Category Archives: astronomy

Space Time Gravitation – Vladimirov, Mitskiévich, Horský

Posted on July 7, 2012 by damitr

However, the main difference between this and other popularizations is the third chapter, in which the authors try get to grips with subjects such as cosmological singularities, generalizations of Einstein’s gravitational theory, the quantization of gravitational fields, and the dimensionality … Continue reading →

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The Relativistic Theory of Gravitation – Logunov, Mestvirishvili

Posted on July 7, 2012 by damitr

The gravitational field is constructed as a physical field in the spirit of Faraday and Maxwell, and this field has energy, momentum, and spins 2 and 0. In this post we see book titled The Relativistic Theory of Gravitation by … Continue reading →

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Key Problems of Physics and Astrophysics – Vitaly L. Ginzburg

Posted on July 4, 2012 by damitr

This unusual book is a rare personal exploration of a wide range of current physics and astrophysics by a distinguished scientist; it was planned to educate budding scientists on important new topics. The book is excellent reading for intelligent undergraduates … Continue reading →

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Space Chemistry

Posted on June 23, 2012 by damitr

We now come to Space Chemistry by L. Nikolaev. The book covers aspects of astrophysics and astronomy with stars, planets, comets and meteorites and other celestial bodies from a perspective of chemistry and hence that of spectroscopy. The last chapter … Continue reading →

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Physical Problems for Robinsons – Lange

Posted on June 1, 2012 by damitr

In some of the problems given in this book we offer the use of what seem to be utterly unsuitable instruments and objects in order to determine various quantities. The problems, however, can be solved if these objects are applied … Continue reading →

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Y. Ryabov – Celestial Mechanics

Posted on May 23, 2012 by damitr

How do the heavenly bodies move, and how are these movements related to one another? What forces of nature govern such motions? We now come to another jewel of a book titled Celestial Mechanics by Y. Ryabov. This book discusses … Continue reading →

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Yakov Perelman – Astronomy for Entertainment

Posted on May 23, 2012 by damitr

Continuing with Yakov Perelman, we now come to Astronomy for Entertainment. This is a book that I have read as a digital copy only. I do not know if there are any translations in Indian languages, but I know of … Continue reading →

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Universal Physical Constants

Posted on May 23, 2012 by damitr

In this post we will see a wonderful little book titled Universal Physical Constants by O. P. Spiridonov.This is a book that deals with history of science in a wonderful way. There are six stories to be told about the … Continue reading →

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Updates…

Posted on April 18, 2012 by damitr

The link for All About The Telescope has been updated. This is a major revision from the earlier link, in terms of quality. The download size is about ~118 MB. Update 2: gnv64 has made a (much) smaller version of … Continue reading →

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Science for Everyone – In The World of Binary Stars

Posted on December 23, 2011 by damitr

In the Science for Everyone series we now go to a journey In The World of Binary Stars by V. M. Lipunov. This book discusses many things about the binary stars and the exotic things that they can lead to. … Continue reading →

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