books by William J. Kaufmann (enthusiast scientific spacetime)

books by William J. Kaufmann

books:

7 reviews
Neil F. Comins, William J. Kaufmann

W H Freeman & Co (Sd), 1999

Great Textbook
This beautiful, full-color, highly-informative textbook has been great for my Astronomy class. Completely up-to-date (well, with the exception of the possible two new planets, one of which has been confirmed only recently and definitely since the text's Spring 2005 publication), it teaches astronomy equally well to the physics major and the humanities student (such as myslef) who is taking the ...

Universe: Stars and Galaxies

1 review
Roger A. Freedman, William J., III Kaufmann

W.H. Freeman & Company, 2008

The best
One of the best done books I've ever seen on a topic - don't know how it could be done any better.

Black Holes and Warped Spacetime

3 reviews
William J. Kaufmann III

Bantam Books, 1981

Best Book I've Ever Read
I am a huge astronomy nerd and I must say that cannot learn well by reading. I have a hard time choosing books which explain things the way I can understand them. That doesnt mean I need things simplified for me, I can understand complicated things much better. Anyway, this book covers topics in the area of stellar birth and death, and black holes. It is an absolute MUST HAVE for a hard core ...

Universe w/ Starry Night Enthusiast CD-ROM

2 reviews
Roger Freedman, William J. Kaufmann

W. H. Freeman, 2007

Commenting on Lonewolf Astronomer's review
I'm the author of Universe w/ Starry Night Enthusiast CD-ROM, and I thank Lonewolf Astronomer for pointing out Amazon's error in describing the book as a hardcover --- it is in fact a softcover. I've asked Amazon to change their description to reflect this, and they have done so. Lonewolf Astronomer included a link to Universe: The Solar System w/Starry Night Enthusiast CD-ROM, which is indeed ...

Universe & CD-Rom

13 reviews
III William J. Kaufmann, Roger Freedman

W. H. Freeman, 2001

Fabulous In-Depth Intro to Astronomy
I'm an amateur astronomy nut, and have read several dozen books on astronomy, cosmology, etc. This is probably the most clear, in-depth, understandable treatment of astronomical issues that I have ever read. Be it stellar evolution, stellar death, theory of relativity, black holes, galactic evolution -- you name it -- this book presents the research clearly, and explains tough to explain issues ...

Universe: The Solar System w/Student CD & Starry Night CD: featuring Starry Night Backyard and Deep Space ...

1 review
Roger Freedman, William J. Kaufmann

W. H. Freeman, 2004

textbook
Universe: The Solar System w/Student CD, Starry Night CD, New Light on the Solar System & eBook great condition thanks

Universe: Stars & Galaxies w/Starry Night Enthusiast CD-ROM
Roger Freedman, William J. Kaufmann

W. H. Freeman, 2007

Supercomputing and the Transformation of Science (Scientific American Library)

1 review
William J. Kaufmann, Larry L. Smarr

W H Freeman & Co, 1993

Big and fast iron
Easy to read overview of the field of supercomputing. Describes technologies (eg, relays to highly integrated circuits) and architectures (eg, scalar to vector, multiprocessor and massively parallel) used to effect supercomputing. Describes applications of supercomputing in physics, in constructing evolutionary trees from sequencing data, in molecular biology, engineering, planetary sciences, ...

Black Holes and Warped Spacetime
William J. Kaufmann III

W.H. Freeman and Co., 1979

What are black holes? They may be bridges into other universes or pathways into the past or future. They infinitely warp space and time, allowing nothing to escape: not matter, not even light. They are stellar corpses that have crushed themselves into oblivion, seemingly suspending the traditional laws of physics. The Big bang may have peppered the universe with primordial black holes, as small as protons but as massive as mountains. The ...