A Lévy walk approach -- On the equilibrium distribution of like-signed vortices in two dimensions -- Nonuniversality of transport for the standard map. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910257383603321 |
Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1998 | ||
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Chaos, Kinetics and Nonlinear Dynamics in Fluids and Plasmas [[electronic resource] ] : Proceedings of a Workshop Held in Carry-Le Rouet, France, 16–21 June 1997 / / edited by Sadruddin Benkadda, George M. Zaslavsky |
Edizione | [1st ed. 1998.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1998 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (VIII, 440 p.) |
Disciplina | 532/.05 |
Collana | Lecture Notes in Physics |
Soggetto topico |
Statistical physics
Dynamical systems Fluids Thermodynamics Observations, Astronomical Astronomy—Observations Astrophysics Complex Systems Fluid- and Aerodynamics Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Astrophysics and Astroparticles Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems |
ISBN | 3-540-69180-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Dynamics in a neigborhood of separatrices of an area-preserving map -- On smooth Hamiltonian flows limited to ergodic billiards -- Strong variation of global-transport properties in chaotic ensembles -- Sticky orbits of chaotic Hamiltonian dynamics -- Turbulence: Beyond phenomenology -- Forced and decaying 2D turbulence: Experimental study -- Anomalous diffusion in quasi-geostrophic flow -- Chaotic dynamics of passive particles in three-vortex system: Dynamical analysis -- Tokamap: A model of a partially stochastic toroidal magnetic field -- Lagrangian chaos and the fast kinematic dynamo problem -- Turbulence scaling laws in fusion plasmas -- Bifurcation in first-order fermi acceleration and the origin of cosmic rays -- Dynamical aspects of photon acceleration -- Enhanced velocity diffusion in slow-growing 1-D langmuir turbulence -- Statistical mechanics of a self gravitating gas -- The arising and evolution of the passive tracer clusters in compressible random media -- Anomalous diffusion in the strong scattering limit: A Lévy walk approach -- On the equilibrium distribution of like-signed vortices in two dimensions -- Nonuniversality of transport for the standard map. |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996466707703316 |
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Charles Olivier and the Rise of Meteor Science / / by Richard Taibi |
Autore | Taibi Richard |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXXII, 497 p. 29 illus., 1 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 520 |
Collana | Springer Biographies |
Soggetto topico |
Observations, Astronomical
Astronomy—Observations Physics History Astronomy, Observations and Techniques History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics History of Science |
ISBN | 9783319445182 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1:Fortunes of War and Peace -- Chapter 2: Virginia's Astronomer -- Chapter 3: Young Charles -- Chapter 4: The1800 Leonids -- Chapter 5: Portrait of the Young Man as an Astronomer -- Chapter 6: Sojourn at Lick Observatory -- Chapter 7: Doctor of Philosophy -- Chapter 8: Starting Out -- Chapter 9: Friends at McCormick Observaotry -- Chapter 10: Society for Practical Astronomy -- Chapter 11: American Astronomical Society -- Chapter 12: American Association of Variable Star Observers.-Chapter 13: The Weather Bureau -- Chapter 14: Hydrographic Office of the US Navy -- Chapter 15: New Members Join the American Meteor Society, 1915 to 1918 -- Chapter 16: Membership Roster 1915-1918.-Chapter 17: Outcomes of Olivier's Membership Efforts, 1911 to 1918 -- Chapter 18: Trans-Atlantic Controversy -- Chapter 19: W. F. Denning, A. S. Herschel, and Stationary Radiants -- Chapter 20: The First Assignment: Discredit Stationary Radiants -- Chapter 21: Top Achievers 1914-1925 -- Chapter 22: Challenges for Olivier and the American Meteor Society -- Chapter 23: The Rise of Astrophysics -- Chapter 24: Membership roster 1919-1929 -- Chapter 25: Advances Made by the American Meteor Society 1919-1929 -- Chapter 26: The Best of Times During the Worst of Times -- Chapter 27: The Man at Mid-Life -- Chapter 28: The Astronomer at Mid-Life -- Chapter 29: Organizing Observatory Staff for the Leonids -- Chapter 29: Organizing Observatory stff for the Leonids -- Chapter 30: Membership Roster 1930-1936 -- Chapter 31: How the Meteor Quest Was Won -- Chapter 32: What the AMS Accomplished -- Chapter 33: Citizen Scientists Caught Meteor Fever -- Chapter 34: Contemporary Meteor Organizations in the United States -- Chapter 35: Outside the USA: A Survey of Meteor Astronomers and Organizations -- Chapter 36: Summing Up: Olivier at Mid-Life -- Chapter 37: Who Were These Men and Women? Appendices -- Index. |
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Taibi Richard
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Choosing and Using a New CAT [[electronic resource] ] : Getting the Most from Your Schmidt Cassegrain or Any Catadioptric Telescope / / by Rod Mollise |
Autore | Mollise Rod |
Edizione | [2nd ed. 2020.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (350 pages) |
Disciplina | 522.2 |
Collana | The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series |
Soggetto topico |
Astronomy
Observations, Astronomical Astronomy—Observations Popular Science in Astronomy Astronomy, Observations and Techniques |
ISBN | 3-030-39777-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | About the Author -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: Why a CAT? -- Chapter 2: What's a CAT? -- Chapter 3: Inside a CAT -- Chapter 4: Which CAT? -- Chapter 5: Making Friends with a CAT -- Chapter 6: Accessorizing a CAT -- Chapter 7: First Light with a CAT -- Chapter 8: Enjoying a CAT -- Chapter 9: Care and Feeding of a CAT -- Chapter 10: Computerizing a CAT -- Chapter 11: Taking Pictures with a CAT -- Chapter 12: Hacking a CAT: hints, Tips, and Projects -- Chapter 13: Keeping the passion Alive -- Appendix A: Telescope and Accessory Dealers and Manufacturers -- Appendix B: Internet Resources, Software, and Books for CAT Users -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996418165903316 |
Mollise Rod
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Choosing and Using a New CAT : Getting the Most from Your Schmidt Cassegrain or Any Catadioptric Telescope / / by Rod Mollise |
Autore | Mollise Rod |
Edizione | [2nd ed. 2020.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (350 pages) |
Disciplina | 522.2 |
Collana | The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series |
Soggetto topico |
Astronomy
Observations, Astronomical Astronomy—Observations Popular Science in Astronomy Astronomy, Observations and Techniques |
ISBN | 3-030-39777-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | About the Author -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: Why a CAT? -- Chapter 2: What's a CAT? -- Chapter 3: Inside a CAT -- Chapter 4: Which CAT? -- Chapter 5: Making Friends with a CAT -- Chapter 6: Accessorizing a CAT -- Chapter 7: First Light with a CAT -- Chapter 8: Enjoying a CAT -- Chapter 9: Care and Feeding of a CAT -- Chapter 10: Computerizing a CAT -- Chapter 11: Taking Pictures with a CAT -- Chapter 12: Hacking a CAT: hints, Tips, and Projects -- Chapter 13: Keeping the passion Alive -- Appendix A: Telescope and Accessory Dealers and Manufacturers -- Appendix B: Internet Resources, Software, and Books for CAT Users -- Index. |
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Mollise Rod
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Choosing and Using Astronomical Eyepieces [[electronic resource] /] / by William Paolini |
Autore | Paolini William |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (451 p.) |
Disciplina | 522.2 |
Collana | The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series |
Soggetto topico |
Observations, Astronomical
Astronomy—Observations Astronomy Microwaves Optical engineering Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Popular Science in Astronomy Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering |
ISBN | 1-4614-7723-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface.- Part I: Background.- Chapter 1: Introducing the Astronomical Eyepiece -- Chapter 2: Choosing Eyepieces and Observing Strategies -- Chapter 3: Eyepieces for Celestial Targets and Accessories -- Chapter 4: Popular Eyepieces by AFOV Class -- Chapter 5: Advice from the Amateur Astronomer Community.- Part II: Desk Reference of Astronomical Eyepieces.- Chapter 6: How to Use This Guide -- Chapter 7: Agena to Docter -- Chapter 8: Edmund Scientific to Nikon -- Chapter 9: Olivon to Surplus Shed -- Chapter 10: Takahashi to Zooming Eyepieces.- Appendix A: Formulas and Optical Design Data -- Appendix B: Eyepiece Performance Classes -- Appendix C: Glossary of Terms.- Index. |
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Paolini William
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