An Igloo On The Moon

Author : David Jenkins
Publisher : Circa
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1911422235

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An Igloo on the Moon by David Jenkins Pdf

"An excellent resource for educating and inspiring young minds on the subjects of architecture, engineering, and the built environment" - Architect's Toy Box Aimed at young, enquiring minds, An Igloo on the Moon explores how and why we build. Beginning with the igloo, whose origins are lost in time, and culminating in the latest 3D-printing technology for lunar habitation, the book weaves together themes and ideas to create an unfolding visual story. Illustrated with a sequence of extraordinary collages, specially created by artist Adrian Buckley, the book ranges through history and across continents. Underlying the narrative is an awareness of environmental issues and the need to reconnect with sustainable patterns of building. It is a book to engage the next generation of architects - and their parents and teachers. Thank you for your beautiful book it reminds us what architecture is about! - Renzo Piano AGES: 6 to 12 years AUTHOR: David Jenkins is an architect who writes about architecture with insight and wit. He has written and edited numerous critically acclaimed books, including Foster 40 and The Strange Death of Architectural Criticism. Adrian Buckley is a renowned graphic artist. For An Igloo on the Moon he has created a compelling series of inhabited landscapes, rich with ideas and possibilities. SELLING POINTS: * A fun and engaging introduction to the basic principles of engineering and architecture * Encourages environmental awareness * Aimed at the next generation of architects 56 colour illustrations

Author : Michael Powell
Publisher : Fox Chapel Publishing
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-25
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781607657330

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How to Send Smoke Signals, Pluck a Chicken & Build an Igloo by Michael Powell Pdf

Curious to know what to do if you get caught in an avalanche? Ever wondered how to stop a runaway horse? Want to impress people by predicting the weather or telling time without a clock (or an iPhone app)? How to Send Smoke Signals, Pluck a Chicken & Build an Igloo is filled with 75 wilderness skills, from practical to potentially useless. Told with a sense of humor and a lot of interesting insight, this is a fun, self-reliant read filled with information you may never use but will be glad to know...because you just never know!

Author : Tamra Andrews
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780195136777

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Dictionary of Nature Myths by Tamra Andrews Pdf

Comprehensive and cross-referenced, this informative volume is a rich introduction to the world of nature as experienced by ancient peoples around the globe. 51 halftones.

Author : Haym Benaroya
Publisher : Springer
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-11
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319682440

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Building Habitats on the Moon by Haym Benaroya Pdf

Designing a habitat for the lunar surface? You will need to know more than structural engineering. There are the effects of meteoroids, radiation, and low gravity. Then there are the psychological and psychosocial aspects of living in close quarters, in a dangerous environment, far away from home. All these must be considered when the habitat is sized, materials specified, and structure designed. This book provides an overview of various concepts for lunar habitats and structural designs and characterizes the lunar environment - the technical and the nontechnical. The designs take into consideration psychological comfort, structural strength against seismic and thermal activity, as well as internal pressurization and 1/6 g. Also discussed are micrometeoroid modeling, risk and redundancy as well as probability and reliability, with an introduction to analytical tools that can be useful in modeling uncertainties.

Author : Libby Brereton
Publisher : Story World
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1927244706

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A Visit with Moon and Sun (Big Book Edition) by Libby Brereton Pdf

A Visit with Moon and Sun is a 16-page retelling of a traditional tale from the Inuit/Arctic. The "flip" side of the book is Inuit Life. Inuit Life contains 8 pages of information about traditional and contemporary life for the Inuit. Contents: Living in the North, Building an Igloo, The Arctic Games, The Kneel Jump, the Stories of a People. Supported by FREE Inquiry Learning Teacher's Notes

Author : Haym Benaroya
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781441908711

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Turning Dust to Gold by Haym Benaroya Pdf

The expansion of our civilization to the Moon and beyond is now within our reach, technically, intellectually and financially. Apollo was not our last foray into the Solar System and already science fiction is finding it difficult to keep ahead of science and engineering fact. In 1807, few people anticipated the Wright Brothers’ human flight a hundred years later. In 1869, only science fiction writers would have suggested landing people on the Moon in 1969. Similarly, other great inventions in mechanics and in electronics were not envisaged and therefore the technologies to which those inventions gave birth were only foreseen by a tiny group of visionaries.

Author : Mariana Gosnell
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 793 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-27
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780307791467

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Ice by Mariana Gosnell Pdf

Like the adventurer who circled an iceberg to see it on all sides, Mariana Gosnell, former Newsweek reporter and author of Zero Three Bravo, a book about flying a small plane around the United States, explores ice in all its complexity, grandeur, and significance.More brittle than glass, at times stronger than steel, at other times flowing like molasses, ice covers 10 percent of the earth’s land and 7 percent of its oceans. In nature it is found in myriad forms, from the delicate needle ice that crunches underfoot in a winter meadow to the massive, centuries-old ice that forms the world’s glaciers. Scientists theorize that icy comets delivered to Earth the molecules needed to get life started, and ice ages have shaped much of the land as we know it.Here is the whole world of ice, from the freezing of Pleasant Lake in New Hampshire to the breakup of a Vermont river at the onset of spring, from the frozen Antarctic landscape that emperor penguins inhabit to the cold, watery route bowhead whales take between Arctic ice floes. Mariana Gosnell writes about frostbite and about the recently discovered 5,000-year-old body of a man preserved in an Alpine glacier. She discusses the work of scientists who extract cylinders of Greenland ice to study the history of the earth’s climate and try to predict its future. She examines ice in plants, icebergs, icicles, and hail; sea ice and permafrost; ice on Mars and in the rings of Saturn; and several new forms of ice developed in labs. She writes of the many uses humans make of ice, including ice-skating, ice fishing, iceboating, and ice climbing; building ice roads and seeding clouds; making ice castles, ice cubes, and iced desserts. Ice is a sparkling illumination of the natural phenomenon whose ebbs and flows over time have helped form the world we live in. It is a pleasure to read, and important to read—for its natural science and revelations about ice’s influence on our everyday lives, and for what it has to tell us about our environment today and in the future.

Author : Tui T. Sutherland
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2022-12-27
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781338730913

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Moon Rising: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel #6) by Tui T. Sutherland Pdf

The graphic novel adaptations of the #1 New York Times bestselling Wings of Fire series continue to set the world on fire! Peace has come to Pyrrhia... for now. The war between the tribes is finally over, and now the dragonets of the prophecy have a plan for lasting peace: Jade Mountain Academy, a school that will gather dragonets from all the tribes and teach them to live together, perhaps even as friends. Moonwatcher isn't sure how she feels about school, however. Hidden in the rainforest for most of her life, the young NightWing has an awful secret. She can read minds, and even see the future. Living in a cave with dozens of other dragons is noisy, exhausting—and dangerous. In just a few days, Moon finds herself overwhelmed by her secret powers and bombarded by strange thoughts, including those of a mysterious dragon who might be a terrible enemy. And when someone starts attacking dragons within the academy, Moon has a choice to make: Stay hidden and safe? Or risk everything to save her new friends? The #1 New York Times bestselling Wings of Fire series soars to new heights in the sixth graphic novel adaptation, with art by Mike Holmes.

Author : IglooBooks
Publisher : Igloo Books
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1800227337

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How to Reach the Moon by IglooBooks Pdf

Mouse is a little creature with big dreams. Read along to join her adventure as she tries to reach new heights with help from her friends. This wonderful, heartwarming book is perfect for a sweet story time.

Author : John Parry
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781460212318

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Arctic Breeze by John Parry Pdf

Arctic Breeze is a poetry book with some creative style ballads and poems that were written about the Arctic Culture. The main theme for writing this book was a bit spiritual with some Mystic background. It portrays the Arctic Culture for the beauty of Nature and the wilderness. Poems about the Caribou and Snowy Owls and ballads about Inuit legends so this book has a variety of well crafted poetry about the wild life as well as some Inuit Mythology as well as some romance poems.

Author : Biranchi Panda,Pshtiwan N. Shakor,Vittoria Laghi
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-08
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780727766427

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Additive Manufacturing for Construction by Biranchi Panda,Pshtiwan N. Shakor,Vittoria Laghi Pdf

Additive Manufacturing for Construction reveals additive manufacturing technologies for building and construction applications. The book explores on-site and off-site construction techniques, featuring design strategies which will eliminate production difficulties and minimise assembly costs, from both academic and industrial perspectives.

Author : Miriam Morton
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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A Harvest of Russian Children by Miriam Morton Pdf

Author : Barrie D. Dunn
Publisher : Springer
Page : 667 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-29
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319233628

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Materials and Processes by Barrie D. Dunn Pdf

The objective of this book is to assist scientists and engineers select the ideal material or manufacturing process for particular applications; these could cover a wide range of fields, from light-weight structures to electronic hardware. The book will help in problem solving as it also presents more than 100 case studies and failure investigations from the space sector that can, by analogy, be applied to other industries. Difficult-to-find material data is included for reference. The sciences of metallic (primarily) and organic materials presented throughout the book demonstrate how they can be applied as an integral part of spacecraft product assurance schemes, which involve quality, material and processes evaluations, and the selection of mechanical and component parts. In this successor edition, which has been revised and updated, engineering problems associated with critical spacecraft hardware and the space environment are highlighted by over 500 illustrations including micrographs and fractographs. Space hardware captured by astronauts and returned to Earth from long durations in space are examined. Information detailed in the Handbook is applicable to general terrestrial applications including consumer electronics as well as high reliability systems associated with aeronautics, medical equipment and ground transportation. This Handbook is also directed to those involved in maximizing the relia bility of new materials and processes for space technology and space engineering. It will be invaluable to engineers concerned with the construction of advanced structures or mechanical and electronic sub-systems.

Author : Allen Steele
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466886445

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Avengers of the Moon by Allen Steele Pdf

Allen Steele, author of Arkwright, gives us a thrilling piece of science fiction pulp with Avengers of the Moon Curt Newton has spent most of his life hidden from the rest of humankind, being raised by a robot, an android, and the disembodied brain of a renowned scientist. This unlikely trio of guardians has kept his existence a closely guarded secret after the murder of Curt's parents. Curt's innate curiosity and nose for trouble inadvertently lead him into a plot to destabilize the Solar Coalition and assassinate the president. There's only one way to uncover the evil mastermind—Curt must become Captain Future. With the permission of the Edmond Hamilton estate, Allen Steele revives the exciting adventures of Captain Future. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Brian Trent
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781787580190

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Ten Thousand Thunders by Brian Trent Pdf

"Ten Thousand Thunders is a thrilling science-fiction adventure from first page to last; Brian Trent is one of our very best new writers and now's the time to start reading him." - Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author Having just been killed in a mysterious shuttle explosion, Gethin Bryce is back to uncover what happened. An unusually gifted investigator with the InterPlanetary Council, Gethin is tasked with seeking out the truth behind unexplained anomalies that lie outside IPC control. His investigation takes him from the luxurious enclaves of Earth’s elite, to the battered Wastelands beyond civilization’s protective thrall. Linking up with an inquiry team from a planet-spanning corporate powerhouse, he also befriends a grim and reluctant outlander who has an important piece of the puzzle—evidence of a sadistic entity which threatens not just civilization, but all life… FLAME TREE PRESS is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launching in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.