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SCIENCE --- Astronomy --- Europa (Satellite) --- Theoretical Astronomy --- Astronomy & Astrophysics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Jupiter (Planet) --- Satellites. --- Exploration. --- Jupiter II (Satellite) --- Satellites

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For twenty-five years following the Voyager mission, scientists speculated about Saturn's largest moon, a mysterious orb clouded in orange haze. Finally, in 2005, the Cassini-Huygens probe successfully parachuted down through Titan's atmosphere, all the while transmitting images and data. In the early 1980's, when the two Voyager spacecraft skimmed past Titan, Saturn's largest moon, they transmitted back enticing images of a mysterious world concealed in a seemingly impenetrable orange haze. Titan Unveiled is one of the first general interest books to reveal the startling new discoveries that have been made since the arrival of the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn and Titan. Ralph Lorenz and Jacqueline Mitton take readers behind the scenes of this mission. Launched in 1997, Cassini entered orbit around Saturn in summer 2004. Its formidable payload included the Huygens probe, which successfully parachuted down through Titan's atmosphere in early 2005, all the while transmitting images and data--and scientists were startled by what they saw. One of those researchers was Lorenz, who gives an insider's account of the scientific community's first close encounter with an alien landscape of liquid methane seas and turbulent orange skies. Amid the challenges and frayed nerves, new discoveries are made, including methane monsoons, equatorial sand seas, and Titan's polar hood. Lorenz and Mitton describe Titan as a world strikingly like Earth and tell how Titan may hold clues to the origins of life on our own planet and possibly to its presence on others. Generously illustrated with many stunning images, Titan Unveiled is essential reading for anyone interested in space exploration, planetary science, or astronomy. A new afterword brings readers up to date on Cassini's ongoing exploration of Titan, describing the many new discoveries made since 2006.

Saturn (Planet) - Satellites. --- Saturn (Planet) -- Satellites. --- Saturn probes. --- Titan (Satellite) - Exploration. --- Titan (Satellite) -- Exploration. --- Astronomy & Astrophysics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Theoretical Astronomy --- Titan (Satellite) --- Saturn (Planet) --- Exploration. --- Satellites. --- Space probes --- Satellites

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The astronomy of the Carolingian era has commonly been represented as concerned exclusively with computus , the science of calendar construction as well as arithmetical calculation in general. This volume shows the error of that portrayal by exploring the study and teaching of four Roman texts on astronomy and cosmology in the Carolingian world and the diagrams connected to those texts. As each of these works came into use over the Carolingian era, its contributions merged into a progressively more ordered picture of the heavens. Both eccentrics and epicycles appeared by the 840s. These techniques were subsequently introduced clearly and qualitatively to complete the Carolingian enterprise. The primary tool for understanding this effort is the analysis of their diagrams. Medieval and Early Modern Science , volume 8

520.94 --- Sciences Astronomy History Europe --- Planetary theory --- Astronomy, Medieval --- Cosmology, Medieval. --- Carolingians. --- History. --- Astronomy, Medieval. --- Astronomy, Medieval -- Europe. --- Cosmology, Medieval -- Europe. --- Planetary theory -- History. --- Cosmology, Medieval --- Carolingians --- Astronomy & Astrophysics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Theoretical Astronomy --- Astronomy - General --- History --- Planets, Theory of --- Celestial mechanics --- Medieval cosmology --- Carlovingians --- Carolinians --- Medieval astronomy

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A fundamental question in contemporary astrophysics is the origin of the elements. Cosmochemistry seeks to answer when, how and where the chemical elements arose. Quantitative answers to these fundamental questions require a multi-disciplinary approach involving stellar evolution, explosive nucleosynthesis and nuclear reactions in different astrophysical environments. There remain, however, many outstanding problems and cosmochemistry remains a fertile area of research. This book is among the first in recent times to put together the essentials of cosmochemistry, combining contributions from leading astrophysicists in the field. The chapters have been organized to provide a clear description of the fundamentals, an introduction to modern techniques such as computational modelling, and glimpses of outstanding issues.

Cosmochemistry -- Congresses. --- Cosmochemistry --- Theoretical Astronomy --- Astrophysics --- Astronomy & Astrophysics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Geochemistry --- Stars --- Physics. --- Astrophysics. --- Nuclear fusion. --- Astrophysics and Astroparticles. --- Nuclear Fusion. --- Fusion, Nuclear --- Fusion reactions --- Fusion --- Nuclear reactions --- Astronomical physics --- Astronomy --- Cosmic physics --- Physics --- Natural philosophy --- Philosophy, Natural --- Physical sciences --- Dynamics

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“Newton’s Gravity” conveys the power of simple mathematics to tell the fundamental truth about nature. Many people know the tides are caused by the pull of the Moon and to a lesser extent the Sun. But very few can explain exactly how and why that happens. Fewer still can calculate the  actual pulls of the Moon and Sun on the oceans. This book shows in clear detail how to do this with simple tools. It uniquely crosses disciplines – history, astronomy, physics and mathematics – and takes pains to explain things frequently passed over or taken for granted in other books. Using a problem-based approach, “Newton’s Gravity” explores the surprisingly basic mathematics behind gravity, the most fundamental force that governs the movements of satellites, planets, and the stars.

Astrophysics. --- Gravitational waves. --- Celestial mechanics --- Gravity --- Astronomy & Astrophysics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Astronomy - General --- Astrophysics --- Theoretical Astronomy --- Gravitational astronomy --- Mechanics, Celestial --- Physics. --- Planetology. --- Mathematical physics. --- Astronomy. --- Cosmology. --- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology. --- Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences. --- Planetary sciences --- Planetology --- Celestial mechanics. --- Gravity. --- Physical mathematics --- Physics --- Astronomical physics --- Astronomy --- Cosmic physics --- Mathematics --- Planetary science.