Earths Of Distant Suns

Author : Michael Carroll
Publisher : Springer
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319439648

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Earths of Distant Suns by Michael Carroll Pdf

Based on the latest missions results and supported by commissioned artwork, this book explores the possible lessons we may learn from exoplanets. As the number of known Earth-like objects grows significantly, the author explores what is known about the growing roster of "pale blue dots" far afield. Aided by an increased sensitivity of the existing observatories, recent discoveries by Keck, the Hubble Space Telescope, and Kepler are examined. These findings, once thought to be closer to the realm of science fiction, have fired the imaginations of the general public as well as scientists. All of us are mesmerized by the possibility of other Earth-like worlds out there. Author Michael Carroll asks the tough questions of what the expected gain is from identifying these Earth analogs spread across the Universe and the reasons for studying them. Potentially, they could teach us about our own climate and Solar System. Also explored are the more remote options of communication between or even travel to these distant yet perhaps not so dissimilar worlds.

Author : Dionysius Lardner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 980 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1853
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : PRNC:32101067205953

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Handbook of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy. Third Course. Meteorology, Astronomy by Dionysius Lardner Pdf

Author : Felicia M. Miyakawa
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Music
ISBN : 025334574X

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Five Percenter Rap by Felicia M. Miyakawa Pdf

Hip-hop evangelism--a compelling look at a rap subgroup that explores its musical, social, and political contexts.

Author : Michael Carroll
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031413605

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Planet Earth, Past and Present by Michael Carroll Pdf

The Earth is not the world it once was, and it is not the world it will always be. This book describes the exciting, complex, and occasionally baffling history of our own planet. Over the course of its 4.5 billion years, Earth has undergone astonishing changes to its surface and atmosphere, at times more closely resembling other planets in our Solar System than the habitable, teeming biosphere of today. Through these otherworldly analogs, author-illustrator Michael Carroll teaches readers about different aspects of our own planet’s past. Our nearest cosmic neighbor, Venus, offers insights into Earth’s own young atmosphere and surface, while Saturn’s moon Titan may offer a window into the genesis of life on Earth. Planet Earth, Past and Present explores these and many more connections. Original art accompanies each chapter, depicting major stages of the Earth’s evolution and providing vivid comparisons to other planets or moons. Come along on this journey through the Solar System—a journey that ultimately leads us home.

Author : John A. Eddy
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0160838088

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The Sun, the Earth, and Near-earth Space by John A. Eddy Pdf

" ... Concise explanations and descriptions - easily read and readily understood - of what we know of the chain of events and processes that connect the Sun to the Earth, with special emphasis on space weather and Sun-Climate."--Dear Reader.

Author : Nikolay S. Sidorenkov
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009-08-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783527627738

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The Interaction Between Earth's Rotation and Geophysical Processes by Nikolay S. Sidorenkov Pdf

Filling an important gap in the geophysical literature at specialist level, this monograph is the only up-to-date title to provide a link between the Earth's rotation and its atmo- and hydrosphere, including the ice masses. Starting with the Earth's motions, the text goes on to look at irregularities and the effect of atmospheric processes on the Earth's spin. Tides and seasons occupy the following sections before a discussion of the Earth-ocean-atmosphere system and the mechanical action of the atmosphere on the Earth's rotation. The whole is rounded off by an index of abbreviations and appendices with sections on related physics for better readability, plus a comprehensive bibliography for further reading. A must for geophysicists, oceanographers, glaciologists, climatologists and meteorologists alike.

Author : Associate Professor of Philosophy Patricia Smith,Patricia Smith
Publisher : Blurb
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1364870002

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Distant Suns by Associate Professor of Philosophy Patricia Smith,Patricia Smith Pdf

A beautifully descriptive story about love, self-sacrifice and the desperate battle to avoid extinction on a dying world.A massive cloud of hydrogen is traveling through space on a collision course with Earth. At a high-ranking meeting, two astronomers, Edward and Joseph, are sworn to secrecy when they reveal that in six months' time, as the gas envelops the planet, it will turn the atmosphere into a fireball. Their beautiful young prodigy, the resourceful Lauren, is initially kept in the dark, but soon discovers the destination of the cloud when she calculates its route. Two months before its encounter with Earth, the gas is captured and absorbed by the planet Jupiter. They think they have avoided disaster, but you can be looking the wrong way when the end of the world sneaks up on you.

Author : John Harris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 954 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1704
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NKP:1003022539

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Lexicon Technicum by John Harris Pdf

Author : Christopher A. Matthew
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2023-06-20
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780198874300

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Eratosthenes and the Measurement of the Earth's Circumference (c.230 BC) by Christopher A. Matthew Pdf

Eratosthenes and the Measurement of the Earth's Circumference (c.230 BC) is an innovative and thought-provoking examination of one of the pivotal moments in the history of science. This text analyses a debate that has been going on for more than 2,300 years over the accuracy of Eratosthenes' experiment and calculations and puts to rest all prior theories that have come before. This work engages with this long running debate by applying innovative and multi-disciplinary methods such as linguistic analysis, mathematical modelling, satellite mapping, archaeological investigation and historical examination that creates the first ever combined exploration of this important event in the history of astronomy.

Author : John Harris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 946 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1704
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : NLS:B900224238

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Lexicon Technicum: Or, An Universal English Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: by John Harris Pdf

Author : Yurij Baryshev,Pekka Teerikorpi
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Science
ISBN : 9810248725

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Discovery of Cosmic Fractals by Yurij Baryshev,Pekka Teerikorpi Pdf

In a simple manner, explains the frontiers of astronomy, how fractals appear in cosmic physics, offers a personal view of the history of the idea of self-similarity and of cosmological principles and presents the debate which illustrates how new concepts and deeper observations reveal unexpected aspects of Nature.

Author : Emma Willard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1860
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : MINN:31951000485225O

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Astronomy and Astronomical Geography by Emma Willard Pdf

Author : T. A. Heppenheimer
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780811766685

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Toward Distant Suns by T. A. Heppenheimer Pdf

The prospectus of humans living, working, and establishing communities in space can no longer be dismissed as the romantic notions of science fiction writers and space buffs. With the launch of the space shuttle human kind will enter a new era in space exploration, one giant step closer to the goal of human colonization. Our understanding of man’s role in space is maturing, and the myths of life in space as a slick Buck Rogers episode or a scene from Star Wars must give way to a realistic plan for human life in other part of the solar system. We are ready now for a factual assessment of the challenges ahead: in Toward Distant Suns, the prospects of space exploration and space colonization have come of age. Here, for the first time, is a realistic look at what humankind must accomplish in order to colonize near space. Based on the most up-to-date research available, Toward Distant Suns tackles the problems of technology and lifestyle that will face those men and women whose mission is to settle space. Here is realistic, in-depth coverage of: space shuttle’s role in near space construction, development of new, more versatile rocket fuels and motors, building the large communications platforms, power satellites the “Space Spider,” and space colonies, the space workers—how they will be chosen, trained, and transported; life in zero-g—space tourism and space war; “suburbanizing” space earth dwellers; the real future of interstellar colonization Toward Distant Suns also takes a new look at the tantalizing question: What is our place in the galaxy? It reviews the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence experiments, the latest work on interstellar flight and colonization, and the current scientific information on planetary formation and humanoid development, to reach the startling conclusion: Mankind may be unique and along.

Author : Karel Schrijver
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780192560216

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One of Ten Billion Earths by Karel Schrijver Pdf

Illustrated with breathtaking images of the Solar System and of the Universe around it, this book explores how the discoveries within the Solar System and of exoplanets far beyond it come together to help us understand the habitability of Earth, and how these findings guide the search for exoplanets that could support life. The author highlights how, within two decades of the discovery of the first planets outside the Solar System in the 1990s, scientists concluded that planets are so common that most stars are orbited by them. The lives of exoplanets and their stars, as of our Solar System and its Sun, are inextricably interwoven. Stars are the seeds around which planets form, and they provide light and warmth for as long as they shine. At the end of their lives, stars expel massive amounts of newly forged elements into deep space, and that ejected material is incorporated into subsequent generations of planets. How do we learn about these distant worlds? What does the exploration of other planets tell us about Earth? Can we find out what the distant future may have in store for us? What do we know about exoworlds and starbirth, and where do migrating hot Jupiters, polluted white dwarfs, and free-roaming nomad planets fit in? And what does all that have to do with the habitability of Earth, the possibility of finding extraterrestrial life, and the operation of the globe-spanning network of the sciences?

Author : CHETAN SINGH SOLANKI
Publisher : PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2008-03-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9788120334342

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RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES by CHETAN SINGH SOLANKI Pdf

This book presents a highly accessible introduction to the multi-disciplinary field of renewable energy sources—an area which is becoming increasingly important. It is intended to serve as a textbook for undergraduate electrical and mechanical engineering students and will also be useful for courses in environmental science. The book helps beginners to understand the basic energy conversion processes involved in various renewable energy based equipment such as solar photovoltaics, solar water heaters, wind turbines, and biomass plants. Under each technology, several possi-ble system configurations and their usages are considered. Step-by-step procedures are given to design and cost estimate several renewable energy based systems, designed for the given requirements. Numerous chapter-end problems are given to reinforce concepts, and for getting used to system design and system costing procedures. Besides students, this book will be immensely useful for individuals interested in learning and practising renewable energy technologies.