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Book Synopsis Alice and the Space Telescope by : Malcolm S. Longair
Download or read book Alice and the Space Telescope written by Malcolm S. Longair and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Longair (Astronomer Royal, Scotland; Lewis Carroll fan) explains the nature, capabilities, and mission of the Hubble Space Telescope, scheduled for launch into Earth orbit in 1990. Suitable for junior high and high school. Well illustrated. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Alice in Space written by Gillian Beer and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2018-01-26 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of Carroll's books about Alice explores the contextual knowledge of the time period in which it was written, addressing such topics as time, games, mathematics, and taxonomies.
Book Synopsis Technology Is Awesome! by : Alice Harman
Download or read book Technology Is Awesome! written by Alice Harman and published by Arcturus Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-25 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that one of the first computers used water to solve equations? Or that the International Space Station orbits the Earth every 90 minutes? This book is packed with 101 eye-opening facts about all sorts of advanced machines, from computers to cars, and from spaceships to medical devices. The perfect book for kids aged 8+ who want to know more about the world of the future.
Book Synopsis Dr Space Junk vs The Universe by : Alice Gorman
Download or read book Dr Space Junk vs The Universe written by Alice Gorman and published by NewSouth. This book was released on 2019-04-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Going boldly forth as a pioneer in the fledgling field of space archaeology, Dr Alice Gorman (aka Dr Space Junk) turns the common perception of archaeology as an exploration of the ancient on its head. Her captivating inquiry into the most modern and daring of technologies spanning some 60 years — a mere speck in cosmic terms — takes the reader on a journey which captures the relics of space forays and uncovers the cultural value of detritus all too readily dismissed as junk. In this book, she takes a physical journey through the solar system and beyond, and a conceptual journey into human interactions with space. Her tools are artefacts, historical explorations, the occasional cocktail recipe, and the archaeologist’s eye applied not only to the past, but the present and future as well. Erudite and playful, Dr Space Junk reveals that space is not as empty as we might think. And that by looking up and studying space artefacts, we learn an awful lot about our own culture on earth. She makes us realise that objects from the past — the material culture produced by the Space Age and beyond — are so significant to us now because they remind us of what we might want to hold onto into the future. ‘As charming as it is expert, as gripping as it is surprising, Dr Space Junk vs The Universe deftly threads together the cosmic and the personal, the stupendousness of space with the lived experience of human beings down here.’ — Adam Roberts, author of Gradisil
Download or read book Space Is Awesome! written by Alice Harman and published by Arcturus Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-25 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that new planets are discovered almost every day? Or that you can use a telescope to see millions of years into the past? From the planets and moons of our solar system to the farthest reaches of the universe, this book is an essential guide to the weird wonders of space. It is packed full of 101 extraordinary facts about space that kids will love to discover and share. For children aged 7+.
Download or read book Space-based Astronomy written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis High Energy Astrophysics: Volume 1, Particles, Photons and Their Detection by : M. S. Longair
Download or read book High Energy Astrophysics: Volume 1, Particles, Photons and Their Detection written by M. S. Longair and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992-02-27 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 1.
Download or read book Air & Space Smithsonian written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Universe in a Mirror by : Robert Zimmerman
Download or read book The Universe in a Mirror written by Robert Zimmerman and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2010-03-14 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hubble Space Telescope has transformed our understanding of the universe, revealing new information about its age and evolution, the life cycle of stars, and the existence of black holes, among other discoveries. This book tells the story of the Hubble Space Telescope and the people responsible for it.
Book Synopsis Our Evolving Universe by : Malcolm S. Longair
Download or read book Our Evolving Universe written by Malcolm S. Longair and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1996-02-23 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inspiring and highly illustrated introduction to current astronomy and cosmology for the general reader or student.
Book Synopsis Exploring the Universe by : H Gursky
Download or read book Exploring the Universe written by H Gursky and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2000-09-27 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is dedicated to Riccardo Giacconi for his sixty-fifth birthday, on the occasion of his being awarded a “Laurea Honoris Causa” in physics at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”. A meeting was held in his honor, and presentations were given that reflected the state-of-the-art of research on subjects related to Giacconi's scientific interests and achievements through the decades. This volume is based upon the papers presented at that meeting. It provides a tribute to Riccardo Giacconi for his outstanding contributions towards opening up the entire field of high energy astrophysics. Contents:X-Ray Astronomy: The First Decade (H Gursky)X-Ray Astronomy from Uhuru to Einstein (W H Tucker & H Tananbaum)Historical Development of X-Ray Optics for Astronomy (L P van Speybroeck)The Divergent Evolution of the X-Ray Telescope (P Gorenstein)From Starfish to EXOSAT — My Various Interactions with Riccardo Giacconi (K A Pounds)X-Ray Astronomical Spectroscopy (S Holt)The X-Ray Background and the ROSAT Deep Surveys (G Hasinger & G Zamorani)Musings About X-Ray Luminosity Functions and Source Counts (M Schmidt)The Brightest Extragalactic Radio Sources in the Sky as Observed at Radio, HST and X-Ray Wavelengths (M S Longair)Clusters of Galaxies in X-Rays (A Cavaliere)Hot Gas and Dark Matter in Galaxies and Clusters (W Forman & C Jones)Clusters of Galaxies: A Commentary (G Chincarini)Evolution of the Abundance of X-Ray Galaxy Clusters Out to z ~ 1 (P Rosati)Life and Times of the X-Ray Gas in Elliptical Galacies (A Renzini)The Beginnings of Stellar X-Ray Astronomy (R Rosner)Stellar Cornal Structures (S Serio)Understanding X-Ray Stars: The Discovery of Binary X-Ray Sources (E J Schreier & H Tananbaum)X-Ray Emission from Neutron Stars — Some Personal Reflections and Recent Developments (J Trümper)X-Ray Imaging of Crowded Fields and Grain Scattered Halos (G W Clark & J W Woo)Iron Kα-Line Emission from Neural Interstellar Gas (R Sunyaev)General Relativity with Quasi-Periodic Oscillations from Low Mass X-Ray Binaries (L Stella)Lessons from X-Ray Astronomy Applied to HST (E J Schreier & R Doxsey)HST Observations of Extragalactic Optical Jets (F D Macchetto)High Redshift Radio Galaxies: From HST to VLT — A Proto-Cluster at z=2.2? (G Miley et al.)Probing the Cosmic “Dark Age” with the VLT (M J Rees)On the Critical Mass (R Ruffini) Readership: Astrophysicists. Keywords:Universe;Astronomy;Astrophysics
Book Synopsis Deep Impact as a World Observatory Event: Synergies in Space, Time, and Wavelength by : Hans Ulrich Käufl
Download or read book Deep Impact as a World Observatory Event: Synergies in Space, Time, and Wavelength written by Hans Ulrich Käufl and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-10-18 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the context of the NASA Deep Impact space mission, comet 9P/Tempel1 has been at the focus of an unprecedented worldwide long-term multi-wavelength observation campaign. The comet was also studied throughout its perihelion passage by various sources including the Deep Impact mission itself, the Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer, Rosetta, XMM and all major ground-based observatories in a wavelength band from cm-wave radio astronomy to x-rays. This book includes the proceedings of a meeting that brought together an audience of theoreticians and observers - across the electromagnetic spectrum and from different sites and projects - to make full use of the massive ground-based observing data set. The coherent presentation of all data sets illustrates and examines the various observational constraints on modelling the cometary nucleus, cometary gas, cometary plasma, cometary dust, and the comet's surface and its activity.
Download or read book Alice in Space written by Gillian Beer and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016-11-30 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The award-winning literary critic takes readers down the rabbit hole of Victorian cultural and intellectual influences on Lewis Carroll’s Alice books. In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, Lewis Carroll created fantastic worlds that continue to live in the minds of readers today. Carroll conceived his Alice books during the 1860s, a time of intense intellectual upheaval, as new scientific, linguistic, educational, and mathematical ideas flourished around the world. Alice in Space explores these historic currents, revealing essential context for Carroll’s jokes, concerns, and hidden references. Parody and Punch, evolutionary debates, philosophical dialogues, educational works for children, math and logic, manners and rituals, dream theory and childhood studies—all fueled the fireworks of Carroll’s restless imagination. In this lively investigation, Gillian Beer convincingly shows him at play in the spaces of Victorian cultural and intellectual life, drawing on then-current controversies, reading prodigiously across many fields, and writing on multiple levels to please both children and adults in different ways. With a welcome combination of learning and lightness, Beer reminds us that Carroll’s books are essentially about the risks and pleasures of curiosity. Along the way, Alice in Space shares Alice’s exceptional ability to spark curiosity in us, too.
Book Synopsis The Fictional 100 by : Lucy Pollard-Gott, PhD
Download or read book The Fictional 100 written by Lucy Pollard-Gott, PhD and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-01-13 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some of the most influential and interesting people in the world are fictional. Sherlock Holmes, Huck Finn, Pinocchio, Anna Karenina, Genji, and Superman, to name a few, may not have walked the Earth (or flown, in Superman's case), but they certainly stride through our lives. They influence us personally: as childhood friends, catalysts to our dreams, or even fantasy lovers. Peruvian author and presidential candidate Mario Vargas Llosa, for one, confessed to a lifelong passion for Flaubert's Madame Bovary. Characters can change the world. Witness the impact of Solzhenitsyn's Ivan Denisovich, in exposing the conditions of the Soviet Gulag, or Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom, in arousing anti-slavery feeling in America. Words such as quixotic, oedipal, and herculean show how fictional characters permeate our language. This list of the Fictional 100 ranks the most influential fictional persons in world literature and legend, from all time periods and from all over the world, ranging from Shakespeare's Hamlet [1] to Toni Morrison's Beloved [100]. By tracing characters' varied incarnations in literature, art, music, and film, we gain a sense of their shape-shifting potential in the culture at large. Although not of flesh and blood, fictional characters have a life and history of their own. Meet these diverse and fascinating people. From the brash Hercules to the troubled Holden Caulfield, from the menacing plots of Medea to the misguided schemes of Don Quixote, The Fictional 100 runs the gamut of heroes and villains, young and old, saints and sinners. Ponder them, fall in love with them, learn from their stories the varieties of human experience--let them live in you.
Book Synopsis Gaither's Dictionary of Scientific Quotations by : Carl C. Gaither
Download or read book Gaither's Dictionary of Scientific Quotations written by Carl C. Gaither and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-01-05 with total page 2800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unprecedented collection of 27,000 quotations is the most comprehensive and carefully researched of its kind, covering all fields of science and mathematics. With this vast compendium you can readily conceptualize and embrace the written images of scientists, laymen, politicians, novelists, playwrights, and poets about humankind's scientific achievements. Approximately 9000 high-quality entries have been added to this new edition to provide a rich selection of quotations for the student, the educator, and the scientist who would like to introduce a presentation with a relevant quotation that provides perspective and historical background on his subject. Gaither's Dictionary of Scientific Quotations, Second Edition, provides the finest reference source of science quotations for all audiences. The new edition adds greater depth to the number of quotations in the various thematic arrangements and also provides new thematic categories.
Book Synopsis The Universe by : Britannica Educational Publishing
Download or read book The Universe written by Britannica Educational Publishing and published by Britannica Educational Publishing. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The universe has been both a subject of study and supplier of fresh mysteries. This book tackles a topic that is infinitely broad with extreme precision and careful organization, bringing the far reaches of the universe squarely into the hands and minds of readers.
