Saturn from Cassini-Huygens

Saturn from Cassini-Huygens
Author: Michele Dougherty
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 799
Release: 2009-09-30
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1402092172

This book is one of two volumes meant to capture, to the extent practical, the scienti?c legacy of the Cassini-Huygens prime mission, a landmark in the history of planetary exploration. As the most ambitious and interdisciplinary planetary exploration mission ?own to date, it has extended our knowledge of the Saturn system to levels of detail at least an order of magnitude beyond that gained from all previous missions to Saturn. Nestled in the brilliant light of the new and deep understanding of the Saturn planetary system is the shiny nugget that is the spectacularly successful collaboration of individuals, - ganizations and governments in the achievement of Cassini-Huygens. In some ways the pa- nershipsformedandlessonslearnedmaybethemost enduringlegacyofCassini-Huygens.The broad, international coalition that is Cassini-Huygens is now conducting the Cassini Equinox Mission and planning the Cassini Solstice Mission, and in a major expansion of those fruitful efforts, has extended the collaboration to the study of new ?agship missions to both Jupiter and Saturn. Such ventures have and will continue to enrich us all, and evoke a very optimistic vision of the future of international collaboration in planetary exploration. The two volumes in the series Saturn from Cassini-Huygens and Titan from Cassini- Huygens are the direct products of the efforts of over 200 authors and co-authors. Though each book has a different set of three editors, the group of six editors for the two volumes has worked together through every step of the process to ensure that these two volumes are a set.

Icy Bodies of the Solar System (IAU S263)

Icy Bodies of the Solar System (IAU S263)
Author: International Astronomical Union. Symposium
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2010-04-29
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780521764889

IAU S263 provides a state-of-the-art review of icy bodies in the Solar System, emphasizing their importance across many disciplines.

Platonic theology

Platonic theology
Author: Marsilio Ficino
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2001
Genre: Immortality
ISBN: 9780674003453

Measuring the Universe

Measuring the Universe
Author: Albert Van Helden
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2010-12-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0226848906

Measuring the Universe is the first history of the evolution of cosmic dimensions, from the work of Eratosthenes and Aristarchus in the third century B.C. to the efforts of Edmond Halley (1656—1742). "Van Helden's authoritative treatment is concise and informative; he refers to numerous sources of information, draws on the discoveries of modern scholarship, and presents the first book-length treatment of this exceedingly important branch of science."—Edward Harrison, American Journal of Physics "Van Helden writes well, with a flair for clear explanation. I warmly recommend this book."—Colin A. Ronan, Journal of the British Astronomical Association

Martianus Capella in the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance

Martianus Capella in the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance
Author: Katie Reid
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2023-10-09
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9004685324

In this book, Katie Reid argues that the fifth-century author Martianus Capella was a significant influence in the late Middle Ages and Renaissance. His poetic encyclopaedia, The Marriage of Philology and Mercury, was a source for writing on the liberal arts, allegory and classical mythology from 1300 to 1650. In fact, writers of this period had much more in common with Martianus Capella than they did with older ancients like Homer and Virgil. As such, we must reshape our understanding of late medieval and Renaissance encounters with the classical world by exploring their roots in Late Antiquity.

Conceptions of Cosmos

Conceptions of Cosmos
Author: Helge Kragh
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2007
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199209162

This book is a historical account of how natural philosophers and scientists have endeavoured to understand the universe at large, first in a mythical and later in a scientific context. Starting with the creation stories of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, the book covers all the major events in theoretical and observational cosmology, from Aristotle's cosmos over the Copernican revolution to the discovery of the accelerating universe in the late 1990s. It presents cosmology as asubject including scientific as well as non-scientific dimensions, and tells the story of how it developed into a true science of the heavens. Contrary to most other books in the history of cosmology, it offers an integrated account of the development with emphasis on the modern Einsteinian andpost-Einsteinian period. Starting in the pre-literary era, it carries the story onwards to the early years of the 21st century.

William Herschel

William Herschel
Author: Günther Buttmann
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2023-08-11
Genre:
ISBN: 3757860640