Astronomy, Space & Time

Recent advances in the understanding of star formation and evolution have been impressive and aspects of that knowledge are explored in this volume...

Written by an internationally renowned expert author and researcher, this monograph fills the need for a book conveying the sophisticated tools nee...

Recent advances in the understanding of star formation and evolution have been impressive and aspects of that knowledge are explored in this volume...

From an historical perspective, this text presents an entirely non- mathematical introduction to astronomy from the first endeavours of the ancient...

This is one of the most important studies in decades on Johannes Kepler, among the towering figures in the history of astronomy. Drawing extensivel...

The origin of the solar system has been a matter of speculation for many centuries, and since the time of Newton it has been possible to apply scie...

From the bestselling author of The Elegant Universe, Brian Greene's The Fabric of the Cosmos takes us on an irresistible and revelatory journey thr...

This witty and amusing exploration of the physical universe explains fundamental concepts in language that is clear to anyone with little or no sci...

The Foundations of Celestial Reckoning gives the reader direct access to the foundational documents of the tradition of calculation created by astr...

Written by an award-winning cosmologist, this brand new textbook provides advanced undergraduate and graduate students with coverage of the very la...

  The spectacular sequel to Ajay and the Mumbai Sun, shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize!  Ajay's wish has c...

This book provides a comprehensive, critical study of the oldest and most famous argument for the existence of God: the Cosmological Argument. Prof...

The conquest of Earth's moon was merely a precursor to a more dramatic step forward, which will take men and women to an outpost that might eventua...

With the advent of the new millennium, the notion of the future, and of time in general, has taken on greater significance in postmodern thought. A...

From the patristic age until the Gregorian calendar reform of 1582, computus – the science of time reckoning and art of calendar construction – was...

General relativity and quantum mechanics have become the two central pillars of theoretical physics. Moreover, general relativity has important app...

This book is a collection of contributions examining cosmology from multiple perspectives. It presents articles on traditional Native American and ...

Time is an illusion. Although the laws of physics create a powerful impression that time is flowing, in fact there are only timeless 'nows'. In THE...