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Author : Patrick MOORE
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:655043569
Author : Patrick Moore
Publisher : Guinness Publishing
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : UCAL:B4399033
Author : Patrick Moore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : 0851129404
Author : Martin Mobberley
Publisher : Springer
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319157801
The result of an exhaustive study of Sir Patrick Moore’s observations of the Moon and planets for more than 60 years, this book is a fantastic companion to the extremely popular, “It Came From Outer Space Wearing an RAF Blazer!” written by the same author. Moore recorded his telescopic observations in his logbooks, which are reproduced and described here in detail, along with his sketches and notes. In this light, the author discusses the factors that caused Moore to switch from lunar observing to planetary and variable star observing. He has also included personal recollections and humorous anecdotes from Moore’s friends and acquaintances, as well as a look at his best loved books. Further chapters describe Moore’s foreign travels and correspondence with those back home. Lastly, the author has not neglected a few of Moore’s most memorable television and radio appearances, which are examined along with a close up of what it was like to visit Moore’s beloved home of Farthings in Selsey. Essentially, this is a book written by popular demand from the readers of the author’s original biography, who craved more of Moore!
Author : Martin Mobberley
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 655 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319006093
To British television viewers, the name ‘Patrick Moore’ has been synonymous with Astronomy and Space Travel since he first appeared on The Sky at Night in 1957. To amateur astronomers he has been a source of inspiration, joy, humour and even an eccentric role model since that time. Most people know that his 55 years of presenting The Sky at Night is a world record, but what was he really like in person? What did he do away from the TV cameras, in his observatory, and within the British Astronomical Association, the organisation that inspired him as a youngster? Also, precisely what did he do during the War Years, a subject that has always been shrouded in mystery? Martin Mobberley, a friend of Patrick Moore’s for 30 years, and a former President of the British Astronomical Association, has spent ten years exhaustively researching Patrick’s real life away from the TV cameras. His childhood, RAF service, tireless voluntary work for astronomy and charity and his endless book writing are all examined in detail. His astronomical observations are also examined in unprecedented detail, along with the battles he fought along the way and his hatred of bureaucracy and political correctness. No fan of Sir Patrick Moore can possibly live without this work on their bookshelf!
Author : Norris McWhirter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Curiosities and wonders
ISBN : 0851122515
Author : H R Mills
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781782424918
This practical manual provides essential material for the extensive world-wide community of non-professional astronomers. Every page of the book is alive with the infectious enthusiasm of the author whose expertise, knowledge and teaching experience provides easy access to the fascination and enjoyment of sky-watching. Provides essential material for the extensive world-wide community of non-professional astronomers The author’s enthusiasm is reflected in every page, and his expertise, knowledge and teaching experience provides easy access to the fascination and enjoyment of sky-watching Includes chapters on the celestial sphere, the sun and sundials, star positions, star maps, planispheres and nomograms, and light and basic optics
Author : Shirley Greenway
Publisher : Pan
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0330260316
Author : Michel van Pelt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780387688800
Manned space programs attract the most media attention, and it is not hard to understand why: the danger, the heroism, the sheer adventure we as earthbound observers can imagine when humans are involved. But robotic missions deserve a respectful and detailed history and analysis of their own, and this book provides it. Instead of describing one specific spacecraft or mission, Michel van Pelt offers a "behind the scenes" look at the life of a space probe from its first conceptual design to the analysis of the scientific data returned by the spacecraft.
Author : Mark Kidger
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781400887545
Two thousand years ago, according to the Bible, a star rose low in the east and stopped high above Bethlehem. Was it a miracle, a sign from God to herald the birth of Christ? Was there a star at all, or was it simply added to the Bible to fulfill the Old Testament prophecy concerning the birth of the Messiah? Or was the Star of Bethlehem an actual astronomical event? For hundreds of years, astronomers as prominent as Johannes Kepler have sought an answer to this last baffling question. In The Star of Bethlehem, Mark Kidger brings all the tools of modern science, years of historical research, and an infectious spirit of inquiry to bear on the mystery. He sifts through an astonishing variety of ideas, evidence, and information--including Babylonian sky charts, medieval paintings, data from space probes, and even calculations about the speed of a camel--to present a graceful, original, and scientifically compelling account of what it may have been that illuminated the night skies two millennia ago. Kidger begins with the stories of early Christians, comparing Matthew's tale of the Star and the three Magi who followed it to Bethlehem with lesser-known accounts excluded from the Bible. Crucially, Kidger follows the latest biblical scholarship in placing Christ's birth between 7 and 5 B.C., which leads him to reject various phenomena that other scientists have proposed as the Star. In clear, colorful prose, he then leads us through the arguments for and against the remaining astronomical candidates. Could the Star have been Venus? What about a meteor or a rare type of meteor shower? Could it have been Halley's Comet, as featured in Giotto's famous painting of the Nativity? Or, as Kidger suspects, was the Star a combination of events--a nova recorded in ancient Chinese and Korean manuscripts preceded by a series of other events, including an unusual triple conjunction of planets? Originally published in 1999. 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 : Helge Kragh
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2008-11-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783764389093
The planet Venus is the closest neighbour to the Earth and in several respects similar to our globe. It revolves around the Sun at an average distance of 0. 72 astronomical units, in an elliptical orbit of eccentricity 0. 007. The corresponding 3 numbers for the Earth are 1 and 0. 017. The mean density of Venus is 5. 2 g/cm , 3 that of the Earth 5. 5 g/cm . Venus’ acceleration of gravity at its equator is 8. 9 2 2 m/s , compared with 9. 8 m/s at the Earth. The escape velocity is 10. 4 km/s, while the corresponding ?gure of the Earth is 11. 2 km/s. Although the mass of Venus is somewhat smaller than that of the Earth – the ratio is M /M =0. 815 V E – the diameters of the two planets are almost the same. In other words, Venus is indeed a sister planet of the Earth. In earlier times, when almost nothing was known about the physical con- tions of Venus, the similarity appeared even stronger than today. Not only was Venus’ period of rotation thought to be close to that of the Earth, it was also p- sible (and indeed common) to imagine intelligent life on Venus.
Author : Charles Mollan
Publisher : Charles Mollan
Page : 1887 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2007-11-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780860270553
Biographies of more than 100 Irish scientists (or those with strong Irish connections), in the disciplines of Chemistry and Physics, including Astronomy, Mathematics etc., describing them in their Irish and international scientific, social, educational and political context. Written in an attractive informal style for the hypothetical 'educated layman' who does not need to have studied science. Well received in Irish and international reviews.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 948 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Electronic
ISBN : SRLF:E0001040195
Author : Michael K. Shepard
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-27
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781107131743
This accessible handbook demonstrates how reflected light can be measured and used to investigate the properties of Solar System objects.
Author : John Carter
Publisher : Feral House
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2005-04-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781932595666
This remarkable true story about the co-founder of Jet Propulsion Laboratory. By day, Parsons’ unorthodox genius created a solid rocket fuel that helped the Allies win World War II. By night, Parsons called himself The Antichrist. “One of the best books of the year.”—The Anomalist