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Many Skies

Author : Arthur Upgren
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813553563
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Many Skies written by Arthur Upgren and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2005-01-18 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if Earth had several moons or massive rings like Saturn? What if the Sun were but one star in a double-star or triple-star system? What if Earth were the only planet circling the Sun? These and other imaginative scenarios are the subject of Arthur Upgren's inventive book Many Skies: Alternative Histories of the Sun, Moon, Planets, and Stars. Although the night sky as we know it seems eternal and inevitable, Upgren reminds us that, just as easily, it could have been very different. Had the solar sytem happened to be in the midst of a star cluster, we might have many more bright stars in the sky. Yet had it been located beyond the edge of the Milky Way galaxy, we might have no stars at all. If Venus or Mars had a moon as large as ours, we would be able to view it easily with the unaided eye. Given these or other alternative skies, what might Ptolemy or Copernicus have concluded about the center of the solar sytem and the Sun? This book not only examines the changes in science that these alternative solar, stellar, and galactic arrangements would have brought, it also explores the different theologies, astrologies, and methods of tracking time that would have developed to reflect them. Our perception of our surroundings, the number of gods we worship, the symbols we use in art and literature, even the way we form nations and empires are all closely tied to our particular (and accidental) placement in the universe. Many Skies, however, is not merely a fanciful play on what might have been. Upgren also explores the actual ways that human interferences such as light pollution are changing the night sky. Our atmosphere, he warns, will appear very different if we have belt of debris circling the globe and blotting out the stars, as will happen if advertisers one day pollute space with brilliant satellites displaying their products. From fanciful to foreboding, the scenarios in Many Skies will both delight and inspire reflection, reminding us that ours is but one of many worldviews based on our experience of a universe that is as much a product of accident as it is of intention.

David Bellamy's Skies, Light and Atmosphere in Watercolour

Author : David Bellamy
Publisher : Search Press Limited
ISBN 13 : 1781267766
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (812 download)

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Download or read book David Bellamy's Skies, Light and Atmosphere in Watercolour written by David Bellamy and published by Search Press Limited. This book was released on 2012-05-15 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this second book in a series covering elements of the landscape, renowned watercolourist, David Bellamy shows how to paint skies, light and atmosphere and how choices involving these three key elements can affect a painting. Starting with skies, David Bellamy covers basic techniques, composition, clouds, special effects like silver linings, sunsets and shafts of light, and much more, then there is a step by step dramatic sky demonstration. Next comes light, with plenty of advice including warm and cool light, using glazes, cast shadows, light from different directions, painting the sun and reflected light, followed by a step by step demonstration featuring strong light and shadow. The atmosphere section covers haze and mist, fog, mountains in cloud, smoke and steam, rain, storms and tranquil moods, and is followed by an atmospheric step by step painting of a waterfall. David Bellamy's extensive travels and much admired painting style ensure that there are plenty of beautiful, inspiring paintings of skies, light and atmosphere throughout the book.

When Skies Have Fallen

Author : Debbie McGowan
Publisher : Beaten Track Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1910635510
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book When Skies Have Fallen written by Debbie McGowan and published by Beaten Track Publishing. This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 28th Lambda Literary Award (Gay Romance). For many in war-torn 1944, love blossoms in the dance hall, and airman Arty Clarke is no exception. He's a thinker and a dreamer; however, it's not the beautiful, talented dancer in his arms - his best friend Jean - who inspires his dreams. For when his gaze meets that of Technical Sergeant Jim Johnson, Arty dares to imagine a different dance. Their love is forbidden, by both the armed forces and the law, but with Jean's cunning and support, Arty and Jim try to bridge the distance between them and find true love despite the danger and a life-threatening disaster that could destroy Arty's dreams for good. Can the pair stand strong together, no matter how many skies have fallen? ---- Part of Love is an Open Road (Don't Read in the Closet 2015) MM Romance Group

Dangerous Skies

Author : Suzanne Fisher Staples
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1466813571
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Dangerous Skies written by Suzanne Fisher Staples and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2006-08-05 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Season of Change Along the Virginia shoreline where their families have lived for generations, Buck and Tunes Smith defy tradition. Raised together like brother and sister, they are bound by surname, but not by skin color. And just as Buck has come to rely on Tunes, Tunes has come to trust that even in a place where race can mean so much, their friendship will remain as dependable as the tides. But then the horrifying events of one spring afternoon tear them apart -- and change their world forever. Desperate to hang on to the thing that he values most, Buck struggles to uphold their friendship -- without realizing that his efforts are pushing Tunes farther and farther away. From a Newbury Honor -- winning author, this is a powerfully moving story of friendship in the face of racism, and betrayal in the name of loyalty.

Visual Astronomy Under Dark Skies

Author : Antony Cooke
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9781852339012
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Visual Astronomy Under Dark Skies written by Antony Cooke and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-06-17 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provide the reader with everything he needs to know about what to observe, and using some of today’s state-of-the-art technique and commercial equipment, how to get superb views of faint and distant astronomical objects. Only guide to live observation of deep space, utilizing modern image enhancement techniques (image intensifiers and CCD video monitors) Detailed information supplied on the image intensifiers and CCD video monitors Explains how to select and prepare sites for live viewing.

A Manual of Photographic Technique

Author : L. J. Hibbert
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Manual of Photographic Technique written by L. J. Hibbert and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Mentor-world Traveler

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 730 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Mentor-world Traveler written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Exploring Ancient Skies

Author : David H. Kelley
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 038726356X
Total Pages : 623 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (872 download)

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Download or read book Exploring Ancient Skies written by David H. Kelley and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-12-06 with total page 623 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring Ancient Skies brings together the methods of archaeology and the insights of modern astronomy to explore the science of astronomy as it was practiced in various cultures prior to the invention of the telescope. The book reviews an enormous and growing body of literature on the cultures of the ancient Mediterranean, the Far East, and the New World (particularly Mesoamerica), putting the ancient astronomical materials into their archaeological and cultural contexts. The authors begin with an overview of the field and proceed to essential aspects of naked-eye astronomy, followed by an examination of specific cultures. The book concludes by taking into account the purposes of ancient astronomy: astrology, navigation, calendar regulation, and (not least) the understanding of our place and role in the universe. Skies are recreated to display critical events as they would have appeared to ancient observers - events such as the supernova of 1054, the 'lion horoscope' or the 'Star of Bethlehem.' Exploring Ancient Skies provides a comprehensive overview of the relationships between astronomy and other areas of human investigation. It will be useful as a reference for scholars and students in both astronomy and archaeology, and will be of compelling interest to readers who seek a broad understanding of our collective intellectual history.

A Biography of David Cox

Author : William Hall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book A Biography of David Cox written by William Hall and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Child

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book The Child written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Alpine Journal

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (126 download)

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Download or read book The Alpine Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Death from the Skies!

Author : Philip C. Plait
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780670019977
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (199 download)

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Download or read book Death from the Skies! written by Philip C. Plait and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's only a matter of time before a cosmic disaster spells the end of the Earth. But how concerned should we about about any of these catastrophic scenarios? And if they do post a danger, can anything be done to stop them?

The Stars in Our Skies

Author : Oscar Relentos
Publisher : Oscar Relentos
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Stars in Our Skies written by Oscar Relentos and published by Oscar Relentos. This book was released on with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Samantha Rhodes has competition on the Apocalypse Network rankings. Krista Daniels, the amoral producer of Samantha's ruined regions show, secretly produces a separate show with a scarred beauty named Eve Desislava and her robotic dragon-genie. Scorching the ruined regions in her wake, Eve unknowingly challenges The Colossus of Rhodes nightly for ratings. Haunted by the fake ghosts of dead loved ones, Eve stops at nothing to avenge their restless, holographic spirits. Samantha strives to liberate afflicted villagers in the ruined regions, until the inevitable moment where Krista elects for her two creations to clash in an inferno of fire and wonder, for the entertainment of so many sadistic viewers in Krista's unruined society. In the chaos of Eve's misguided fury, Samantha rediscovers the true enemy of her world in so many glassy eyed lizards and stars above glowing with wonder. And in that moment of epiphany, thousands of man-made stars may fall from their midnight skies, when Samantha reveals the reality of her world to the ones she loves.

Blue Skies

Author : Patrick Parsons
Publisher : Temple University Press
ISBN 13 : 1592137067
Total Pages : 816 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (921 download)

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Download or read book Blue Skies written by Patrick Parsons and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2008-04-05 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cable television is arguably the dominant mass media technology in the U.S. today. Blue Skies traces its history in detail, depicting the important events and people that shaped its development, from the precursors of cable TV in the 1920s and '30s to the first community antenna systems in the 1950s, and from the creation of the national satellite-distributed cable networks in the 1970s to the current incarnation of "info-structure" that dominates our lives. Author Patrick Parsons also considers the ways that economics, public perception, public policy, entrepreneurial personalities, the social construction of the possibilities of cable, and simple chance all influenced the development of cable TV. Since the 1960s, one of the pervasive visions of "cable" has been of a ubiquitous, flexible, interactive communications system capable of providing news, information, entertainment, diverse local programming, and even social services. That set of utopian hopes became known as the "Blue Sky" vision of cable television, from which the book takes its title. Thoroughly documented and carefully researched, yet lively, occasionally humorous, and consistently insightful, Blue Skies is the genealogy of our media society.

Go-To Telescopes Under Suburban Skies

Author : Neale Monks
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1441968512
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Go-To Telescopes Under Suburban Skies written by Neale Monks and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-09-14 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Go-To Telescopes Under Suburban Skies is the first book specifically written for amateur astronomers who own, or who are about to purchase, a computer-controlled ‘go-to’ telescope. The advantage of the ‘go-to’ capability is enormous – the telescope can be aimed at any object in the sky with great speed and accuracy – which is why these instruments are so popular. Making the realistic assumption that the observer is using a relatively small telescope and is observing from a backyard in a suburban area, this book provides literally hundreds more targets beyond those offered by the built-in ‘nightly tours’ that feature on the telescope’s computer tours. And instead of wasting many pages on maps and coordinates, it leads the computer to locate the targets, and so has room to suggest many more fascinating deep-sky objects and provide detailed observing lists and information about what's being viewed.

Unfriendly Skies

Author : Rodney Stich
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0932438318
Total Pages : 678 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (324 download)

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Download or read book Unfriendly Skies written by Rodney Stich and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a former government agent, and other former government agents, detail the pattern of lies by White House politicians to support the invasion of Iraq, the massive cover-ups of the lies by U.S. politicians and most of the U.S. media, and the dire consequences of these wrongful acts.

Unfriendly skies: 20th & 21st Centuries

Author : Rodney Stich
Publisher : Silverpeak Enterprises
ISBN 13 : 0932438415
Total Pages : 740 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (324 download)

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Download or read book Unfriendly skies: 20th & 21st Centuries written by Rodney Stich and published by Silverpeak Enterprises. This book was released on 2008 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A former key federal aviation safety inspector-investigator details and documents the culture and misconduct responsible for certain specific airline disasters during the past 50 years, including the area of primary blame for the 9/11 hijackings.