Astrophysics

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE ECONOMIST, OBSERVER, NEW SCIENTIST, BBC FOCUS, INDEPENDENT AND WASHINGTON POST 'A rollicking tour of the wilde...

At the end of the 20th century, it was discovered that the expansion of the Universe is speeding up. This acceleration is attributed to dark energy...

This book addresses the latest advances in dark energy research, including addressing the problem with regard to both the origin of dark energy and...

From Nobel Prizewinning physicist P. J. E. Peebles, the story of cosmology from Einstein to todayModern cosmology began a century ago with Albert E...

Stars on the asymptotic giant branch (AGB stars) play an important role due to their high luminosity and production of heavy elements and cosmic du...

Dwarf galaxies are important tools for understanding structure formation and galaxy evolution across cosmic time. These low-mass systems allow us t...

The cutting-edge science that is taking the measure of the universeThe Little Book of Cosmology provides a breathtaking look at our universe on the...

The universe is in a period of accelerated expansion; and the observational evidence such as supernova of Ia type, Cosmic Microwave Background radi...

In 1963 Stephen Hawking was given two years to live. Defying all the odds, he died in March 2018 at age seventy-six as the most celebrated scientis...

Planets, Stars and Stellar Systems is a compendium of modern astronomical research covering subjects of key interest to the main fields of contempo...

There's a whole universe out there ... and this book is your journey into space. Imagine you had a spacecraft capable of travelling through interst...

Driven by discoveries, and enabled by leaps in technology and imagination, our understanding of the universe has changed dramatically during the co...

'Our developing appreciation of the Universe is a triumph of the intelligence, ingenuity and sheer hard work of the many scientists involved in thi...

Mapped to the latest Cambridge A Level Physics syllabus (9702), this comprehensive print and digital student book pack supports students with its s...

Pulsars are highly magnetised, rotating neutron stars that emit a beam of electromagnetic radiation. The radiation can only be observed when the be...

This new book is a thorough but short review of the history and present status of ideas in cosmology. It is aimed at a broad audience, but will con...

This book attempts to explain the core of physics, the origin of everything and anything. It explains why physics at the most fundamental level, an...

This book attempts to explain the core of physics, the origin of everything and anything. It explains why physics at the most fundamental level, an...

Winner of the American Astronomical Society's Chambliss Award, Astrophysics in a Nutshell has become the text of choice in astrophysics courses for...

The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers is a unique and valuable resource for historians and astronomers alike. It includes approx. 1850 biogr...

Subject Interest Groups: physics, mathematics, theoretical physics, astrophysics This book includes important papers written by R Cahill, J G Hartn...

Low-frequency waves in space plasmas have been studied for several decades, and our knowledge gain has been incremental with several paradigm-chang...

This book provides an accessible introduction to the fascinating and topical subject of black holes. It bridges the gap between popular non-mathema...