Popular Posts

• The Conscious Universe: Part and Whole in Modern Physical Theory

  The authors show that a generalized principle of complementarity is pervasive not only in physical theories such as cosmological models of the universe, but also in the construction of all human realities. They suggest that consciousness can no longer be divorced from the problem of the way science opeates. The book concludes by making the [...]

• Exoplanet Atmospheres: Physical Processes (Princeton Series in Astrophysics)

  Over the past twenty years, astronomers have identified hundreds of extrasolar planets–planets orbiting stars other than the sun. Recent research in this burgeoning field has made it possible to observe and measure the atmospheres of these exoplanets. This is the first textbook to describe the basic physical processes–including radiative transfer, molecular absorption, and chemical processes–common [...]

• Mars: Uncovering the Secrets of the Red Planet (National Geographic)

  MILLIONS OF MILES FROM HOME Mars. The red planet. Unimaginably distant, and yet at the same time the most Earthlike of the planets, Mars has exerted a powerful pull on the human imagination for thousands of years. It mesmerized the millions who watched as the small robot known as Sojourner explored its faraway surface from [...]

• Rocket Propulsion Elements

  The definitive text on rocket propulsion—now revised to reflect advancements in the field For sixty years, Sutton’s Rocket Propulsion Elements has been regarded as the single most authoritative sourcebook on rocket propulsion technology. As with the previous edition, coauthored with Oscar Biblarz, the Eighth Edition of Rocket Propulsion Elements offers a thorough introduction to basic [...]

• Visiting the South African Astronomical Observatories and Sutherland

  Tucked far away in the deep recesses of South Africa’s arid Karoo region, lies the little town of Sutherland. As one turns west off the N1 Cape town – Johannesburg highway at Matjiesfontein, the road steadily rises for 100 km until one reaches the Verlatekloof and Rooikloof passes. Thereafter there is a slight descent for [...]