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The Wayward Comet

Author : Martin Beech
Publisher : Universal-Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1627340645
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (273 download)

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Download or read book The Wayward Comet written by Martin Beech and published by Universal-Publishers. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comets have not only blazed across the celestial vault throughout human history, they have embellished the night sky since the Earth itself formed some 4.5 billion years ago. Comets were among the first-born solid bodies in the solar system, and their frozen nuclei tell of the primordial chemistry and chaos that ultimately resulted in the formation of the planets, the evolution of life and us. For all this, however, comets have long been celestial oddities: they baffled our distant ancestors, and human society continues to marvel and speculate wildly at their appearance even to the present day. Cutting against the perceived constancy of the stars, comets seemingly present themselves at random times and they are often interpreted as harbingers of terrestrial change - both good and ill. How then are we to tame the comet: where do they form, how do they move, and can their appearances be predicted? Such questions have preoccupied astronomers for centuries but comets have only gradually allowed the secrets of their wayward flight to be revealed. In this book I explore the historical struggle to understand not only the place of comets within a societal context, but also the scientific quest to make their paths amenable to mathematical certitude. The latter narrative is the more technical in content, but it took tactile form with the invention, in 1732, of the cometarium, a mechanical device to demonstrate the first two of Kepler's planetary laws. And, this development was later paralleled, in the mid to late 19th century, by the development of various mechanical devices (analog computers) to help obtain solutions to Kepler's Problem - the problem which asks, exactly where in its orbit is a given comet at some specific set time. The telling of the wayward comets story covers the past two millennia of human history, and it takes us from the phenomenological musings of Aristotle, through the exactitude of Newton's gravitational theory and calculus, to the truly incredible study of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, by the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft, in the modern era.

The Quest for Comets

Author : David H. Levy
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 148995998X
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (899 download)

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Download or read book The Quest for Comets written by David H. Levy and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The brilliant trailing beauty of fiery comets has inspired fear, wonder, and awe since the dawn of human history. Brighter than stars, moving and disappearing in their own singular orbits, comets have been among the most mysterious elements in the sky, eluding our understanding until very recently. With the aid of space probes, scientists have discovered that these swiftly moving chunks of ice and carbon are more plentiful and far more dangerous than suspected. Scientists are also beginning to realize the monumental role played by comets in the development of the Earth and solar system. David Levy describes in dramatic detail the thrilling yet often devastating effects of comet collisions. In the dawn of our solar system, the Earth was barraged with comets that may have carried the materials necessary to lay the foundations for life on this planet. Levy also presents compelling evidence for later comet collisions, including those of the age of dinosaurs. Great impacts, Levy asserts, not only caused the extinction of the dinesaurs, but ushered in new species of life. As Levy so clearly explains, scientists are realizing that comet collisions are virtually inevitable. Levy reveals possible future collisions with the Earth and describes the terrible risks to life they would pose. He even shows how we might prepare to withstand the impact of large comets in the future.

World Without Red

Author : J. P. Cloud
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1450267025
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book World Without Red written by J. P. Cloud and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-08-26 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a result of an atmospheric disaster, the human visual color spectrum on Earth becomes distorted. Green becomes blue- blue becomes green- and the color Red becomes invisible to everyone on the planet! The skies are green- the trees and grass are bluePeoples ?esh appears a translucent gray, covered with blue blood veins. This happens to everyone- the young, the old, the rich and powerfulall over the world! Can you imagine not being able to see red anymore? Could you live in a World Without Red?

They Cast No Shadows

Author : Brian Desborough
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595219578
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (952 download)

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Download or read book They Cast No Shadows written by Brian Desborough and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002-04 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this explosive and compelling book, author Brian Desborough explores the activities of the thirteen interconnected family bloodlines that collectively comprise the secret group known as the Illuminati. His years spent aiding survivors of Satanic ritual abuse and mind control has provided the author with an in-depth knowledge of Illuminati history and their future plans for the human race. The culmination of three decades of intensive research, this provocative book is designed to take readers out of their comfort zone and examine the historical and archaeological data, which reveal that: · Israel was created not by illiterate pastoralists, as is claimed by biblical scholars, but by skilled Kenite copper smelters. · The Dead Sea Scrolls were not written at Khirbat Qumran. · The Temple Mount is not the site of the Temples of Solomon and Herod. Applying a synthesis of history, politics, science and covert intelligence sources, the author explores such diverse subjects as mind control, advanced energy systems, terrestrially constructed flying saucers, extraterrestrials, and the planned double-cross of the western Illuminati factions by China and Russia. Oriented toward both the scholar and layperson, this revealing book is a "must read" for those interested in history, politics or high technology.

The American Monthly Magazine

Author : Nathaniel Parker Willis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 942 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book The American Monthly Magazine written by Nathaniel Parker Willis and published by . This book was released on 1829 with total page 942 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The American Monthly Magazine

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 886 pages
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Magicians of the Gods

Author : Graham Hancock
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1444779699
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (447 download)

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Download or read book Magicians of the Gods written by Graham Hancock and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2015-09-10 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Graham Hancock's multi-million bestseller Fingerprints of the Gods remains an astonishing, deeply controversial, wide-ranging investigation of the mysteries of our past and the evidence for Earth's lost civilization. Twenty years on, Hancock returns with a book filled with completely new, scientific and archaeological evidence, which has only recently come to light... The evidence revealed in this book shows beyond reasonable doubt that an advanced civilization that flourished during the Ice Age was destroyed in the global cataclysms between 12,800 and 11,600 years ago. Near the end of the last Ice Age 12,800 years ago, a giant comet that had entered the solar system from deep space thousands of years earlier, broke into multiple fragments. Some of these struck the Earth causing a global cataclysm on a scale unseen since the extinction of the dinosaurs. At least eight of the fragments hit the North American ice cap, while further fragments hit the northern European ice cap. The impacts, from comet fragments a mile wide approaching at more than 60,000 miles an hour, generated huge amounts of heat which instantly liquidized millions of square kilometres of ice, destabilizing the Earth's crust and causing the global Deluge that is remembered in myths all around the world. A second series of impacts, equally devastating, causing further cataclysmic flooding, occurred 11,600 years ago, the exact date that Plato gives for the destruction and submergence of Atlantis. But there were survivors - known to later cultures by names such as 'the Sages', 'the Magicians', 'the Shining Ones', and 'the Mystery Teachers of Heaven'. They travelled the world in their great ships doing all in their power to keep the spark of civilization burning. They settled at key locations - Gobekli Tepe in Turkey, Baalbek in the Lebanon, Giza in Egypt, ancient Sumer, Mexico, Peru and across the Pacific where a huge pyramid has recently been discovered in Indonesia. Everywhere they went these 'Magicians of the Gods' brought with them the memory of a time when mankind had fallen out of harmony with the universe and paid a heavy price. A memory and a warning to the future... For the comet that wrought such destruction between 12,800 and 11,600 years may not be done with us yet. Astronomers believe that a 20-mile wide 'dark' fragment of the original giant comet remains hidden within its debris stream and threatens the Earth. An astronomical message encoded at Gobekli Tepe, and in the Sphinx and the pyramids of Egypt,warns that the 'Great Return' will occur in our time...

Til We Come to Be

Author : Mel Highline
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1608444155
Total Pages : 534 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Til We Come to Be written by Mel Highline and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2010-02 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five hundred years have passed since a man took that one small step on the moon. Now humankind is ready for the next giant leap. The starship, ESC-1, the most ambitious and costly project ever undertaken, embarks on its historic journey. The destination is light-years and decades away but Captain Tara Nelson and crew believe they are ready for any challenge. However, millennia ago, events were set into motion that will turn their new home, a pristine moon circling a ringed gas giant, into a cosmic bull's eye. As the budding colony begins to thrive, they discover a strange anomaly. From the star system's outer reaches, hordes of asteroids are plunging toward their world. Initially, surrounded by 26th century technology, it is little more than a nuisance. Then, inexplicably, that technology begins to fail. Now, to their horror, they are powerless, completely at the mercy of the deadly, onrushing calamity.

Rise of the Beast

Author : Kenneth Zeigler
Publisher : Destiny Image Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0768490863
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (684 download)

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Download or read book Rise of the Beast written by Kenneth Zeigler and published by Destiny Image Publishers. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following his defeat in the War in Heaven, Satan and his minions have fled to Earth where they fight to establish a worldly kingdom and end the dominance of humankind. Satan, in the guise of a New Age holy man, has created a new faith based on world unity and peace. But his real goal is to bring about a new dark age where he is worshiped as god. He manipulates humanity and its politics to place a man loyal to him, the Beast, in charge of Europe’s government. The Beast is opposed by the Christian community. Among those standing in his way are Christian evangelists Chris and Serena Davis. Only with them out of the way can his ambition become reality. Journey along in this exciting and fascinating story as Chris and Serena fight against spiritual, physical, and emotional challenges every step of the way.

The Ringed Planet, Second Edition

Author : Joshua Colwell
Publisher : Morgan & Claypool Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1643277146
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book The Ringed Planet, Second Edition written by Joshua Colwell and published by Morgan & Claypool Publishers. This book was released on 2019-11-22 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On September 15, 2017, the Cassini spacecraft sent its final transmission to the Earth as it entered the atmosphere of Saturn, ending its historic 13 year mission at the ringed planet. This book is a beautifully illustrated journey of discovery through the Saturn system. Cassini's instruments have revealed never seen before details, including the only extraterrestrial lakes known in the solar system, and have provided unprecedented views of the rings, moons, and the planet itself. Results from Cassini's dramatic Grand Finale of ring-grazing and planet-skimming orbits are included in this expanded and updated second edition. Saturn is the jewel of the solar system. The Cassini spacecraft has been exploring the ringed planet and its moons and rings since 2004 and has helped us solve many of its mysteries while generating a wealth of new questions. Cassini has observed the bizarre mountains of Iapetus, the geysers of Enceladus, the lakes of Titan, and the dynamic and evolving rings. Along the way, this book explores and explains the fundamental processes that shape not just the Saturn system, but planets and moons in general. Written for the general audience with an emphasis on the fundamental physics of planetary systems, The Ringed Planet is a fascinating exploration of the Saturn system that places Saturn in the context of the solar system as a whole. Cassini's instruments have revealed Enceladus and Titan to have subsurface oceans of liquid water. Its cameras have returned stunning images of rings in turmoil, a tumbling moon, the only extraterrestrial lakes known in the solar system, a hexagon of clouds, some of the highest mountains in the solar system and much more. More than a journey of discovery at Saturn, The Ringed Planet is also an introduction to how planetary systems work.

The Freedom Book

Author : W. Russell Ogden Ph.D.
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1449721664
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (497 download)

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Download or read book The Freedom Book written by W. Russell Ogden Ph.D. and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2011-07-25 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Freedom is Americas highest value. We are the land of the free and the home of the brave. The stars and stripes of our flag wave Freedom over our embassies around the world. Immigrants risk their lives to gain freedom in America. The Statue of Liberty welcomes them to our shores. Our laws are designed to protect physical and political freedom for all citizens equally. Spiritual freedom is the Christians highest value. This is the basis of all the freedoms we enjoy. The Freedom Book traces the history of freedomhow God gave us freedom at creation, how it was impaired by the fall in Eden and how Jesus Christ restored it through his death on the cross and resurrection to eternal life. Not all truth is liberating, but the truth of Gods word is liberating. Jesus said, If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and (this) truth will set you free (John 8:31-32). This book can guide you on the path to true freedom.

The Omega Days

Author : Danny Bernardo Bajit
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1456880241
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (568 download)

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Download or read book The Omega Days written by Danny Bernardo Bajit and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-04-13 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Star Territory

Author : Gordon Fraser
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812297903
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Star Territory written by Gordon Fraser and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2021-06-04 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States has been a space power since its founding, Gordon Fraser writes. The white stars on its flag reveal the dream of continental elites that the former colonies might constitute a "new constellation" in the firmament of nations. The streets and avenues of its capital city were mapped in reference to celestial observations. And as the nineteenth century unfolded, all efforts to colonize the North American continent depended upon the science of surveying, or mapping with reference to celestial movement. Through its built environment, cultural mythology, and exercise of military power, the United States has always treated the cosmos as a territory available for exploitation. In Star Territory Fraser explores how from its beginning, agents of the state, including President John Adams, Admiral Charles Henry Davis, and astronomer Maria Mitchell, participated in large-scale efforts to map the nation onto cosmic space. Through almanacs, maps, and star charts, practical information and exceptionalist mythologies were transmitted to the nation's soldiers, scientists, and citizens. This is, however, only one part of the story Fraser tells. From the country's first Black surveyors, seamen, and publishers to the elected officials of the Cherokee Nation and Hawaiian resistance leaders, other actors established alternative cosmic communities. These Black and indigenous astronomers, prophets, and printers offered ways of understanding the heavens that broke from the work of the U.S. officials for whom the universe was merely measurable and exploitable. Today, NASA administrators advocate public-private partnerships for the development of space commerce while the military seeks to control strategic regions above the atmosphere. If observers imagine that these developments are the direct offshoots of a mid-twentieth-century space race, Fraser brilliantly demonstrates otherwise. The United States' efforts to exploit the cosmos, as well as the resistance to these efforts, have a history that starts nearly two centuries before the Gemini and Apollo missions of the 1960s.

Cabinet Of Curiosities, A: The Myth, Magic And Measure Of Meteorites

Author : Martin Beech
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9811224935
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book Cabinet Of Curiosities, A: The Myth, Magic And Measure Of Meteorites written by Martin Beech and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2021-03-05 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hurtling through the atmosphere, in a blaze of light and reverberating percussions, the arrival of a meteorite on Earth is a magical, rare, and precious sight. These characteristics have accordingly ensured a long, yet often controversial history. For all this, meteorites are cosmic messengers. They tell us about the entire history of the solar system, their story carrying us from the very earliest moments, when solid material first began to form in the solar nebula. Indeed, meteorites played a key role in the origins of Earth's oceans and the genesis of life. Meteorites additionally tell us about the origin and evolution of the asteroids, and they tell us about impacts upon the Moon as well as the volcanic history of planet Mars. Much is known about the structure and chemistry of meteorites, but for all this, they still harbor many scientific mysteries that have yet to be resolved.

William Frederick Denning

Author : Martin Beech
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031444434
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (314 download)

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Download or read book William Frederick Denning written by Martin Beech and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-12-01 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a detailed biographical account of the industrious late nineteenth-century astronomer William Frederick Denning who, in later life, rose to be a celebrated public figure and a highly respected amateur astronomer. The book also examines Denning’s many contributions to the astronomy of his time. As an indomitable promotor of amateur astronomy, Denning was closely involved in the formation of the short-lived, but historically pivotal, Observational Astronomy Society (OAS) in 1869. Readers will learn about the origins and the observational programs initiated by the OAS, and the author also presents a series of biographical sketches of its most industrious members. Furthermore, by examining Denning’s letters and publications, the author shows how he helped to nurture the growth of amateur astronomy, also teaching amateur observers how to make their efforts scientifically useful. A stalwart observer and enthusiast himself, Denning was a key player in the development of meteor astronomy in England, culminating in his being invited, in 1922, to be the first President of Commission 22 (meteors, meteorites and interplanetary dust) of the newly formed International Astronomical Union. The text follows the development and rapid growth of meteor astronomy during the nineteenth century, focusing upon the key observations and important theoretical advances. In addition, it pays tribute to pioneering practitioners, who, along with Denning, set out to unravel the story and secrets of the shooting stars. While not an openly forthright or strident figure, Denning, at the height of his career, became embroiled in two public and controversial issues. The first related to his pseudo-scientific theory of optical blurring, and his belief that large-aperture telescopes performed less efficiently than smaller-aperture telescopes when used in the study of planetary disks. The second concerned the mysterious issue of stationary meteor shower radiants—an apparent observational reduction that was completely at odds with both the standard theories of gravitational dynamics and the generally accepted notion of meteoroid stream structure. The book explores these two controversies and uses them to examine Denning’s outlook on scientific methodology.

Going Underground: The Science And History Of Falling Through The Earth

Author : Beech Martin
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9813279052
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book Going Underground: The Science And History Of Falling Through The Earth written by Beech Martin and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2019-03-07 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book follows the historical trail by which humanity has determined the shape and internal structure of the Earth. It is a story that bears on aspects of the history of science, the history of philosophy and the history of mathematics. At the heart of the narrative is the important philosophical practice of performing thought experiments — that is, the art of considering an idealized experiment in the mind. This powerful technique has been used by all the great historical practitioners of science and mathematics, and this book looks specifically at the long history of considering what would happen if an object could be dropped into a tunnel that cuts all the way through the Earth's interior. Indeed, the story begins with a historical whodunit, tracing back through the historical literature the origins of what is now a classic, textbook problem in simple harmonic motion.

The Kabbalah Pillars

Author : Lewis Green
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595236154
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (952 download)

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Download or read book The Kabbalah Pillars written by Lewis Green and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002-07-17 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique Science Fiction blend of time Warps; An angelic lodge initiating a warrior candidate; an important romance developing between a maturing couple whose time is running out; a comet which seems to be on a mission; the discovery of a pair of ancient pillars which hold some of the mystical secrets of the Kabbalah; and the garden at the end of our days.