In this up-to-date overview of space law, the authors offer an easily accessible analysis of the governing framework and institutional landscape at the international, regional (with a focus on Europe) and national levels and the legal challenges of new and traditional areas of space activity, including: the peaceful uses of outer space, including issues of dual-use, export control and cybersecurity; protection of the Earth and space environment; telecommunication; the commercial use of space resources; human space flight; small satellites and large constellations; Earth observation; and global navigation satellite systems.

Uploaded March 2026

In her quest for a new, more intimate relationship with darkness, acclaimed poet and writer Jean Sprackland finds herself confronting some of the deepest - and darkest - questions about who we are and our place in the world. Drawing on memory and imagination, history and ecology, literature and myth, Night Vision is an expansive, thrilling journey into the true dark.

Uploaded February 2026

The Essential Einstein: Public Writings presents a rich selection of Einstein's humanistic writings drawn from a diverse array of materials he sanctioned for publication during his lifetime. These writings delve into significant topics such as philosophy, religion, and art, but also specific important and often contentious issues in education, politics, disarmament, pacifism, international cooperation, the atomic bomb, and Zionism.

Uploaded February 2026

In Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean, Dagomar Degroot traces the surprising threads linking human endeavor to the rest of the solar system. He reveals how variability in planetary environments has shaped geopolitics, spurred scientific and cultural innovation, and encouraged new ideas about the emergence and fate of life.

Uploaded February 2026

Machine learning methods can be a powerful tool to harness the full potential of these new observatories, as well as large archives that have accumulated. However, users should beware of common pitfalls, including bias in data sets and overfitting. IAU Symposium 368 addresses graduate students, teachers and professional astronomers who would like to leverage machine learning to unlock these huge volumes of data.

Uploaded February 2026

This Very Short Introduction traces the emergence of entropy and energy as distinct concepts, and explains how entropy spread from thermodynamics into statistical mechanics, probability theory and data science. It explains the implications of entropy for heat pumps, solar cells, carbon capture, and liquified natural gas. Quantum mechanics and gravity open new horizons for entropy, and when combined in the quantum theory of black holes, they call into question our current understanding of material reality.

Uploaded February 2026

College Physics: Putting It All Together is an algebra-based physics text designed for the first year, non-calculus college course. This textbook is a ground-breaking iconoclast in this market, answering a clear demand from physics instructors for a clearer, shorter, more readable and less expensive introductory textbook.

Uploaded January 2026

This book develops the theory, renormalization group theory, and illustrates the broad applicability of the renormalization group to major problems in condensed matter physics. It will be especially useful for students, as well as researchers in condensed matter physics, soft matter physics, biophysics, and statistical physics.

October 2025

This book takes the reader on a journey in the mathematical universe from conic sections to mathematical modelling of planetary systems. This book is addressed to undergraduate and graduate students as well as researchers interested in the geometry of conic sections, including the historical background and mathematical methods used.

October 2025

This book is dedicated to the theory of supernovae, focusing on new computational methods and simulations. It contains three parts: basic principles, numerical methods, and applications.

October 2025