Author: Eric Choi
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030916057
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Just Like Being There is the first collection of science fiction stories by award-winning author and aerospace engineer Eric Choi spanning his 25 year writing career. The stories are “hard” science fiction in which some element of engineering or science is so central there would be no story if that element were removed. Story topics include space exploration, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, cryptography, quantum computing, online privacy, mathematics (statistics), neuroscience, psychology, space medicine, extra-terrestrial intelligence, undersea exploration, commercial aviation, and the history of science. A special feature of the book is that each story is followed by an "Afterword" that explains the underlying engineering or science. This collection will entertain and inform all aficionados of science and science fiction.
Just Like Being There
Author: Eric Choi
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030916057
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Just Like Being There is the first collection of science fiction stories by award-winning author and aerospace engineer Eric Choi spanning his 25 year writing career. The stories are “hard” science fiction in which some element of engineering or science is so central there would be no story if that element were removed. Story topics include space exploration, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, cryptography, quantum computing, online privacy, mathematics (statistics), neuroscience, psychology, space medicine, extra-terrestrial intelligence, undersea exploration, commercial aviation, and the history of science. A special feature of the book is that each story is followed by an "Afterword" that explains the underlying engineering or science. This collection will entertain and inform all aficionados of science and science fiction.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030916057
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Just Like Being There is the first collection of science fiction stories by award-winning author and aerospace engineer Eric Choi spanning his 25 year writing career. The stories are “hard” science fiction in which some element of engineering or science is so central there would be no story if that element were removed. Story topics include space exploration, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, cryptography, quantum computing, online privacy, mathematics (statistics), neuroscience, psychology, space medicine, extra-terrestrial intelligence, undersea exploration, commercial aviation, and the history of science. A special feature of the book is that each story is followed by an "Afterword" that explains the underlying engineering or science. This collection will entertain and inform all aficionados of science and science fiction.
New York Magazine
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Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
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Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
The Hero's Trail
Author: T. A. Barron
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101651407
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
What is a hero? Using the metaphor of a hiking trail, bestselling author T. A. Barron discusses the great variety of heroes and brings them to life through their own stories: Some are well known, like Wilma Rudolph, Anne Frank, and Stephen Hawking. Yet most are “ordinary kids” who have made amazing choices: saved their siblings from a fire, struggled to stop prejudice at their school, helped raise money to build a well in an African village. This book will be invaluable to kids, parents, and educators who need role models for young people to look up to—and a new way to look at what a hero is.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101651407
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
What is a hero? Using the metaphor of a hiking trail, bestselling author T. A. Barron discusses the great variety of heroes and brings them to life through their own stories: Some are well known, like Wilma Rudolph, Anne Frank, and Stephen Hawking. Yet most are “ordinary kids” who have made amazing choices: saved their siblings from a fire, struggled to stop prejudice at their school, helped raise money to build a well in an African village. This book will be invaluable to kids, parents, and educators who need role models for young people to look up to—and a new way to look at what a hero is.
Gravity's Shadow
Author: Harry Collins
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226113795
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 896
Book Description
According to the theory of relativity, we are constantly bathed in gravitational radiation. When stars explode or collide, a portion of their mass becomes energy that disturbs the very fabric of the space-time continuum like ripples in a pond. But proving the existence of these waves has been difficult; the cosmic shudders are so weak that only the most sensitive instruments can be expected to observe them directly. Fifteen times during the last thirty years scientists have claimed to have detected gravitational waves, but so far none of those claims have survived the scrutiny of the scientific community. Gravity's Shadow chronicles the forty-year effort to detect gravitational waves, while exploring the meaning of scientific knowledge and the nature of expertise. Gravitational wave detection involves recording the collisions, explosions, and trembling of stars and black holes by evaluating the smallest changes ever measured. Because gravitational waves are so faint, their detection will come not in an exuberant moment of discovery but through a chain of inference; for forty years, scientists have debated whether there is anything to detect and whether it has yet been detected. Sociologist Harry Collins has been tracking the progress of this research since 1972, interviewing key scientists and delineating the social process of the science of gravitational waves. Engagingly written and authoritatively comprehensive, Gravity's Shadow explores the people, institutions, and government organizations involved in the detection of gravitational waves. This sociological history will prove essential not only to sociologists and historians of science but to scientists themselves.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226113795
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 896
Book Description
According to the theory of relativity, we are constantly bathed in gravitational radiation. When stars explode or collide, a portion of their mass becomes energy that disturbs the very fabric of the space-time continuum like ripples in a pond. But proving the existence of these waves has been difficult; the cosmic shudders are so weak that only the most sensitive instruments can be expected to observe them directly. Fifteen times during the last thirty years scientists have claimed to have detected gravitational waves, but so far none of those claims have survived the scrutiny of the scientific community. Gravity's Shadow chronicles the forty-year effort to detect gravitational waves, while exploring the meaning of scientific knowledge and the nature of expertise. Gravitational wave detection involves recording the collisions, explosions, and trembling of stars and black holes by evaluating the smallest changes ever measured. Because gravitational waves are so faint, their detection will come not in an exuberant moment of discovery but through a chain of inference; for forty years, scientists have debated whether there is anything to detect and whether it has yet been detected. Sociologist Harry Collins has been tracking the progress of this research since 1972, interviewing key scientists and delineating the social process of the science of gravitational waves. Engagingly written and authoritatively comprehensive, Gravity's Shadow explores the people, institutions, and government organizations involved in the detection of gravitational waves. This sociological history will prove essential not only to sociologists and historians of science but to scientists themselves.
The Engineer
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
Hearings on H.R. 6493 (H.R. 7301) To Authorize Certain Constructions at Military Installations for Fiscal Year 1981, and for Other Purposes and Fiscal Year 1980 Supplemental Request, and Fiscal Year 1981 Budget Amendment for the Military Construction Program Before the Military Istallations and Facilities Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, Second Session
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
Hearings on H.R. 6493 (H.R. 7301) ... and Fiscal Year 1980 Supplemental Request, and Fiscal Year 1981 Budget Amendment for the Military Construction Program Before the Military Istallations and Facilities Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, Second Session
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
Weight Training for Life
Author: James L. Hesson
Publisher: Brooks Cole
ISBN: 9780895825230
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
WEIGHT TRAINING FOR LIFE is designed to help beginners (men and women of all ages) build a solid foundation of current knowledge and practice in weight training. Filled with full-color photos demonstrating exercises, this text shows readers how to design and continue a safe, personalized, effective, and enjoyable weight training program.
Publisher: Brooks Cole
ISBN: 9780895825230
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
WEIGHT TRAINING FOR LIFE is designed to help beginners (men and women of all ages) build a solid foundation of current knowledge and practice in weight training. Filled with full-color photos demonstrating exercises, this text shows readers how to design and continue a safe, personalized, effective, and enjoyable weight training program.
Military Construction Appropriations for 1981
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Military Construction Appropriations
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1306
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1306
Book Description
Physical Fitness
Author: Ernest M. Burgess
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1568064322
Category : Amputees
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Discusses the importance of physical conditioning and the ways in which persons with an amputation can achieve fitness by adapting their prosthesis to the exercise regime &/or following a conditioning program without it. Several amputation levels are covered and variations on how the desired exercises can be accomplished are included. Covers the following conditioning exercises: calisthenics, stretching, shoulders, legs, abdominals, and more. List of special resources related to sports for the disabled. Glossary and bibliography. Over 100 b/w photos.
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1568064322
Category : Amputees
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Discusses the importance of physical conditioning and the ways in which persons with an amputation can achieve fitness by adapting their prosthesis to the exercise regime &/or following a conditioning program without it. Several amputation levels are covered and variations on how the desired exercises can be accomplished are included. Covers the following conditioning exercises: calisthenics, stretching, shoulders, legs, abdominals, and more. List of special resources related to sports for the disabled. Glossary and bibliography. Over 100 b/w photos.