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Black Holes, White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars

Stuart Shapiro L.

This self-contained textbook brings together many different branches of physics–e.g. nuclear physics, solid state physics, particle physics, hydrodynamics, relativity–to analyze compact objects. The latest astronomical data is assessed. Over 250 exercises.

From Cosmological Structures to the Milky Way

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Volume 18 continues the Reviews in Modern Astronomy with twelve invited reviews and highlight contributions which were presented during the International Scientific Conference of the Astronomical Society on the topic «From Cosmological Structures to the Milky Way», held in Prague, Czech Republic, September 20 to 25, 2004. The contributions to the meeting published in this volume discuss, among other subjects, X-ray astronomy, cosmology, star formation and the Galactic Centre.

The Interaction Between Earth's Rotation and Geophysical Processes

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Filling an important gap in the geophysical literature at specialist level, this monograph is the only up-to-date title to provide a link between the Earth's rotation and its atmo- and hydrosphere, including the ice masses. Starting with the Earth's motions, the text goes on to look at irregularities and the effect of atmospheric processes on the Earth's spin. Tides and seasons occupy the following sections before a discussion of the Earth-ocean-atmosphere system and the mechanical action of the atmosphere on the Earth's rotation. The whole is rounded off by an index of abbreviations and appendices with sections on related physics for better readability, plus a comprehensive bibliography for further reading. A must for geophysicists, oceanographers, glaciologists, climatologists and meteorologists alike.

Moravian Soundscapes

Sarah Justina Eyerly

In Moravian Soundscapes, Sarah Eyerly contends that the study of sound is integral to understanding the interactions between German Moravian missionaries and Native communities in early Pennsylvania. In the mid-18th century, when the frontier between settler and Native communities was a shifting spatial and cultural borderland, sound mattered. People listened carefully to each other and the world around them. In Moravian communities, cultures of hearing and listening encompassed and also superseded musical traditions such as song and hymnody. Complex biophonic, geophonic, and anthrophonic acoustic environments—or soundscapes—characterized daily life in Moravian settlements such as Bethlehem, Nain, Gnadenhütten, and Friedenshütten. Through detailed analyses and historically informed recreations of Moravian communal, environmental, and religious soundscapes and their attendant hymn traditions, Moravian Soundscapes explores how sounds—musical and nonmusical, human and nonhuman—shaped the Moravians' religious culture. Combined with access to an interactive website that immerses the reader in mid-18th century Pennsylvania, and framed with an autobiographical narrative, Moravian Soundscapes recovers the roles of sound and music in Moravian communities and provides a road map for similar studies of other places and religious traditions in the future.

The Sea-Earth Globe and its Monstrous Hypothetical Motions; or Modern Theoretical Astronomy

Zetetes

This is part II of “Is The Earth a Whirling Globe?”, first published in 1918. Within this volume, the author takes a look at contemporary theoretical astronomy with reference to the shape of the world, claiming and trying to prove that the world is in fact not a globe. With reference to contemporary as well as historical astronomers and others, this volume will appeal to those with an interest in the development of astronomical theories as well as “flat earth theory”. Contents include: “Perspective, True and False”, “Ships Climbing, Both Ways”, “Still Mounting Upwards”, “Curvature, of Dip”, “The Three Poles Trick”, “Circumnavigation”, “The Earth’s Supposed Elliptical Orbit”, “Cycloidal Curves”, “The Sun’s Size”, “The Sun’s Distance, and Focussed Image”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume today in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on architecture.

Astrology to Astronomy - The Study of the Night Sky from Ptolemy to Copernicus - With Biographies and Illustrations

Various

For countless millennia humans have read the future in the night sky and seen the effects of celestial movement here on Earth, this was astrology, the very first attempt to understand the stars and planets. In a very short amount of time mankind has come from the practice of astrology through the work of countless great men and women to the fully fledged scientific study of astronomy and cosmology. This book follows the train of thought and discovery taken by a few people. Including biographies of Ptolemy and Copernicus.

Non-Proliferation Nuclear Forensics: Canadian Perspective

Slobodan V. Jovanovic

In this monograph, the authors provide an overview of Canada’s NF capability in addition to general aspects of the nuclear forensics that is useful for both nuclear forensic practitioners and for countries that are signatories to the Nuclear Non-proliferation treaty in establishing their NF capability. The authors summarize challenges that first responders face at crime scenes involving RN materials. Next, they describe the RN materials from the uranium fuel cycle in Canada that are most relevant to NF and a summary of their use and construction, possible NF signatures, and how those signatures were used in the Canadian exercise. Then there is an overview of selected NF laboratory methods, along with an important example of radiochronometric measurements. The importance of Certified Reference Materials specific for NF is described, along with the Canadian perspective. The Laboratory Network chapter provides the Canadian experience in establishing the nuclear forensic capability, while Nuclear Forensic Library chapter describes in general the need and establishment of the NNFL, with some details on the Canadian project. In the final chapter, the authors discuss the Canadian experience in using its nuclear forensic capability in two international exercises.

Path Integral Quantization

Mark S Swanson

This book is a self-contained and concise introduction to the techniques and applications of path integral quantization and functional techniques, aimed at students and practitioners. The first half of the text focuses on quantum mechanics, including a review of the action formulation of classical mechanics and quantum mechanics in the Dirac operator and state formalism, and further examination of the path integral. The second part examines relativistic field theories, reviewing special relativity, as well as derivation of the path integral representation of the vacuum transition element for quantized scalar, spinor, and vector fields from the coherent state representation of the respective field theories. Key Features Concise introduction to the derivation and methods of path integral approaches to quantum mechanics and quantum field theory.Self-contained guide for students and practitioners

Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences

Galileo Galilei

This is the last, and perhaps most important, work by the man Einstein called «the father of modern science.» Confined to house arrest in the final years of his life after his heresy trial, Galileo Galilei composed his «Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences» in 1638 as a sort of magnum opus to a life devoted to scientific experimentation. The book outlines his investigations into physics and astronomy, and includes such topics as the law of free fall, the science of mechanics, the essential nature of matter, the acceleration of falling bodies, the principles of local motion, and the force of percussion. Published without a license from the Roman Inquisition, the work was an entirely uncensored compilation of theories and experiments 30 years in the making. It remains today as one of the most important books in the study of physics, as well as the history of science itself.

Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems

Galileo Galilei

This is the last, and perhaps most important, work by the man Einstein called “the father of modern science”. Confined to house arrest in the final years of his life after his heresy trial, Galileo Galilei composed his “Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems” in 1638 as a sort of magnum opus to a life devoted to scientific experimentation. The book outlines his investigations into physics and astronomy, and includes such topics as the law of free fall, the science of mechanics, the essential nature of matter, the acceleration of falling bodies, the principles of local motion, and the force of percussion. Published without a license from the Roman Inquisition, the work was an entirely uncensored compilation of theories and experiments 30 years in the making. It remains today as one of the most important books in the study of physics, as well as the history of science itself.