Behind each shot there lies an idea or purpose. When setting up a shot, the camera operator can employ a range of visual techniques that will clearly communicate the idea to ...more

Studio and outside broadcast is often done with more than one camera and has its own distinct discipline and operational procedures. Many camera operators now start with ...more

Basic Betacam Camerawork offers a complete introduction to both the analogue and digital beta camera formats: Betacam, Digital Beta, Betacam SX and DV & DVCAM. Step-by-step ...more

This manual introduces digital camerawork techniques used in television and video production. Written as a practical guide, the author's step-by-step instructions take you ...more

"TV Technical Operations" is an introduction for new entrants to the broadcast industry and is designed to prepare them for working in mainstream television by discussing ...more

A lively astronomy primer that uses cataclysmic scenarios to explain the universe's most fascinating events. According to astronomer Philip Plait, the universe is an ...more

Accretion Power in Astrophysics examines accretion as a source of energy in both binary star systems containing compact objects, and in active galactic nuclei. Assuming a ...more

We are all, literally, star children. every atom in our bodies was once inside the fiery core of some supergiant star which exploded billions of years before our solar system ...more

In cosmology, black holes are mysterious immense leviathans that devour everything they come in contact with. This book demystifies black holes and anti-matter, the smaller ...more

Our understanding of the formation of stars and planetary systems has changed greatly since the first edition of this book was published. This new edition has been thoroughly ...more

Astronomy Methods is an introduction to the basic practical tools, methods and phenomena that underlie quantitative astronomy. Taking a technical approach, the author covers a...more

The Hubble Space Telescope has made some of the most dramatic discoveries in the history of astronomy. From its vantage point 600km above the earth, Hubble is able to capture ...more

The most sacred aspects to humanity are showed to be connected through proportions at the most fundamental of levels and reveal a connection to Arthur C. Clarke's Space ...more

Astrophysicists have developed several very different methodologies for solving the radiative transfer equation. An Introduction to Radiative Transfer presents these ...more