Using the "e;Parallel Lives"e; approach adopted by the Greek biographer Plutarch, noted historian of astronomy William Sheehan contrasts the lives and research careers of two famous astronomers, Percival Lowell and Edward Emerson Barnard.&nbs...Daugiau...
Using the "e;Parallel Lives"e; approach adopted by the Greek biographer Plutarch, noted historian of astronomy William Sheehan contrasts the lives and research careers of two famous astronomers, Percival Lowell and Edward Emerson Barnard.&nbs...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 05-Mar-2024, EPUB+DRM, Leidėjas: University of Arizona Press, ISBN-13: 9780816551057)
In 1957 Sputnik launched toward the stars. President Kennedy then announced that the United States would send men to the Moon and then return them to Earth.These pivotal moments sparked an unequaled bound forward in human innovation and scientific ex...Daugiau...
From the latest scientific advances to observation advice for amateur astronomers, a beautifully illustrated exploration of one of Earths closest neighbors. This book is a new, beautifully illustrated account of Venus, taking in the most recent rese...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 03-May-2022, PDF+DRM, Leidėjas: University of Arizona Press, ISBN-13: 9780816546800)
Astronomy Book of the Year, Mercury Magazine (Astronomical Society of the Pacific)Do we really know what we see through a telescope? How does the ocular system construct planetary images, and how does the brain interpret them? Drawing on both astrono...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 09-Nov-2021, EPUB+DRM, Leidėjas: University of Arizona Press, ISBN-13: 9780816544240)
For millenia humans have considered Mars the most fascinating planet in our solar system. Weve watched this Earth-like world first with the naked eye, then using telescopes, and, most recently, through robotic orbiters and landers and rovers on the...Daugiau...
The 1846 discovery of Neptune is one of the most remarkable stories in the history of science and astronomy. John Couch Adams and U.J. Le Verrier both investigated anomalies in the motion of Uranus and independently predicted the existence and...Daugiau...
The 1846 discovery of Neptune is one of the most remarkable stories in the history of science and astronomy. John Couch Adams and U.J. Le Verrier both investigated anomalies in the motion of Uranus and independently predicted the existence and...Daugiau...
The true story of one of the oldest plantations in central Virginia and the people that lived there over a span of centuries. This story is about the romance between Nannie Branch and William G. Overton that began before the war between the Union and...Daugiau...
Peter Vickery, Charles Duncan, Jeffrey V. Wells, William J. Sheehan, Scott Weidensaul, Barbara Vickery, Barry Van Dusen, Lars Jonsson
(Išleidimo metai: 03-Nov-2020, PDF+DRM, Leidėjas: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691211855)
A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated overview to the birds of Maine The first comprehensive overview of Maines incredibly rich birdlife in more than seven decades, Birds of Maine is a detailed account of all 464 species recorded in the Pine T...Daugiau...
Peter Vickery, Charles Duncan, Jeffrey V. Wells, William J. Sheehan, Scott Weidensaul, Barbara Vickery, Barry Van Dusen, Lars Jonsson
(Išleidimo metai: 03-Nov-2020, EPUB+DRM, Leidėjas: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691211855)
A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated overview to the birds of Maine The first comprehensive overview of Maines incredibly rich birdlife in more than seven decades, Birds of Maine is a detailed account of all 464 species recorded in the Pine T...Daugiau...
Saturn is the showpiece planet of our solar system. It may not be the largest, nor the smallest, nor even the only planet with rings. But it is among the most stunning objects in the sky and is always breathtaking when seen in a telescope.This is a b...Daugiau...
The Sun may be a mass of incandescent gas, but in the plasmatic reaches of its solar winds spins another seemingly glowing (but relatively minute) orb. The last of the five naked-eye planets discovered in ancient times, Mercury has long been an elusi...Daugiau...
Now in paperback, an accessible and engaging introduction to planetary science that will deepen our knowledge both of this magnificent planet and of our own place in the solar system.Majestic and untwinkling, Jupiter is the grandest of all planets. I...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 29-Dec-2017, EPUB+DRM, Leidėjas: The History Press Ltd, ISBN-13: 9780750987486)
Following years of discontent over Home Rule and the Easter Rising, the deaths of two Royal Irish Constabulary policemen in Soloheadbeg at the hands of the IRA in 1919 signalled the outbreak of war in Ireland. The Irish War of Independence raged unti...Daugiau...
During the 1960s and early 1970s, northern Arizona played a critical role in fulfilling President Kennedys bold challenge of sending humans to the moon. From the rocky depths of the Grand Canyon to lofty cosmic views from Flagstaffs dark skies, nor...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 19-Nov-2014, PDF+DRM, Leidėjas: Springer-Verlag New York Inc., ISBN-13: 9781493915354)
Much of what is known about the universe came from the study of celestial shadows. This book looks in detail at the way eclipses and other celestial shadows have given us amazing insights into the nature of the objects in our solar system and ho...Daugiau...
Camille Flammarion (1842-1925) began his career at 16 as a human computer under the great mathematician U. J. J. Le Verrier at the Paris Observatory. He soon tired of the drudgery; he was drawn to more romantic vistas, and at 19 wrote a book on an i...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 17-Sep-2014, PDF+DRM, Leidėjas: Springer-Verlag New York Inc., ISBN-13: 9780387853475)
Written by William Sheehan, a noted historian of astronomy, and Christopher J. Conselice, a professional astronomer specializing in galaxies in the early universe, this book tells the story of how astronomers have pieced together what is known about...Daugiau...
