Author: Roger Bourke White Jr.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1456762273
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
Brace yourself for something new! A mysterious moon-size alien is filled with civilization changing treasures. And we get to watch this discovery change civilization! This is a tale of the future, a future that is really possible. This is technofiction, science fiction where science matters as much as characters. Welcome to a Tales of Technofiction book.
The Honeycomb Comet
Author: Roger Bourke White Jr.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1456762273
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
Brace yourself for something new! A mysterious moon-size alien is filled with civilization changing treasures. And we get to watch this discovery change civilization! This is a tale of the future, a future that is really possible. This is technofiction, science fiction where science matters as much as characters. Welcome to a Tales of Technofiction book.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1456762273
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
Brace yourself for something new! A mysterious moon-size alien is filled with civilization changing treasures. And we get to watch this discovery change civilization! This is a tale of the future, a future that is really possible. This is technofiction, science fiction where science matters as much as characters. Welcome to a Tales of Technofiction book.
Great Comets
Author: Robert Burnham
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521646000
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Spectacular and mysterious objects that come and go in the night sky, comets have dwelt in our popular culture for untold ages. As remnants from the formation of the Solar system, they are objects of key scientific research and space missions. As one of nature's most potent and dramatic dangers, they pose a threat to our safety--and yet they were the origin of our oceans and perhaps even life itself. This beautifully illustrated book tells the story of the biggest and most awe-inspiring of all comets: those that have earned the title "Great." Robert Burnham focuses on the Great comets Hyakutake in 1996 and Hale-Bopp in 1997, which gripped attention worldwide because, for many, they were the first comets ever seen. He places these two recent comets in the context of their predecessors from past ages, among them the famous Comet Halley. Great Comets explains the exciting new discoveries that have come from these magnificent objects and profiles the spaceprobes to comets due for launch in the next few years. The book even takes a peek behind Hollywood's science-fiction fantasies to assess the real risks humanity faces from potential impacts of both comets and asteroids. For everyone interested in astronomy, this exciting book reveals the secrets of the Great Comets and provides essential tools for keeping up to date with comet discoveries in the future. Robert Burnham has been an amateur astronomer since the mid-1950s. He has been a senior editor of Astronomy magazine (1986-88) and is the author of many books and CD-ROMS, including Comet Hale-Bopp: Find and Enjoy the Great Comet and Comet Explorer.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521646000
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Spectacular and mysterious objects that come and go in the night sky, comets have dwelt in our popular culture for untold ages. As remnants from the formation of the Solar system, they are objects of key scientific research and space missions. As one of nature's most potent and dramatic dangers, they pose a threat to our safety--and yet they were the origin of our oceans and perhaps even life itself. This beautifully illustrated book tells the story of the biggest and most awe-inspiring of all comets: those that have earned the title "Great." Robert Burnham focuses on the Great comets Hyakutake in 1996 and Hale-Bopp in 1997, which gripped attention worldwide because, for many, they were the first comets ever seen. He places these two recent comets in the context of their predecessors from past ages, among them the famous Comet Halley. Great Comets explains the exciting new discoveries that have come from these magnificent objects and profiles the spaceprobes to comets due for launch in the next few years. The book even takes a peek behind Hollywood's science-fiction fantasies to assess the real risks humanity faces from potential impacts of both comets and asteroids. For everyone interested in astronomy, this exciting book reveals the secrets of the Great Comets and provides essential tools for keeping up to date with comet discoveries in the future. Robert Burnham has been an amateur astronomer since the mid-1950s. He has been a senior editor of Astronomy magazine (1986-88) and is the author of many books and CD-ROMS, including Comet Hale-Bopp: Find and Enjoy the Great Comet and Comet Explorer.
Mitigation of Hazardous Comets and Asteroids
Author: M. J. S. Belton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521827645
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
It is known that large asteroids and comets can collide with the Earth with severe consequences. Although the chances of a collision in a person's lifetime are small, collisions are a random process and could occur at any time. This book collects the latest thoughts and ideas of scientists concerned with mitigating the threat of hazardous asteroids and comets. It reviews current knowledge of the population of potential colliders, including their numbers, locations, orbits, and how warning times might be improved. The structural properties and composition of their interiors and surfaces are reviewed, and their orbital response to the application of pulses of energy is discussed. Difficulties of operating in space near, or on the surface of, very low mass objects are examined. The book concludes with a discussion of the problems faced in communicating the nature of the impact hazard to the public.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521827645
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
It is known that large asteroids and comets can collide with the Earth with severe consequences. Although the chances of a collision in a person's lifetime are small, collisions are a random process and could occur at any time. This book collects the latest thoughts and ideas of scientists concerned with mitigating the threat of hazardous asteroids and comets. It reviews current knowledge of the population of potential colliders, including their numbers, locations, orbits, and how warning times might be improved. The structural properties and composition of their interiors and surfaces are reviewed, and their orbital response to the application of pulses of energy is discussed. Difficulties of operating in space near, or on the surface of, very low mass objects are examined. The book concludes with a discussion of the problems faced in communicating the nature of the impact hazard to the public.
Year of the Comets
Author: Jan Deblieu
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 1619021463
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
On the clearest nights in the darkest places you can see as many as two thousand stars. On what scaffolding are they hung? Jan DeBlieu began to wonder. Her husband had become enveloped in a depression of his own, and both he and DeBlieu were struggling to find points of light out of that darkness. DeBlieu discovers it in the sky above, a firmament of order and beauty that prompts her to consider the worlds inside our minds, the delicate framework of neurons and synapses that support our fragile selves. Year of the Comets is her record of the journey she and her husband take from pain to healing.
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 1619021463
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
On the clearest nights in the darkest places you can see as many as two thousand stars. On what scaffolding are they hung? Jan DeBlieu began to wonder. Her husband had become enveloped in a depression of his own, and both he and DeBlieu were struggling to find points of light out of that darkness. DeBlieu discovers it in the sky above, a firmament of order and beauty that prompts her to consider the worlds inside our minds, the delicate framework of neurons and synapses that support our fragile selves. Year of the Comets is her record of the journey she and her husband take from pain to healing.
An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord ...
Author: Joseph Whitaker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Almanacs, English
Languages : en
Pages : 1094
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Almanacs, English
Languages : en
Pages : 1094
Book Description
The Standard Cyclopedia of Modern Agriculture and Rural Economy
Author:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
The American Shorthorn Herd Book
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The American Short-horn Herd Book ...
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The History of the Aberdeenshire Shorthorn
Author: Isabella M. Bruce
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 764
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 764
Book Description
Big Bang Hole
Author: Jason Hurlburt
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1524583154
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 45
Book Description
This book is about the big bang hole. The big bang hole is a hole that was full of sequential big bangs. This was discovered by Jason Hurlburt. The implications of the big bang hole are written about in the book, which is entitled Big Bang Hole. This book was written for a popular audience in general science.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1524583154
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 45
Book Description
This book is about the big bang hole. The big bang hole is a hole that was full of sequential big bangs. This was discovered by Jason Hurlburt. The implications of the big bang hole are written about in the book, which is entitled Big Bang Hole. This book was written for a popular audience in general science.