Light At The Edge Of The Field

Author : Michael D. Lemonick
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781400864058

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The Light at the Edge of the Universe by Michael D. Lemonick Pdf

Will the universe expand forever? Or will it collapse in a Big Crunch within the next few billion years? If the Big Bang theory is correct in presenting the origins of the universe as a smooth fireball, how did the universe come to contain structures as large as the recently discovered "Great Wall" of galaxies, which stretches hundreds of millions of light years? Such are the compelling questions that face cosmologists today, and it is the excitement and wonder of their research that Michael Lemonick shares in this lively tour of the current state of astrophysics and cosmology. Here we visit observatories and universities where leading scientists describe how they envision the very early stages, the history, and the future of the universe. The discussions help us to make sense of many recent findings, including cosmic ripples, which supply evidence of the first billionth of a second of the universe; anomalous galactic structures such as the Great Wall, the Great Void, and the Great Attractor; and the mysterious presence of dark matter, massive but invisible. Lemonick assembles this information into a comprehensive, up-to-date picture of modern cosmology, and a portrait of its often contentious practitioners. Originally published in 1995. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Richard Sievers
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-13
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780982920756

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On the Edge of the Field by Richard Sievers Pdf

These poems are the recordings of my journey from neophyte farmer and father to a more seasoned and solid soul. These words are the chronicle of eight years working on and stewarding an organic farm in the Pacific Northwest of the USA. I wrote most of these poems in an old cabin, sitting behind a picture window above the farm and pasture. You may notice how the first entries reflect a steep learning curve on how to be a sensitive man in an intense world of parenting, marriage and business. For these were my first years inhabiting all three of these labels. These years began with hope and idealism. They end with both losing the farm and gaining a much deeper set of inner resources to be alive and to be of service.

Author : Gary G. Gimmestad,David W. Roberts
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2023-01-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781009333559

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Lidar Engineering by Gary G. Gimmestad,David W. Roberts Pdf

Explore the spectrum of lidar engineering in this one-of-a-kind introduction. For the first time, this multidisciplinary resource covers all the scientific and engineering aspects of atmospheric lidar – including atmospheric science, spectroscopy, lasers and eye safety, classical optics and electro-optics, electrical and mechanical engineering, and software algorithms – in a single comprehensive and authoritative book. Discover up-to-date material not included in any other book, including simple treatments of the lidar crossover range and depolarization in lidar signals, an improved explanation of lidar data inversion algorithms, digital signal processing applications in lidar, and statistical limitations of lidar signal-to-noise ratios. This is an ideal standalone text for students seeking a thorough grounding in lidar, whether through a taught course or self-study.

Author : Wade Davis
Publisher : D & M Publishers
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781926706894

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Light at the Edge of the World by Wade Davis Pdf

For more than 30 years, renowned anthropologist Wade Davis has traveled the globe, studying the mysteries of sacred plants and celebrating the world’s traditional cultures. His passion as an ethnobotanist has brought him to the very center of indigenous life in places as remote and diverse as the Canadian Arctic, the deserts of North Africa, the rain forests of Borneo, the mountains of Tibet, and the surreal cultural landscape of Haiti. In Light at the Edge of the World, Davis explores the idea that these distinct cultures represent unique visions of life itself and have much to teach the rest of the world about different ways of living and thinking. As he investigates the dark undercurrents tearing people from their past and propelling them into an uncertain future, Davis reiterates that the threats faced by indigenous cultures endanger and diminish all cultures.

Author : M. H. Freeman
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
Page : 557 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781483292120

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Optics by M. H. Freeman Pdf

Though the basic science of optics remains the same, technology has advanced considerably since the publication of the ninth edition in 1981. This has led to an extensive revision of the text to take into accound such recent technological developments as the greater use of lasers and fibreoptics and the development of diffractive optical elements. Despite related developments in personal computers, Professor Freeman maintains that the optimum learning conditions still comprise a textbook, calculator and notepad. Optics therefore continues to make minimal mathematical demands on the reader and avoids specific techniques such as matrix algebra and complex exponent trigonometry. Optics is the basic text in optical science related to visible light, and meets the specific needs of all those seeking the optical knowledge required in optometry, ophthalmology and the visual sciences. It will also be valuable to scientists and engineers who have become newly involved in optical systems.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Solar eclipses
ISBN : BSB:BSB10479548

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Reports on Observations of the Total Eclipse of the Sun, August 7, 1869 by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States Naval Observatory
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Solar eclipses
ISBN : NYPL:33433087543439

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Reports on Observations of the Total Eclipse of the Sun, August, 7, 1869 by United States Naval Observatory Pdf

Author : B. F. Sands
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB10982623

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Reports on Observations of the Total Eclipse of the Sun, August 7, 1869 by B. F. Sands Pdf

Author : William Meissner
Publisher : Stephen F. Austin University Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1622884108

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Light at the Edge of the Field by William Meissner Pdf

Light at the Edge of the Field keeps readers wanting more as a pitcher's girlfriend confronts her lover, not about his obsession with baseball but about their relationship and future together. After watching a traveling African American baseball team, a father is forced to inform his innocent young son about small-town racism. An insightful, empathetic wife guides her husband through the most difficult challenge he will ever face in baseball: his own retirement from it. A disadvantaged, fleet-footed player in Mexico dreams of making it to the Major Leagues. Though he can catch pitches consistently for hours, a diligent catcher drops the ball in his relationship with his girlfriend. These are just a few of the compelling characters readers will discover as they step into the batter's box. This tour de force of baseball short stories reveals insights not only about the game of baseball, but the game of life. Meissner's previous baseball collection, Hitting into the Wind, was hailed as "A quiet masterpiece of baseball writing." As they round the bases, these new stories will follow in those footsteps. Like a baseball's cushioned cork core, the stories illuminate what's central to our lives--our dreams, both those that can be reached, and those which remain unreachable.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : ScholarlyEditions
Page : 788 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-21
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781481683388

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Advances in Nanotechnology Research and Application: 2013 Edition by Anonim Pdf

Advances in Nanotechnology Research and Application: 2013 Edition is a ScholarlyEditions™ book that delivers timely, authoritative, and comprehensive information about Atomic Layer Deposition. The editors have built Advances in Nanotechnology Research and Application: 2013 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Atomic Layer Deposition in this book to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Advances in Nanotechnology Research and Application: 2013 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Product safety
ISBN : UOM:39015029198713

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Retrospective Review of the Performance Standard for Diagnostic X-ray Systems and Other Major Components (21 CFR 1020.30-32) by Anonim Pdf

Author : Miriam Zelditch,Donald Swiderski,H. David Sheets,William L. Fink
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2004-07-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780080521916

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Geometric Morphometrics for Biologists by Miriam Zelditch,Donald Swiderski,H. David Sheets,William L. Fink Pdf

Geometric Morphometrics for Biologists is an introductory textbook for a course on geometric morphometrics, written for graduate students and upper division undergraduates, covering both theory of shape analysis and methods of multivariate analysis. It is designed for students with minimal math background; taking them from the process of data collection through basic and more advanced statistical analyses. Many examples are given, beginning with simple although realistic case-studies, through examples of complex analyses requiring several different kinds of methods. The book also includes URL’s for free software and step-by-step instructions for using the software. * Accessible, student-tested introduction to sophisticated methods of biological shape analysis * Detailed instructions for conducting analyses with freely available, easy to use software * Numerous illustrations; including graphical presentations of important theoretical concepts and demonstrations of alternative approaches to presenting results * Many realistic examples, both simple and complex, from on-going research * Comprehensive glossary of technical terms

Author : Paul Evans
Publisher : Random House
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-04
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781473502116

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Field Notes from the Edge by Paul Evans Pdf

‘A profoundly satisfying read’ Financial Times In Field Notes from the Edge, the acclaimed writer of the Guardian's 'Country Diary', Paul Evans, takes us on a journey through the in-between spaces of Nature – such as strandlines, mudflats, cliff tops and caves – where one wilderness is on the verge of becoming another and all things are possible. Here, Evans searches out wildlife and plants to reveal a Nature that is inspiring yet intimidating; miraculous yet mundane; part sacred space, part wasteland. It is here that we tread the edge between a fear of Nature’s dangers and a love of Nature’s beauty. Combining a naturalist’s eye for observation with a poet’s ear for the lyrical, Field Notes from the Edge confirms Paul Evans's place among our leading nature writers today.

Author : Lionel R. Baker,Henry John Caulfield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : UOM:39015011859694

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Automatic Optical Inspection by Lionel R. Baker,Henry John Caulfield Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Administrative law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105064180107

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The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America by Anonim Pdf

The Code of Federal Regulations is the codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government.