Search results for “[Subject: space-science-astronomy]”

• Author(s): Chris Gunn • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Space Science - AstronomyA fascinating, ground-level backstage pass to the creation, launch, and reach of the James Webb Space Telescope. NASA's James Webb Spa...

• Author(s): John E. Moores • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Space Science - AstronomyA thrilling journey through the solar system that merges imagination with hard science. Imagine traveling to the far reaches of th...

• Author(s): Roberto Battiston • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Space Science - CosmologyFrom the very first moments of the universe to the birth of the first star, our solar system, and our planet: a physicist trace...

• Author(s): Govert Schilling • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Space Science - AstronomyAn acclaimed science writer tells the story of cosmic projectiles that may be on a collision course with our Earth. The impact o...

• Author(s): Erika Nesvold • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Space Science - Space ExplorationCan we do better in space than we've done here on Earth? We've pinpointed the destination, refined the technology, designed...

• Author(s): Wallace H. Tucker • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Physics - AstrophysicsA brief, simple introduction to the theory of radiation and its application in astrophysics and a manual for researchers.The purpo...

• Author(s): Edwin C. Kemble • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Physics - GeneralThis introduction to physical science combines a rigorous discussion of scientific principles with sufficient historical background and p...

• Author(s): Ralph S. Bates • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Philosophy & Social AspectsThe newest edition of the landmark survey of the history of American scientific societies, thoroughly expanded.In this lates...

• Author(s): Stephen H. Schneider | Penelope J. Boston • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Environmental ScienceThe Gaia hypothesis suggests that life is an active participant in shaping the physical and chemical enviro...

• Author(s): Sang-Woon Jeon • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: HistoryIt might surprise Western scientists to learn that there were periods in Korean history when the level of scientific achievement was the highest in ...

• Author(s): Harold J. Abrahams | Marion B. Savin • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: HistoryElihu Thomson (1853-1937) was one of the most inventive scientists of his time and one of the few truly scientific inventors. ...

• Author(s): David A. Kirby • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Philosophy & Social AspectsHow science consultants make movie science plausible, in films ranging from 2001: A Space Odyssey to Finding Nemo.Stanley Ku...

• Author(s): James Rodger Fleming • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Earth Sciences - Meteorology & ClimatologyHow scientists used transformative new technologies to understand ...

• Author(s): Jan P. Hogendijk | Abdelhamid I. Sabra • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: HistoryRecent historical research and new perspectives on the Islamic scientific tradition.Between A.D. 800 and 1450, the most impo...

• Author(s): I. G. Gass | Peter J. Smith | R. C. L. Wilson • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeneralThe invited, original chapters by both American and British scientists make this an unusually up-to-...

• Author(s): Catelijne Coopmans | Janet Vertesi | Michael E. Lynch • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: EssaysA fresh approach to visualization practices in the sciences that considers novel forms of imaging technology a...

• Author(s): Robert H. Brill • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Anthropology - GeneralIf they shape one common theme, these collected papers clearly indicate the directions of current research in archaeological chemist...

• Author(s): Mark A. Bedau | Paul Humphreys • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Philosophy & Social AspectsContemporary classics on the the major approaches to emergence found in contemporary philosophy and science,...

• Author(s): Adolfo Plasencia | Tim O'Reilly • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: EssaysQuestions about the physical world, the mind, and technology in conversations that reveal a rich seam of interacting ideas.Science t...

• Author(s): Adam Frank • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Philosophy & Social AspectsA compelling argument for including the human perspective within science, and for how human experience makes science possible. "...

• Author(s): Frances B. Jenkins • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: ReferenceScience Reference Sources is a selected, up-to-date compilation of about 1600 representative bibliographical and reference tools in the physic...

• Author(s): Naomi Oreskes | John Krige • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: HistoryInvestigations of how the global Cold War shaped national scientific and technological practices in fields from biomedicine to rocket sc...

• Author(s): Michael E. Lynch | Steve Woolgar • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: GeneralThe essays in this book provide an excellent introduction to the means by which scientists convey their ideas. While diverse in th...

• Author(s): Paul Thagard • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Philosophy & Social AspectsA cognitive science perspective on scientific development, drawing on philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, and computational ...

• Author(s): Paul Horwich • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Philosophy & Social AspectsTime is generally thought to be one of the more mysterious ingredients of the universe. In this intriguing book, Paul Horwich ...

• Author(s): Chris Haufe • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Philosophy & Social AspectsAn argument that the development of scientific practice and growth of scientific knowledge are governed by Darwin's evolutionar...

• Author(s): Sheila L. Macrine | Jennifer M. B. Fugate | Arsen Abdulali • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Cognitive ScienceAn exploration of embodied intelligence that moves beyond the traditional focus on brains and ...

• Author(s): Karl Taylor Compton • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Applied Sciences

• Author(s): Study of Critical Environmental Problems • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Environmental Science (see also Chemistry - Environmental)This Report of the Study of Critical Environmental Problems (SCEP) pres...

• Author(s): Paul F. Lazarsfeld | Neil W. Henry • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: MethodologyA lucid, stimulating introduction to a wide range of mathematical techniques, their usefulness in thinking, and their applic...

• Author(s): Nachum Ulanovsky • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Life Sciences - NeuroscienceA new approach to brain research that emphasizes studying the brain under naturalistic conditions. Natural neuroscience depar...

• Author(s): Marina Alberti • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Life Sciences - EcologyA powerful new vision of cities as engines of planetary evolution and multispecies cooperation. Evolution, once associated with remo...

• Author(s): William P. Allis | Sanborn C. Brown • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Physics - GeneralThe selected papers of William Phelps Allis are gathered here in celebration of his elevation from Professor to Profe...

• Author(s): Marc Wittmann • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Life Sciences - NeuroscienceWhat altered states of consciousness--the dissolution of feelings of time and self--can tell us about the mystery of consciousne...

• Author(s): Thomas W. Malone | Michael Bernstein • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Cognitive ScienceExperts describe the latest research in a rapidly growing multidisciplinary field, the study of groups of individual...

• Author(s): Hillary Brown | Byron Stigge • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Environmental Science (see also Chemistry - Environmental)An integrated, holistic model for infrastructure planning and design in developing ...