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Author : Dana Vaughn,Vaughn, Lewis Dana Stephanie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1989-10-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0517005328
Author : Patricia Koretchuk
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780889207400
“Dour Scot” is the wrong description for David Caldow, who leads readers on a romp from the early twentieth century to the present, from an insular Scottish village to modern-day, multicultural British Columbia, from boyhood to old age. Throughout the tour he shares decades of laughter, tears, fears, and growth. In 1910, the certain path of David’s life in Scotland is disrupted by the visit of an awe-inspiring comet. This brilliant visitor inspires the boy to dream of circling the world, like the comet, even though his life’s goal is to become a farm manager, like his father. As a young man seeking to fulfill his dreams, he travels to Canada and works his way from Quebec to British Columbia, guided by the lessons of his father and his memories of Scotland. During his travels he grows in his understanding of himself, of the nature of love, of the ways of the world and its peoples, and of the poetry of Robert Burns. As a worker for the Farmer’s Institute and as farm manager for Colony Farm and Tranquille, two extensive BC government-owned farms, David contributes to raising the standards of Canadian agriculture. At seventy years old, he broadens the scope of his world even further, accepting a two-year Canadian federal-government position teaching farming in Tanzania. Chasing the Comet is a true story that reads like fiction. David’s candour and his Scottish humour help him survive and thrive. In the book’s epilogue, David ponders the meaning of all his years of living, addressing questions such as: What is love? What is success? And how does one achieve them? David Caldow lived an active life in Surrey, British Columbia until his death at the age of ninety-six.
Author : Dona Vaughn
Publisher : Walker & Company
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0802709362
When in 1910 Antonia tries to convince Justice Morgan to help her to use an airplane to mix her aunt's ashes with Halley's Comet, he falls in love with her
Author : David H. Levy
Publisher : Prometheus Books
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781615925575
Veteran comet hunter and eloquent popular astronomy writer David H. Levy takes amateur sky-watchers on a fascinating journey into deep space in this enthusiastic and informative survey of the many far distant yet observable objects in the night sky. Light years beyond our solar system, deep sky objects include such intriguing phenomena as double and triple stars, nebulae, galaxies, and quasars. Designed to be accessible for even beginners, Levy''s clear, elegant descriptions will guide astronomy buffs in any hemisphere and locale (light-polluted cities as well as dark countryside) to the wonders of our enormous universe. As the discoverer or codiscoverer of twenty-one comets, including the famous Shoemaker-Levy 9 that crashed into Jupiter in 1994, Levy has devoted many decades of experience to observing the night sky. Over the years he has located over 300 deep sky objects, of which more than 100 "best and brightest" are featured in this book. Levy offers a physical description and a discussion of each object''s history and beauty, as well as a star atlas to aid in finding the objects. Proceeding from objects closest to our solar system to those farthest away, Levy gives readers an awe-inspiring glimpse into the structure of the cosmos. Complete with both color and black-and-white photos, plus many helpful illustrations, Deep Sky Objects is the ideal guide to the wonders of the universe for both experienced and novice star gazers.
Author : M. a. Coles
Publisher : Trafford on Demand Pub
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2007-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1425107435
A heroic thirteen year old girl receives help from afar and sets out to save our planet from a spectacular comet on a collision course with Earth.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2005-11-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1417825286
Author : Nancy Dickmann
Publisher : Mission: Space Science
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0778753980
Oumuamua is a space rock that formed around another star. Of the 10,000 space objects that have hurled past our Sun, this rock provides some proof that there are planets similar to Earth outside our solar system. This intriguing book reveals to young space explorers the secrets contained in the rocks that fly around in space.
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264217294
Space Economy at a Glance provides a statistical overview of the global space sector and its contributions to economic activity. This new edition provides indicators and statistics based on both official and private data, in over forty countries, and identifies new dynamics in the space sector.
Author : Dr Ezzy Pearson
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780750996372
Space sparks the imagination in fantastic ways, but nothing quite captures people's attention more than when we actually reach out and touch another world. Whether it's missions to the Moon, transporting rovers to Mars or landing Philae on a comet, the idea that we can not only picture these worlds from afar, but to touch them is wonderfully inspiring, and it is through cutting-edge robotic technology that it is made possible. In Robots in Space expert space journalist Dr Ezzy Pearson delves into the fascinating robotic history of space exploration, from distant times when stars were an unreachable godly mystery, through the intense Space Race following the Second World War to the Mars missions of the twenty-first century. As we find ourselves on the cusp of a new and exciting space age, Pearson explores how and why humanity turns its best minds to travelling to the stars, and exactly how far we could go.
Author : Michael McCollum
Publisher : Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781625675194
The new comet found near Jupiter was an incredible treasure trove of water-ice and rock. Immediately, the water-starved Luna Republic and Sierra Corporation, a leader in asteroid mining, were squabbling over rights to the new resource. But all thoughts of profit and fame were abandoned when a scientific expedition discovered that the comet's trajectory placed it on a collision course with Earth! As scientists struggled to find a way to alter the comet's course, world leaders tried desperately to restrain mass panic, and two lovers quarreled over the direction the comet was to take, all Earth waited to see if humanity had any future at all...
Author : James Kidder
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 23 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781664114258
During one of his quirky uncle's visits, little Tom Finnegan received a marvelous rocking-horse and a strange set of keys -which didn’t seem to fit in any locks- as presents from that toy-maker who so happened to be his mother’ sibling. The rocking-horse turned suddenly into a real foal as the nighttime fell, and galloped up across the starry sky with little Tom on his back for the undertaking of their first unspeakable voyage in outer-space; but soon the imprisoning obstacles to their happy adventures arose. Will that mysterious set of keys which he was given along with the wooden-horse open their door back to freedom?
Author : Karen Kwek
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-23
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9789811241765
Adventures with Great Minds is an immersive encounter with 20 of history's most influential people. How did George Stephenson's invention bring progress? Whose imagination gave us the Chinese classic, Journey to the West? What legacy did Clara Barton leave? Learn how Halley's Comet was discovered. Observe living things through the eyes of Charles Darwin. And be inspired by Helen Keller's determination. From early ocean navigators to the first man to walk on the moon, experience the genius and grit of the world's great minds as never before!
Author : Natalie Starkey
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781472944030
'A promising debut.' New Scientist Icy, rocky, sometimes dusty, always mysterious – comets and asteroids are among the Solar System's very oldest inhabitants, formed within a swirling cloud of gas and dust in the area of space that eventually hosted the Sun and its planets. Locked within each of these extra-terrestrial objects is the 4.6-billion-year wisdom of Solar System events, and by studying them at close quarters using spacecraft we can coerce them into revealing their closely-guarded secrets. This offers us the chance to answer some fundamental questions about our planet and its inhabitants. Exploring comets and asteroids also allows us to shape the story of Earth's future, enabling us to protect our precious planet from the threat of a catastrophic impact from space, and maybe to even recover valuable raw materials from them. This cosmic bounty could be as useful in space as it is on Earth, providing the necessary fuel and supplies for humans as they voyage into deep space to explore more distant locations within the Solar System. Catching Stardust tells the story of these enigmatic celestial objects, revealing how scientists are using them to help understand a crucial time in our history – the birth of the Solar System, and everything contained within it.
Author : Colin R. McInnes
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781447139928
Solar sailing - using the sun as a propellant - offers the possibility of low-cost long-distance missions that are impossible with conventional spacecraft. This first comprehensive book on this propulsion method provides a detailed account of solar sailing, at a high technical level, but in a way accessible to the scientifically informed layperson. Solar sail orbital dynamics and solar radiation pressure form the foundations of the book, but the engineering design of solar sails is also considered, along with potential mission applications.
Author : Nancy Kersey,Helen Samaras
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-19
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781304188809
A biography of the life of Jonathan Frid, the actor who was most known for playing Barnabas Collins in Dark Shadows.