The Exo-Weather Report : Exploring Diverse Atmospheric Phenomena Around the Universe / / by David S. Stevenson |
Autore | Stevenson David S |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (466 p.) |
Disciplina | 500 |
Collana | Astronomers' Universe |
Soggetto topico |
Astronomy
Climatology Space sciences Planetology Popular Science in Astronomy Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics) |
ISBN | 3-319-25679-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part I Learning by Observing our World -- Introducing Earthly Meteorology -- Tales of Mass Destruction -- Part II – Other Worlds in the Solar System -- Venus -- The Wispy Weather of Mars -- The King of Planets -- The Ring World -- Uranus -- Neptune, Pluto and the Kuiper Belt -- Part III – Beyond our Solar Realms -- Tales of Other Worlds -- Stellar Weather -- Storm Fronts in Galaxy Clusters -- Glossary -- Bibliography. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910254641203321 |
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Extreme Explosions : Supernovae, Hypernovae, Magnetars, and Other Unusual Cosmic Blasts / / by David S. Stevenson |
Autore | Stevenson David S |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (373 p.) |
Disciplina | 523.84465 |
Collana | Astronomers' Universe |
Soggetto topico |
Astronomy
Astrophysics Nuclear physics Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology Popular Science in Astronomy Particle and Nuclear Physics |
ISBN | 1-4614-8136-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The Evolution of Massive Stars -- The Top of the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram -- Collapsars, Hypernovae, and Long Gamma Ray Bursts -- Quiet supernovae, and Death by Fall-Back -- Luminous Blue Variables and Supernova 'Imposters' -- Death by Magnetar -- Pulsational Pair Instability and Pair Instability Supernovae -- Luminous Blue Flashes -- Population III Stars -- The Impact of Nuclear Reactions of Massive Stars on the Present Day Universe -- Red Novae and the Enigma of V838 Monocerotis. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910300367703321 |
Stevenson David S
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Granite Skyscrapers : How Rock Shaped Earth and Other Worlds / / by David S. Stevenson |
Autore | Stevenson David S |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (386 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 552.3 |
Collana | Popular Astronomy |
Soggetto topico |
Astronomy
Planetology Astrobiology Geobiology Cosmology Popular Science in Astronomy Biogeosciences |
ISBN | 3-319-91503-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Chapter 1 – Our Planet's Torrid Heart -- Chapter 2: The Formation of Granite -- Chapter 3: The Evolution of Modern Continents -- Chapter 4: Plate Tectonics, Planetary Magnetism and Life -- Chapter 5: Jotunheim: In The Realm of Giants -- Chapter 6: Mountains, Atmosphere and Long-Term Habitability -- Chapter 7: Our Island Earth: Granite Here, Granite Everywhere? -- Conclusions -- References -- Glossary -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910300559603321 |
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The Nature of Life and Its Potential to Survive / / by David S. Stevenson |
Autore | Stevenson David S |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XV, 456 p. 70 illus., 69 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 520 |
Collana | Astronomers' Universe |
Soggetto topico |
Astronomy
Astrobiology Evolutionary biology Planetology Popular Science in Astronomy Evolutionary Biology |
ISBN | 3-319-52911-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Chapter 1 – What is Life? -- Chapter 2 – Life’s Grand Themes -- Chapter 3 – The Origin of Life on Earth -- Chapter 4 – Life as the Evolution of Information -- Chapter 5 – Life Jim, But Not as We Know It -- Chapter 6 - Extinction -- Chapter 7- Agents of Mass Destruction -- Chapter 8 - Ultimately, Can Life Survive? -- Chapter 9 - A Thesis on Life, the Universe and Almost Everything Else -- Glossary -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910254582103321 |
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Red Dwarfs : Their Geological, Chemical, and Biological Potential for Life / / by David S. Stevenson |
Autore | Stevenson David S |
Edizione | [2nd ed. 2019.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIII, 370 p. 114 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 576.839 |
Soggetto topico |
Astrobiology
Planetology |
ISBN | 3-030-25550-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Chapter 1: The Formation of Stars and Planets at the Bottom of the Main Sequence -- Chapter 2: Exoplanetary Discovery -- Chapter 3: Planetary Tectonism -- Chapter 4: Deep Cycles and Super-Terrans -- Chapter 5: Atmospheric Circulation and Climate -- Chapter 6: The Origin and Early Evolution of Life -- Chapter 7: The Niche, Its Hypervolume and the Entropy of Existence -- Chapter 8: The Failure of Early Optimism -- Chapter 9: A New Hope -- Glossary -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910349501503321 |
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Under a crimson sun : prospects for life in a red dwarf system / / David S.Stevenson |
Autore | Stevenson David S |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Springer, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (331 p.) |
Disciplina | 576.839 |
Collana | Astronomers' Universe |
Soggetto topico |
Red dwarf stars
Dwarf stars |
ISBN | 1-4614-8133-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The Evolution of Red Dwarfs -- Gliese 581, a Planetary System 20 Light-years from Earth -- 'Super-Earths' -- The Development of Life -- Prospects for Sustained Evolution -- Surface Conditions on Super Earths -- Gliese 581 - the Next 400 Billion Years -- Comparison with the Evolution of Earth -- Red Dwarfs - the Final Bastions of Life?. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910438110103321 |
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New York, : Springer, 2013 | ||
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