1,050円 L'observation à l'œil nu d'un ciel constellé d'étoiles montre que celles-ci ne sont pas réparties au hasard: elles tendent à se regrouper en une longue écharpe laiteuse qui parcourt la voûte céleste d'un bord à l'autre de l'horizon, et que nos ancêtres ont appelée la Voie lactée. Les philosophes ...

1,050円 En dépit des nombreuses missions spatiales qui lui ont été consacrées, Vénus, cachée sous une épaisse atmosphère nuageuse, recèle encore de nombreux mystères. Son exploration rapprochée débute pourtant à l'aube de l'ère spatiale: elle est d'ailleurs, en 1962, la première planète à être survolée ...

200円 A learned mathematician of the seventeenth century, Ozanam by name, a member of the Academy of Sciences and author of several distinguished works, did not think it derogatory to his dignity to write, under the title of "Mathematical and Physical Recreations," a book designed for the amusement of ...

442円 Ce livre est parfaitement mis en page pour une lecture sur liseuse électronique. Extrait : Il est resté bien des points obscurs dans l’histoire du double procès de Galilée, dont jusqu’ici on ne connaissait qu’imparfaitement les détails. L’importante publication de M. Dominique Berti comble ces la...

2,430円 This classically styled, chilling murder mystery about an expedition under the ice of Jupiter’s ocean moon Europa, backed up by the latest scientific findings on this icy satellite. The science fiction premise explores real possibilities of exploring other bodies in the Solar System, including pr...

11,541円 Ninety-nine percent of ordinary matter in the Universe is in the form of ionized fluids, or plasmas. The study of the magnetic properties of such electrically conducting fluids, magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), has become a central theory in astrophysics, as well as in areas such as engineering and ge...

6,235円 The advent of sensitive high-resolution observations of the cosmic microwave background radiation and their successful interpretation in terms of the standard cosmological model has led to great confidence in this model's reality. The prevailing attitude is that we now understand the Universe and...

4,230円 Introduction to General Relativity and Cosmology gives undergraduate students an overview of the fundamental ideas behind the geometric theory of gravitation and spacetime. Through pointers on how to modify and generalise Einstein's theory to enhance understanding, it provides a link between stan...

3,402円 Based on the latest missions results and supported by commissioned artwork, this book explores the possible lessons we may learn from exoplanets. As the number of known Earth-like objects grows significantly, the author explores what is known about the growing roster of "pale blue dots" far afiel...

6,076円 This book provides an overview of solar wind turbulence from both the theoretical and observational perspective. It argues that the interplanetary medium offers the best opportunity to directly study turbulent fluctuations in collisionless plasmas. In fact, during expansion, the solar wind evolve...

9,950円 The second edition of this popular text provides undergraduates with a quantitative yet accessible introduction to the physical principles underlying the collection and analysis of observational data in contemporary optical and infrared astronomy. The text clearly links recent developments in gro...

22,817円 Beginning with the landing of the Spirit and Opportunity rovers in 2004 and concluding with the end of the Curiosity mission in 2014, this second volume of The International Atlas of Mars Exploration continues the story of Mars exploration in spectacular detail. It is an essential reference sourc...