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With beautiful illustrations and a detailed map, Sun Moon Earth has everything you need to get ready for the next solar eclipse. On April 8, 2024, millions of Americans will experience an awe-inspiring phenomenon: a total eclipse of the sun. In Sun Moon Earth,...
Editeur :
Basic Books
Parution :
2016-09-13
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'Aloha, A! What begins with A? There is Antarctica, Azerbaijan, algal blooms, and alluvial fans. Astronauts appreciating awe-inspiring views of Earth from above. And these ancient Appalachian ridges in America intersected by an azure river in autumn!'We've all looked up...
Editeur :
Quercus
Parution :
2016-06-30
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Four centuries ago, Galileo first turned a telescope to look up at the night sky. His discoveries opened the cosmos, revealing the geometry and dynamics of the solar system. Today's telescopic equipment, stretching over the whole spectrum from visible light to radio and...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-06-23
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Four centuries ago, Galileo first turned a telescope to look up at the night sky. His discoveries opened the cosmos, revealing the geometry and dynamics of the solar system. Today's telescopic equipment, stretching over the whole spectrum from visible light to radio and...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-06-23
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For readers from both academia and industry wishing to pursue their studies and /or careers in planetary robotics, this book represents a one-stop tour of the history, evolution, key systems, and technologies of this emerging field.The book provides a comprehensive...
Editeur :
Wiley-VCH
Parution :
2016-06-03
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This thesis describes the physics and computational aspects of an end-to-end simulator to predict the performance of a Space-based Far Infrared Interferometer. The present thesis also includes, the science capabilities and instrumental state-of-the art. The latter is...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-05-21
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In The Sun, David Whitehouse takes us on a journey to the heart of our local star and beyond, relating how it was born, the many ways it influences life on Earth and how it will die. He recounts the many myths surrounding the Sun and the fascinating stories of...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2016-04-07
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In The Moon David Whitehouse explains how our nearest celestial neighbor was created (and what moonrocks tell us of its earth-shattering origins), and how its existence may have been a crucial factor in mankind being here at all. Whitehouse discusses how man has related...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2016-04-07
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The planets fascinate us, and naturally we care about our own Earth, and things like how well we can forecast the weather and whether climate is really changing. Exploring the Planets offers a personal account on how the space programme evolved. It begins in the era of...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-02-26
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The planets fascinate us, and naturally we care about our own Earth, and things like how well we can forecast the weather and whether climate is really changing. Exploring the Planets offers a personal account on how the space programme evolved. It begins in the era of...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-02-25
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The aim of this research was to use the X-ray satellite Suzaku to establish a picture of a central engine that effectively converts the gravitational energy of accreting matter onto the supermassive black hole to a huge amount of radiation in an active galactic nucleus....
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-12-07
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Proving to be both varied and fascinating, moons are far more common than planets in our Solar System. Our own Moon has had a profound influence on Earth, not only through tidal effects, but even on the behaviour of some marine animals. Many remarkable things have been...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2015-11-26
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Proving to be both varied and fascinating, moons are far more common than planets in our Solar System. Our own Moon has had a profound influence on Earth, not only through tidal effects, but even on the behaviour of some marine animals. Many remarkable things have been...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2015-11-26
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Unter welchen Bedingungen entsteht „Leben“ und wie ist es im Kosmos verbreitet? Damit beschäftigt sich der Autor und stellt wichtige Facetten einer jungen Wissenschaftsdisziplin ausführlich vor: · Was ist und wie...
Editeur :
Springer Spektrum
Parution :
2015-10-30
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Astronomy is the oldest science, probably because you can do it just with your eyes.From time immemorial, people across the globe have looked up at the skies and wondered. In Stargazing Maggie Aderin-Pocock gives an overview of the universe as we see and know it today,...
Editeur :
Quadrille
Parution :
2015-09-10
ePub
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Have you ever dreamt of being an astronaut, travelling through the universe on your very own space mission? What would it be like to tour the Solar System, visiting the Sun and the planets, taking in everything from moons to asteroid belts along the way? What would...
Editeur :
Transworld Digital
Parution :
2015-04-09
ePub
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Most elements are synthesized, or "cooked", by thermonuclear reactions in stars. The newly formed elements are released into the interstellar medium during a star's lifetime, and are subsequently incorporated into a new generation of stars, into the planets that form...
Editeur :
Wiley-VCH
Parution :
2015-03-19
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This book surveys our understanding of stars which change in brightness because they pulsate. Pulsating variable stars are keys to distance scales inside and beyond the Milky Way galaxy. They test our understanding not only of stellar pulsation theory but also of...
Editeur :
Wiley-VCH
Parution :
2014-12-29
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Divided into two parts, the first four chapters of Comets and their Origin refer to comets and their formation in general, describing cometary missions, comet remote observations, astrochemistry, artificial comets, and the chirality phenomenon. The second part covers...
Editeur :
Wiley-VCH
Parution :
2014-11-12
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Dieses Buch bietet eine kurze und verständliche Einleitung in die aktuellen Themen der Philosophie der Kosmologie. Es fasst zuerst die Geschichte des Kosmosbegriffes zusammen und präsentiert dann den Diskussionsstand hinsichtlich verschiedener Kontroversen, wie z.B. die...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-11-03
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