Pluto And Lowell Observatory A History Of Discovery At Flagstaff

Author : Kevin Schindler and Will Grundy, Contributions by Annette & Alden Tombaugh, W. Lowell Putnam and S. Alan Stern
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 9781625859792

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Pluto and Lowell Observatory: A History of Discovery at Flagstaff by Kevin Schindler and Will Grundy, Contributions by Annette & Alden Tombaugh, W. Lowell Putnam and S. Alan Stern Pdf

Pluto looms large in Flagstaff, where residents and businesses alike take pride in their community's most enduring claim to fame: Clyde Tombaugh's 1930 discovery of Pluto at Lowell Observatory. Percival Lowell began searching for his theoretical "Planet X" in 1905, and Tombaugh's "eureka!" experience brought worldwide attention to the city and observatory. Ever since, area scientists have played leading roles in virtually every major Pluto-related discovery, from unknown moons to the existence of an atmosphere and the innovations of the New Horizons spacecraft. Lowell historian Kevin Schindler and astronomer Will Grundy guide you through the story of Pluto from postulation to exploration.

Author : Kevin Schindler
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467134170

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Lowell Observatory by Kevin Schindler Pdf

Atop a mesa one mile west of downtown Flagstaff, Arizona, sits Lowell Observatory, an astronomical research facility steeped in tradition. Percival Lowell, scion of a Boston Brahmin family, initially established his observatory in 1894 to study the possibility of intelligent life on Mars. Lowell widely popularized his controversial theories, sparking debate among both the scientific community and lay public. In the following years, the observatory's astronomers made several discoveries that dramatically altered our understanding of space, including Clyde Tombaugh's discovery of Pluto in 1930 and V.M. Slipher's detection of the expanding nature of the universe in 1912. Decades later, Apollo astronauts visited as part of their training to fly to the moon. These stories and others offer a glimpse of the scientific discovery, community pride, and personal triumph that define Lowell Observatory.

Author : Kevin Schindler
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781439655726

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Lowell Observatory by Kevin Schindler Pdf

Atop a mesa one mile west of downtown Flagstaff, Arizona, sits Lowell Observatory, an astronomical research facility steeped in tradition. Percival Lowell, scion of a Boston Brahmin family, initially established his observatory in 1894 to study the possibility of intelligent life on Mars. Lowell widely popularized his controversial theories, sparking debate among both the scientific community and lay public. In the following years, the observatory’s astronomers made several discoveries that dramatically altered our understanding of space, including Clyde Tombaugh’s discovery of Pluto in 1930 and V.M. Slipher’s detection of the expanding nature of the universe in 1912. Decades later, Apollo astronauts visited as part of their training to fly to the moon. These stories and others offer a glimpse of the scientific discovery, community pride, and personal triumph that define Lowell Observatory.

Author : Michael Byers
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2010-08-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429943208

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Percival's Planet by Michael Byers Pdf

A novel of ambition and obsession centered on the race to discover Pluto in 1930, pitting an untrained Kansas farm boy against the greatest minds of Harvard at the run-down Lowell Observatory in Arizona In 1928, the boy who will discover Pluto, Clyde Tombaugh, is on the family farm, grinding a lens for his own telescope under the immense Kansas sky. In Flagstaff, Arizona, the staff of Lowell Observatory is about to resume the late Percival Lowell's interrupted search for Planet X. Meanwhile, the immensely rich heir to a chemical fortune has decided to go west to hunt for dinosaurs and in Cambridge, Massachussetts, the most beautiful girl in America is going slowly insane while her ex-heavyweight champion boyfriend stands by helplessly, desperate to do anything to keep her. Inspired by the true story of Tombaugh and set in the last gin-soaked months of the flapper era, Percival's Planet tells the story of the intertwining lives of half a dozen dreamers, schemers, and madmen. Following Tombaugh's unlikely path from son of a farmer to discoverer of a planet, the novel touches on insanity, mathematics, music, astrophysics, boxing, dinosaur hunting, shipwrecks—and what happens when the greatest romance of your life is also the source of your life's greatest sorrow.

Author : David H. Levy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015019825333

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Clyde Tombaugh by David H. Levy Pdf

Author : Margaret Weitekamp,David DeVorkin,National Air and Space Museum
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-12
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781613124963

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Pluto's Secret by Margaret Weitekamp,David DeVorkin,National Air and Space Museum Pdf

People, children especially, have been baffled, bewildered, and even outraged by the fact that Pluto is no longer called a planet. Through whimsical artwork and an entertaining dialogue format, Pluto’s Secret explains the true story of this distant world. Providing a history of the small, icy world from its discovery and naming to its recent reclassification, this book presents a fascinating look at how scientists organize and classify our solar system as they gain new insights into how it works and what types of things exist within it. The book includes a glossary and bibliography. Praise for Pluto's Secret "Pairing a lighthearted narrative in a hand-lettered†“style typeface with informally drawn cartoon illustrations, this lively tale of astronomical revelations begins with the search for Planet X.†? —Kirkus Reviews "This picture book offers a fresh, positive perspective on Pluto, showing that its change of status is not a demotion but a correction." —Booklist "Light-hearted imagining of a gregarious Pluto.†? —Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "Fun reading... The book provides a factual history of our faraway 'dwarf,' and on its companion icy worlds, and on the discovery of Kuiper-like bands around other stars." —School Library Journal Award New York Public Library’s annual Children’s Books list: 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing 2013

Author : William Lowell Putnam
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1994-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 0615645526

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The Explorers of Mars Hill by William Lowell Putnam Pdf

Established in 1894 in Flagstaff, Arizona by Percival Lowell, the Lowell Observatory on Mars Hill is still remembered as the site of numerous important astronomical firsts. The great recessional velocities of galaxies were first observed here in the years immediately before the first world war, a discovery that ultimately led scientists to the realization that our universe is expanding. In 1930, the dwarf planet Pluto was discovered at Lowell by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh. This volume is a series of vignettes in the observatory's history, from its foundation and early years under Lowell's guidance to its more modern-day accomplishments. It is richly illustrated with photographs from the Lowell archives.

Author : Dale P. Cruikshank,William Sheehan
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780816534319

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Discovering Pluto by Dale P. Cruikshank,William Sheehan Pdf

The story of Pluto and its largest moon, from discovery through the New Horizons flyby--Provided by publisher.

Author : S. Alan Stern
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780816540945

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The Pluto System After New Horizons by S. Alan Stern Pdf

Once perceived as distant, cold, dark, and seemingly unknowable, Pluto had long been marked as the farthest and most unreachable frontier for solar system exploration. The Pluto System After New Horizons is the benchmark research compendium for synthesizing our understanding of the Pluto system. This volume reviews the work of researchers who have spent the last five years assimilating the data returned from New Horizons and the first full scientific synthesis of this fascinating system.

Author : Percival Lowell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781402130861

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Mars As the Abode of Life by Percival Lowell Pdf

This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published by the Macmillan Company in New York, 1909. This book contains color illustrations.

Author : Kevin Schindler and William Sheehan
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467126137

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Northern Arizona Space Training by Kevin Schindler and William Sheehan Pdf

During the 1960s and early 1970s, northern Arizona played a critical role in fulfilling President Kennedy's bold challenge of sending humans to the moon. From the rocky depths of the Grand Canyon to lofty cosmic views from Flagstaff's dark skies, northern Arizona was ideal for activities ranging from moon buggy testing and geology training to lunar mapping and mission simulation. Every astronaut who walked on the moon, from Neil Armstrong to Gene Cernan, prepared for his journey in northern Arizona, and all used maps created by Flagstaff artists to navigate their way around the lunar surface. This book captures the spirit of these pioneers with stunning images from NASA, the US Geological Survey, and others.

Author : Abbott Lawrence Lowell
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783752410204

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Biography of Percival Lowell by Abbott Lawrence Lowell Pdf

Reproduction of the original: Biography of Percival Lowell by Abbott Lawrence Lowell

Author : Robert Burnham
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 706 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1978-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780486235684

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Chamaeleon-Orion by Robert Burnham Pdf

Offers comprehensive coverage of the numerous celestial objects outside our solar system

Author : Ronald Pesha
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781625840868

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The Great Gold Swindle of Lubec, Maine by Ronald Pesha Pdf

In 1897, a stranger named Reverend Prescott Jernegan arrived in Lubec and made a bold claim: he could extract gold from seawater. To do so, he used so-called accumulators of electrically charged rods in iron pots. Fooling many, he actually hid the gold beneath a wharf in the Bay of Fundy during the night. He and his accomplice, Charles Fisher, preached with fervent enthusiasm as they built their factory and encouraged inspections, which reversed doubters to greedy high-stakes investors. Hundreds of laborers accelerated factory expansion until July 1897, when Jernegan and Fisher fled. Although residents of Lubec attempted civil and criminal action, both men relocated, and fantasies of gold wealth flowed away. Relive the excitement, disappointment and anger of turn-of-the-century Mainers in this collection of accounts about the Lubec gold hoax.

Author : Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190625382

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The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History by Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen Pdf

Long before the United States was a nation, it was a set of ideas, projected onto the New World by European explorers with centuries of belief and thought in tow. From this foundation of expectation and experience, America and American thought grew in turn, enriched by the bounties of the Enlightenment, the philosophies of liberty and individuality, the tenets of religion, and the doctrines of republicanism and democracy. Crucial to this development were the thinkers who nurtured it, from Thomas Jefferson to Ralph Waldo Emerson, W.E.B. DuBois to Jane Addams, and Betty Friedan to Richard Rorty. The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History traces how Americans have addressed the issues and events of their time and place, whether the Civil War, the Great Depression, or the culture wars of today. Spanning a variety of disciplines, from religion, philosophy, and political thought, to cultural criticism, social theory, and the arts, Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen shows how ideas have been major forces in American history, driving movements such as transcendentalism, Social Darwinism, conservatism, and postmodernism. In engaging and accessible prose, this introduction to American thought considers how notions about freedom and belonging, the market and morality -- and even truth -- have commanded generations of Americans and been the cause of fierce debate.