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Tag Archives: astronomy
The Magic of Galaxies and Stars – Gurevich, Chernin
In this post, we will see the book The Magic of Galaxies and Stars L. E. Gurevich and A. D. Chernin About the book This book is ideal for those who wish to start learning about the intriguing modem concepts of … Continue reading
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Tagged astronomy, astrophysics, big bang, binary stars, book stores, clusters, cosmogony, cosmology, evolution, expansion, galaxies, gas clouds, general relativity, gravity, hidden mass, large scale structure, mir publishers, protogalaxies, stars, turbulence, universe, used books
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The Minor Planets – Zigel
In this post, we will see the book The Minor Planet by F. Zigel. About the book Studies of the asteroids and their relationship to meteroids and comets are discussed, and details are given on the more interesting asteroids. Direct astronomical observation … Continue reading
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Tagged asteroid belt, asteroids, astronomy, composition, eros, hermes, icarus, meteors, minor planets, observational, orbit, phaeton, space, tektites, three body problem, trojan group
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Wonders of the Night Sky – Zigel
In this post, we will see the book Wonders of the Night Sky by F. Zigel. About the book This is a book about astronomical observations of the night sky. At an elementary level it tells about unusual stars, star clusters and … Continue reading
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Tagged astronomy, constellations, identification, mir publishers, names, night sky, observations, planets, sky, sky maps, stars, sun, telescopes
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Philosophical Problems of Elementary Particle Physics – Kuznetsov, Omel’Yanovskii (Eds.)
In this post, we will see a volume Philosophical problems of elementary particle physics – edited by I. V. Kuznetsov and M. E. Omel’Yanovskii. About the book The study of microprocesses has brought to light previously unknown features of physical … Continue reading
A picture book of astronomy – Levin, Radlova
In this post, we will see A picture book of astronomy by Boris Levin and Lidia Radlova. About the book The book has several topics in basic astronomy in the form of questions and answers (total 16). Each question is … Continue reading
Essays About the Universe – Vorontsov-Vel’yaminov
In this post, we will see the book Essays About the Universe by Boris A. Vorontsov-Vel’yaminov. About the book: This book by a prominent Soviet astronomer and imaginative interpreter of the history and latest knowledge of astronomy, an age-old science … Continue reading
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Tagged astronomy, astrophysics, atoms, black hole, comets, cosmology, death, energy, fusion, galaxies, meteorites, meteors, mir books, moon, neutron stars, physics, planetra nebulae, planets, quasars, radio, sky, solar system, solar wind, spectrum, stars, sun, telescopes, universe, x ray
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The Quiet Sun – Pushkov, Silkin
In this post, we will see the book The Quiet Sun by N. Pushkov and B. Silkin. About the book: How can events 150 million kilometres away affect us here on earth? But if you have ever complained of poor radio … Continue reading
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Tagged astronomy, auroras, earth, galileo, history, international quiet sun year, iqsy, magnetic fields, magnetism, northern lights, physics, solar, solar radiation, sunspots
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A Planet of Riddles – Novikov
In this post, we will see the book A Planet of Riddles by E. Novikov. About the book (from the back cover): This book is about our planet, the Earth we know so well. But is it then a planet of riddles? … Continue reading
Travel To Distant Worlds – Gilzin
We now come to Travel to Distant Worlds by Karl Gilzin. This is a very optimistic book about future, written at just the beginning of space age. The youth throughout the world have been manifesting a great … Continue reading
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Tagged astronomy, books, soviet
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Updates…
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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Tagged astronomy, children, telescope
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