Télécharger le livre :  Contradictions
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“Contradictions” is a general interest book that exposes the incompatibility between popular religious beliefs and the scientific view of human nature. It begins with a survey of the evolution of religions and their continuing, often irrational, influences in modern...

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Parution : 2012-05-22
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Télécharger le livre :  The Star Atlas Companion
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Conventional star atlases are great for locating constellations and individual stars but The Star Atlas Companion goes one step further and describes the physical properties of more than 1,100 stars. With the aid of scale diagrams, the reader can get a real sense of the...

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Parution : 2012-05-19
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Télécharger le livre :  Breaking Ocean Waves
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This book represents the most comprehensive description of the physical properties including geometry, structure, spatio-temporal evolution and remotely sensed reflectance and emissivity in visible, IR and microwave ranges of one of the most important elements of...

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Parution : 2007-10-14
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Télécharger le livre :  The Story of Manned Space Stations
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Philip Baker charts the history of manned space stations from the very beginning in a logical, chronological order. He tells the story of the two major space powers starting out on their very separate programs, but slowly coming together through ASTP, Shuttle-Mir, and...

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Parution : 2007-08-20
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Télécharger le livre :  Russian Planetary Exploration
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Russia’s accomplishments in planetary space exploration were not achieved easily. Formerly, the USSR experienced frustration in trying to tame unreliable Molniya and Proton upper stages and in tracking spacecraft over long distances. This book will assess the scientific...

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Parution : 2007-07-05
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Télécharger le livre :  Animals in Space
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Many readers will doubtless be astonished to learn that animals were being fired aloft in U.S. and Soviet research rockets in the late 1940s. In fact most people not only believe that the Russian space dog Laika was the first canine to be launched into space, but also...

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Télécharger le livre :  Lunar and Planetary Rovers
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The Wheels of Apollo and the Quest for Mars fills a need for a complete history of the Lunar Roving Vehicle used on Apollo 15, 16 and 17, drawing on many photographs never before published. It also tells the story of the robotic rovers used on Mars, and concludes...

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Parution : 2007-07-05
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Télécharger le livre :  Io After Galileo
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Written by experts in the field, many of whom took part in the Galileo mission, the book reviews the basics about Io and its unique space environment. Coverage includes all subjects, where the Galilio mission has shed new light on, with some emphasis on Io's most...

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Parution : 2007-06-20
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Télécharger le livre :  Sinkholes and Subsidence
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 "Sinkholes and Subsidence"  provides a twenty-first century account of how the various subsidence features in carbonate and evaporite rocks cause problems in development and construction in our living environment. The authors explain the processes by which...

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Parution : 2007-03-15
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Télécharger le livre :  From Dust to Stars
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Studies of stellar formation in galaxies have a profound impact on our understanding of the present and the early universe. The book describes complex physical processes involved in the creation of stars and during their young lives. It illustrates how these processes...

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Parution : 2007-03-06
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Télécharger le livre :  Buried Waste in the Seabed – Acoustic Imaging and Bio-toxicity
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Buried waste on the seabed is a major source of pollution. But, very often, waste sites are not known until a serious problem occurs, or are not adequately mapped. Recent examples around Europe include WWI and WWII ammunition dump sites (e.g. Beufort Dyke in the UK),...

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Parution : 2006-12-29
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Télécharger le livre :  Remote Sensing of Sea Ice in the Northern Sea Route
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Remote Sensing of Sea Ice in the Northern Sea Route: Studies and Applications initially provides a history of the Northern Sea Route as an important strategic transport route for supporting the northern regions of Russia and cargo transportation between Europe and the...

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Parution : 2006-11-30
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Télécharger le livre :  Future Spacecraft Propulsion Systems
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In Future Spacecraft Propulsion Systems the authors demonstrate the need to break free from the old established concepts of expendable rockets, using chemical propulsion, and to develop new breeds of launch vehicle capable of both launching payloads into orbit at...

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Parution : 2006-09-19
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Télécharger le livre :  Space Debris
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In Space Debris Models and Risk Analysis the authors will provide the reader with a comprehensive background to understand the various sources of space debris, and to assess associated risks due to the current and future space debris environment. Apart from the...

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Parution : 2006-09-01
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Télécharger le livre :  Interplanetary Mission Analysis and Design
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The book describes current mission analysis and design techniques that may be applied to a very wide range of interplanetary missions from those targeting the inner planets to those destined for the outer planets and Solar System escape trajectories.The early chapters...

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Parution : 2006-09-01
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Télécharger le livre :  New Light on Dark Stars
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There has been very considerable progress in research into low-mass stars, brown dwarfs and extrasolar planets during the past few years, particularly since the fist edtion of this book was published in 2000. In this new edtion the authors present a comprehensive review...

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Parution : 2006-09-01
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Télécharger le livre :  Polar Remote Sensing
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Polar Remote Sensing is a two-volume work providing a comprehensive, multidisciplinary discussion of the applications of satellite sensing. Volume 2 focuses on the ice sheets, icebergs, and interactions between ice sheets and the atmosphere and ocean. It contains...

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Parution : 2006-08-31
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Télécharger le livre :  Deep Space Probes
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The Space Age is nearly 50 years old but exploration of the outer planets and beyond has only just begun. Deep-Space Probes Second Edition draws on the latest research to explain why we should explore beyond the edge of the Solar System and how we can build highly...

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Télécharger le livre :  Polar Remote Sensing
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The polar regions, perhaps more than any other places on Earth, give the geophysical scientist a sense of exploration. This sensibility is genuine, for not only is high-latitude ?eldwork arduous with many locations seldom or never visited, but there remains much...

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Télécharger le livre :  The Antarctic Subglacial Lake Vostok
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The first book on the subject, this monograph examines the phenomenon of a huge sealed, freshwater lake, isolated from the rest of the world by kilometers' thick ice.The existence of melting ice at the bottom of the huge Vostok Lake has served as a model and inspired...

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Parution : 2006-08-31
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