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    Advancing cultural astronomy : studies in honour of Clive Ruggles by SpringerLink (Online service)

    Published: Springer, 2021
    Description: 1 online resource.
    Contents: “…Clive Ruggles and the Development of Cultural Astronomy -- Chapter 2. What Equinox? -- Chapter 3. …”
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    Essays on astronomical history and heritage : a tribute to Wayne Orchiston on his 80th birthday by SpringerLink (Online service)

    Published: Springer, 2023
    Description: 1 online resource (719 pages).
    Contents: “…Intro -- Preface -- Wayne Orchiston and the History of Astronomy -- Contents -- About the Contributors -- Part I: Astronomy and Society -- Chapter 1: Cosmos and Culture: Linking the Heavens and the Earth -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Cultural Astronomy and World Heritage -- 3 Worldviews: From the Physical to the Biological Universe -- 4 Sky and Earth Joined: National Observatories, Time, and Navigation -- 5 Measuring the Universe: Transits of Venus -- 6 Discovery and Classification -- 7 Philosophy of Astronomy: The Effect of Culture on Astronomy -- 8 Envoi -- References.…”
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    New insights from recent studies in historical astronomy : following in the footsteps of F. Richard Stephenson : a meeting to honor F.... by SpringerLink (Online service)

    Published: Springer, 2014
    Description: 1 online resource (xxx, 350 pages) : illustrations (some color).
    Contents: “…Foreword -- Participants -- The Authors -- Conference Program -- Conference Photograph -- Part I: Applied Historical Astronomy -- The Length of the Day: Richard Stephenson's Contribution -- Determination of ?…”
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    The universe of digital sky surveys : a meeting to honour the 70th birthday of Massimo Capaccioli by SpringerLink (Online service)

    Published: Springer, 2016
    Description: 1 online resource (xxiii, 300 pages) : illustrations (some color).
    Subjects: “…Astronomy Data processing.…”
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    Lessons from the local group : a conference in honour of David Block and Bruce Elmegreen by Block-Elmegreen Conference Victoria, Seychelles, SpringerLink (Online service)

    Published: Springer, 2014
    Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 516 pages) : illustrations (some color)
    Subjects: “…Local Group (Astronomy) Congresses.…”
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    Diffuse matter from star forming regions to active galaxies : a volume honouring John Dyson by SpringerLink (Online service)

    Published: Springer, 2007
    Description: 1 online resource (xx, 342 pages) : illustrations (some color).
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    Black holes and relativistic stars

    Published: University of Chicago Press, 1998
    Description: xii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
    Subjects: “…Black holes (Astronomy)…”
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    Zdeněk Kopal's binary star legacy by SpringerLink (Online service)

    Published: Springer, 2005
    Description: 1 online resource (xxiii, 488 pages) : illustrations.
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    The initial mass function 50 years later by SpringerLink (Online service)

    Published: Springer, 2005
    Description: 1 online resource (xx, 543 pages) : illustrations.
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    Imagination and rigor : essays on Eduardo R. Caianiello's scientific heritage by SpringerLink (Online service)

    Published: Springer, 2006
    Description: 1 online resource (xii, 186 pages) : illustrations.
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    A master of science history : essays in honor of Charles Coulston Gillispie by SpringerLink (Online service)

    Published: Springer, 2012
    Description: 1 online resource (xix, 439 pages) : color illustrations, color portraits.
    Contents: “…Contributors -- Charles Gillispie -- Archaeology -- Astronomy -- Chemistry -- Geology, Biology and Natural Theology -- Mathematics -- Medicine and Health -- Science and Industry in France.…”
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    Exploring the universe : from near space to extra-galactic : a collection of research reviews on contemporary astrophysics and space science by SpringerLink (Online service)

    Published: Springer, 2018
    Description: 1 online resource.
    Contents: “…General relativity and relativistic astrophysics -- Solutions of model flows around compact objects -- Observational astronomy -- Astrochemistry of biomolecules -- Earth's ionosphere as a gigantic detector.…”
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    Island universes : structure and evolution of disk galaxies by SpringerLink (Online service)

    Published: Springer, 2007
    Description: 1 online resource (xxiv, 581 pages) : illustrations (some color).
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    The labyrinth of star formation by SpringerLink (Online service)

    Published: Springer, 2014
    Description: 1 online resource.
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    Scientific American triumph of discovery : a chronicle of great adventures in science 1st ed. by Scientific American, inc

    Published: H. Holt, 1995
    Description: xviii, 254 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
    Contents: “…M. deWaal -- Archaeology: Digging into the past / Jeremy A. Sabloff -- Astronomy and astrophysics: Observing the universe / Virginia Trimble -- Beyond the Big Bang: In the beginning / Michael S. …”
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    Cosmology, quantum vacuum and zeta functions : in honor of Emilio Elizalde by SpringerLink (Online service)

    Published: Springer, 2011
    Description: 1 online resource (ix, 382 pages) : illustrations.
    Contents: “…Gravitational Waves Astronomy: a Cornerstone for Gravitational Theories -- 13. …”
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    Cosmology, fusion & other matters; George Gamow memorial volume

    Published: Colorado Associated University Press, 1972
    Description: xiv, 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
    Contents: “…Cosmology and microwave astronomy.--Wataghin, G. On a model of the expanding universe.…”
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    The richness of the history of mathematics : a tribute to Jeremy Gray by SpringerLink (Online service)

    Published: Springer, 2023
    Description: 1 online resource (xx, 705 pages) : illustrations.
    Contents: “…Mathematical practice in Chinese mathematical astronomy -- Chapter 13. On “Space”and “Geometry” in the 19th century -- Chapter 14. …”
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