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Her Space, Her Time
How Trailblazing Women Scientists Decoded the Hidden Universe
ISBN: 9780262048316
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 17, 2023
An exciting new title in the vein of Hidden Figures, which tells the inspiring stories of long-overlooked women physicists and astronomers who discovered the fundamental rules of the universe and reshaped the rules of society.
The Sounds of the Cosmos
Gravitational Waves and the Birth of Multi-Messenger Astronomy
ISBN: 9780262544948
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 28, 2023
The remarkable story of how humankind discovered gravitational waves, chronicled with unparalleled historical and scientific vision.
Astroquizzical
Solving the Cosmic Puzzles of Our Planets, Stars, and Galaxies: The Illustrated Edition
ISBN: 9780262046725
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 1, 2022
Exploring the family tree of the cosmos, from humans on Earth to stars and galaxies to the first atoms of the Big Bang; with striking color illustrations.
Cosmic Odyssey
How Intrepid Astronomers at Palomar Observatory Changed our View of the Universe
ISBN: 9780262044295
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 24, 2020
From newborn galaxies to icy worlds and blazing quasars, a behind-the-scenes story of how Palomar Observatory astronomers unveiled our complex universe.
Moving Planets Around
An Introduction to N-Body Simulations Applied to Exoplanetary Systems
ISBN: 9780262539340
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 1, 2020
An introduction to the laws of celestial mechanics and a step-by-step guide to developing software for direct use in astrophysics research.
Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire
Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire
The Biggest Ideas in Science from Quanta
ISBN: 9780262536349
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 20, 2018
Essential articles from Pulitzer Prize-winning magazine Quanta Magazine on the latest findings in challenging, speculative, and cutting-edge science.
The Dialogues
Conversations about the Nature of the Universe
ISBN: 9780262536080
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 23, 2018
A series of conversations about science in graphic form, on subjects that range from the science of cooking to the multiverse.
Gravity's Kiss
The Detection of Gravitational Waves
ISBN: 9780262535120
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 2, 2018
A fascinating account, written in real time, of the unfolding of a scientific discovery: the first detection of gravitational waves.
Working on Mars
Voyages of Scientific Discovery with the Mars Exploration Rovers
ISBN: 9780262526807
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 29, 2014
What it's like to explore Mars from Earth: How the Mars rovers provide scientists with a virtual experience of being on Mars.
Her Space, Her Time
How Trailblazing Women Scientists Decoded the Hidden Universe
ISBN: 9780262048316
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 17, 2023
An exciting new title in the vein of Hidden Figures, which tells the inspiring stories of long-overlooked women physicists and astronomers who discovered the fundamental rules of the universe and reshaped the rules of society.
The Sounds of the Cosmos
Gravitational Waves and the Birth of Multi-Messenger Astronomy
ISBN: 9780262544948
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 28, 2023
The remarkable story of how humankind discovered gravitational waves, chronicled with unparalleled historical and scientific vision.
Astroquizzical
Solving the Cosmic Puzzles of Our Planets, Stars, and Galaxies: The Illustrated Edition
ISBN: 9780262046725
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 1, 2022
Exploring the family tree of the cosmos, from humans on Earth to stars and galaxies to the first atoms of the Big Bang; with striking color illustrations.
Cosmic Odyssey
How Intrepid Astronomers at Palomar Observatory Changed our View of the Universe
ISBN: 9780262044295
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 24, 2020
From newborn galaxies to icy worlds and blazing quasars, a behind-the-scenes story of how Palomar Observatory astronomers unveiled our complex universe.
Moving Planets Around
An Introduction to N-Body Simulations Applied to Exoplanetary Systems
ISBN: 9780262539340
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 1, 2020
An introduction to the laws of celestial mechanics and a step-by-step guide to developing software for direct use in astrophysics research.
Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire
Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire
The Biggest Ideas in Science from Quanta
ISBN: 9780262536349
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 20, 2018
Essential articles from Pulitzer Prize-winning magazine Quanta Magazine on the latest findings in challenging, speculative, and cutting-edge science.
The Dialogues
Conversations about the Nature of the Universe
ISBN: 9780262536080
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 23, 2018
A series of conversations about science in graphic form, on subjects that range from the science of cooking to the multiverse.
Gravity's Kiss
The Detection of Gravitational Waves
ISBN: 9780262535120
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 2, 2018
A fascinating account, written in real time, of the unfolding of a scientific discovery: the first detection of gravitational waves.
Working on Mars
Voyages of Scientific Discovery with the Mars Exploration Rovers
ISBN: 9780262526807
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 29, 2014
What it's like to explore Mars from Earth: How the Mars rovers provide scientists with a virtual experience of being on Mars.