Proceedings of the Twenty Sixth General Assembly Prague 2006

Proceedings of the Twenty Sixth General Assembly Prague 2006
Author: International Astronomical Union. General Assembly
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 530
Release: 2008-12-18
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780521856065

IAU Transactions XXVIB contains the Proceedings of the IAU XXVII General Assembly held in Prague, 14-25 August 2006, hosting a total of 2412 participants from 73 countries. The Assembly featured a rich scientific program, comprising 6 Symposia, 17 Joint Discussions and 7 Special Sessions. During the program about 650 papers were presented and more than 1550 posters displayed. The Proceedings of the 6 Symposia have been published in the Proceedings of the IAU Symposia Series, and the proceedings of the Joint Discussions and Special Sessions feature in IAU Highlights of Astronomy, 14. Together with those 7 volumes, these Transactions cover the entire General Assembly. In addition to the scientific program, the XXVI General Assembly hosted the regular Business Meetings of the EC, the 12 Divisions, 40 Commissions and 75 Working Groups. This volume records the organizational and administrative business of the XXVI General Assembly and the status of the IAU membership.

Timelines of Nearly Everything

Timelines of Nearly Everything
Author: Manjunath.R
Publisher: Manjunath.R
Total Pages: 2658
Release: 2021-07-03
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN:

This book takes readers back and forth through time and makes the past accessible to all families, students and the general reader and is an unprecedented collection of a list of events in chronological order and a wealth of informative knowledge about the rise and fall of empires, major scientific breakthroughs, groundbreaking inventions, and monumental moments about everything that has ever happened.

Searching for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Searching for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Author: H. Paul Shuch
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 541
Release: 2011-02-14
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3642131964

This book is a collection of essays written by the very scientists and engineers who have led, and continue to lead, the scientific quest known as SETI, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Divided into three parts, the first section, ‘The Spirit of SETI Past’, written by the surviving pioneers of this then emerging discipline, reviews the major projects undertaken during the first 50 years of SETI science and the results of that research. In the second section, ‘The Spirit of SETI Present’, the present-day science and technology is discussed in detail, providing the technical background to contemporary SETI instruments, experiments, and analytical techniques, including the processing of the received signals to extract potential alien communications. In the third and final section, ‘The Spirit of SETI Future’, the book looks ahead to the possible directions that SETI will take in the next 50 years, addressing such important topics as interstellar message construction, the risks and assumptions of interstellar communications, when we might make contact, what aliens might look like and what is likely to happen in the aftermath of such a contact.

Clusters of Galaxies

Clusters of Galaxies
Author: Florence Durret
Publisher: Atlantica Séguier Frontières
Total Pages: 464
Release: 1994
Genre: Astrophysics
ISBN: 9782863321676

The Physical Basis of The Direction of Time

The Physical Basis of The Direction of Time
Author: H. Dieter Zeh
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2007-08-13
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3540680012

This thoroughly revised 5th edition of Zeh's classic text investigates irreversible phenomena and their foundation in classical, quantum and cosmological settings. It includes new sections on the meaning of probabilities in a cosmological context, irreversible aspects of quantum computers, and various consequences of the expansion of the Universe. In particular, the book offers an analysis of the physical concept of time.

Quasar Astronomy

Quasar Astronomy
Author: Daniel W. Weedman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 236
Release: 1988-04-14
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780521356749

A current account of quasar astronomy that not only summarizes existing results from various techniques but refers to the potentialities of new instruments. All aspects of quasar spectroscopy are discussed and techniques for analyzing quasar data are summarized.

Physics of Nearby Galaxies

Physics of Nearby Galaxies
Author: Xuan Thuan Trinh
Publisher: Atlantica Séguier Frontières
Total Pages: 558
Release: 1992
Genre: Astrophysics
ISBN: 9782863321249

Fifty Years of Quasars

Fifty Years of Quasars
Author: Mauro D'Onofrio
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-10-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9783642443848

The 50th anniversary of the discovery of quasars in 1963 presents an interesting opportunity to ask questions about the current state of quasar research. Formatted as a series of interviews with noted researchers in the field, each of them asked to address a specific set of questions covering topics selected by the editors, this book deals with the historical development of quasar research and discusses how advances in instrumentation and computational capabilities have benefitted quasar astronomy and have changed our basic understanding of quasars. In the last part of the book the interviews address the current topic of the role of quasars in galaxy evolution. They summarise open issues in understanding active galactic nuclei and quasars and present an outlook regarding what future observational facilities both on the ground and in space might reveal. Its interview format, the fascinating topic of quasars and black holes, and the lively recollections and at times controversial views of the contributors make this book both rewarding and a pleasure to read!