Author: John W. Salisbury
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Moon
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
A bibliography of lunar and planetary research articles published during 1968 is presented with both subject and author listings. The major subject categories are: astrobiology, comets, meteorite craters and cratering effects, meteors and meteorites, the moon, origin of the solar system, the planets, and tektites. Each article is abstracted.
Bibliography of Lunar and Planetary Research
Author: John W. Salisbury
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Moon
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
A bibliography of lunar and planetary research articles published during 1968 is presented with both subject and author listings. The major subject categories are: astrobiology, comets, meteorite craters and cratering effects, meteors and meteorites, the moon, origin of the solar system, the planets, and tektites. Each article is abstracted.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Moon
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
A bibliography of lunar and planetary research articles published during 1968 is presented with both subject and author listings. The major subject categories are: astrobiology, comets, meteorite craters and cratering effects, meteors and meteorites, the moon, origin of the solar system, the planets, and tektites. Each article is abstracted.
Gerard P. Kuiper and the Rise of Modern Planetary Science
Author: Derek W. G. Sears
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816539006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Astronomer Gerard P. Kuiper ignored the traditional boundaries of his subject. Using telescopes and the laboratory, he made the solar system a familiar, intriguing place. “It is not astronomy,” complained his colleagues, and they were right. Kuiper had created a new discipline we now call planetary science. Kuiper was an acclaimed astronomer of binary stars and white dwarfs when he accidentally discovered that Titan, the massive moon of Saturn, had an atmosphere. This turned our understanding of planetary atmospheres on its head, and it set Kuiper on a path of staggering discoveries: Pluto was not a planet, planets around other stars were common, some asteroids were primary while some were just fragments of bigger asteroids, some moons were primary and some were captured asteroids or comets, the atmosphere of Mars was carbon dioxide, and there were two new moons in the sky, one orbiting Uranus and one orbiting Neptune. He produced a monumental photographic atlas of the Moon at a time when men were landing on our nearest neighbor, and he played an important part in that effort. He also created some of the world’s major observatories in Hawai‘i and Chile. However, most remarkable was that the keys to his success sprang from his wartime activities, which led him to new techniques. This would change everything. Sears shows a brilliant but at times unpopular man who attracted as much dislike as acclaim. This in-depth history includes some of the twentieth century’s most intriguing scientists, from Harold Urey to Carl Sagan, who worked with—and sometimes against—the father of modern planetary science. Now, as NASA and other space agencies explore the solar system, they take with them many of the ideas and concepts first described by Gerard P. Kuiper.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816539006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Astronomer Gerard P. Kuiper ignored the traditional boundaries of his subject. Using telescopes and the laboratory, he made the solar system a familiar, intriguing place. “It is not astronomy,” complained his colleagues, and they were right. Kuiper had created a new discipline we now call planetary science. Kuiper was an acclaimed astronomer of binary stars and white dwarfs when he accidentally discovered that Titan, the massive moon of Saturn, had an atmosphere. This turned our understanding of planetary atmospheres on its head, and it set Kuiper on a path of staggering discoveries: Pluto was not a planet, planets around other stars were common, some asteroids were primary while some were just fragments of bigger asteroids, some moons were primary and some were captured asteroids or comets, the atmosphere of Mars was carbon dioxide, and there were two new moons in the sky, one orbiting Uranus and one orbiting Neptune. He produced a monumental photographic atlas of the Moon at a time when men were landing on our nearest neighbor, and he played an important part in that effort. He also created some of the world’s major observatories in Hawai‘i and Chile. However, most remarkable was that the keys to his success sprang from his wartime activities, which led him to new techniques. This would change everything. Sears shows a brilliant but at times unpopular man who attracted as much dislike as acclaim. This in-depth history includes some of the twentieth century’s most intriguing scientists, from Harold Urey to Carl Sagan, who worked with—and sometimes against—the father of modern planetary science. Now, as NASA and other space agencies explore the solar system, they take with them many of the ideas and concepts first described by Gerard P. Kuiper.
Bibliography of Lunar and Planetary Research, 1960-1964
Author: John W. Salisbury
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Bibliography of Lunar and Planetary Research -- 1960, (with Annotations)
Author: John W. Salisbury
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Moon
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
A checklist of lunar and planetary research articles published in 1960 is provided plus a convenient starting place for a literature search on Astrobiology, Meteors and Meteorites, Moon, Origin of the Solar System, Planets, and Tektites. In some cases articles published in 1959 have been included to present a more well-rounded reference list.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Moon
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
A checklist of lunar and planetary research articles published in 1960 is provided plus a convenient starting place for a literature search on Astrobiology, Meteors and Meteorites, Moon, Origin of the Solar System, Planets, and Tektites. In some cases articles published in 1959 have been included to present a more well-rounded reference list.
Bibliography of Lunar and Planetary Research
Author: Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.). Space Physics Laboratory
Publisher:
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Category : Moon
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Moon
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Bibliography of Lunar and Planetary Research. 1960-1964
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Moon
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Moon
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Bibliography of Lunar and Planetary Research
Author: John W. Salisbury
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
A DDC Bibliography of Bibliographies in the DDC Collection
Author: Defense Documentation Center (U.S.)
Publisher:
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 462
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Bibliography of Lunar and Planetary Research -1965
Author: John W. Salisbury
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
A bibliography of lunar and planetary research articles published during 1965 is presented with both subject and author listings. The major subject categories are: astrobiology, comets, meteorite craters and cratering effects, meteors and meteorites, the moon, origin of the solar system, the planets, and tektites. Each article is abstracted. (Author).
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
A bibliography of lunar and planetary research articles published during 1965 is presented with both subject and author listings. The major subject categories are: astrobiology, comets, meteorite craters and cratering effects, meteors and meteorites, the moon, origin of the solar system, the planets, and tektites. Each article is abstracted. (Author).
Bibliography of Lunar and Planetary Research, 1961
Author: John W. Salisbury
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Moon
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Moon
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description