Author: Martin Harwit
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108722040
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
The search -- Discoveries -- Observation -- Detection, recognition, and classification of cosmic phenomena -- The fringes of legitimacy : the need for enlightened planning.
Cosmic Discovery
Author: Martin Harwit
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108722040
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
The search -- Discoveries -- Observation -- Detection, recognition, and classification of cosmic phenomena -- The fringes of legitimacy : the need for enlightened planning.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108722040
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
The search -- Discoveries -- Observation -- Detection, recognition, and classification of cosmic phenomena -- The fringes of legitimacy : the need for enlightened planning.
Cold-Case Christianity
Author: J. Warner Wallace
Publisher: David C Cook
ISBN: 1434705463
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Written by an L. A. County homicide detective and former atheist, Cold-Case Christianity examines the claims of the New Testament using the skills and strategies of a hard-to-convince criminal investigator. Christianity could be defined as a “cold case”: it makes a claim about an event from the distant past for which there is little forensic evidence. In Cold-Case Christianity, J. Warner Wallace uses his nationally recognized skills as a homicide detective to look at the evidence and eyewitnesses behind Christian beliefs. Including gripping stories from his career and the visual techniques he developed in the courtroom, Wallace uses illustration to examine the powerful evidence that validates the claims of Christianity. A unique apologetic that speaks to readers’ intense interest in detective stories, Cold-Case Christianity inspires readers to have confidence in Christ as it prepares them to articulate the case for Christianity.
Publisher: David C Cook
ISBN: 1434705463
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Written by an L. A. County homicide detective and former atheist, Cold-Case Christianity examines the claims of the New Testament using the skills and strategies of a hard-to-convince criminal investigator. Christianity could be defined as a “cold case”: it makes a claim about an event from the distant past for which there is little forensic evidence. In Cold-Case Christianity, J. Warner Wallace uses his nationally recognized skills as a homicide detective to look at the evidence and eyewitnesses behind Christian beliefs. Including gripping stories from his career and the visual techniques he developed in the courtroom, Wallace uses illustration to examine the powerful evidence that validates the claims of Christianity. A unique apologetic that speaks to readers’ intense interest in detective stories, Cold-Case Christianity inspires readers to have confidence in Christ as it prepares them to articulate the case for Christianity.
Cosmic Discoveries
Author: David H. Levy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
This popular treatment of astronomical discovery is co-authored with his wife by David Levy, one of the discoverers of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, in 1993, and, a year later, the comet's subsequent impact with Jupiter (the collision with Jupiter revealed that comets carry and deposit the building blocks of life). Proceeding in chronological order from Tycho Brahe's discovery (1572) to Arthur C. Clarke's imaginative adventure in 2001, the Levys' discoverers include Galileo, Huygens, Edmond Halley, Charles Messier, Edwin Hubble, and Jean Mueller. The reader learns, for example, how Tycho Brahe's swordfight cost him his nose before he went on to lay the foundation for a heliocentric universe. And how Galileo's teenage nap in a cool cave on a hot day in toxic air (or, alternately, a nap in a cold bedroom), led to the chronic arthritis that shadowed him to the grave. A truly down-to-earth biography of astronomy's stellar contributors. c. Book News Inc.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
This popular treatment of astronomical discovery is co-authored with his wife by David Levy, one of the discoverers of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, in 1993, and, a year later, the comet's subsequent impact with Jupiter (the collision with Jupiter revealed that comets carry and deposit the building blocks of life). Proceeding in chronological order from Tycho Brahe's discovery (1572) to Arthur C. Clarke's imaginative adventure in 2001, the Levys' discoverers include Galileo, Huygens, Edmond Halley, Charles Messier, Edwin Hubble, and Jean Mueller. The reader learns, for example, how Tycho Brahe's swordfight cost him his nose before he went on to lay the foundation for a heliocentric universe. And how Galileo's teenage nap in a cool cave on a hot day in toxic air (or, alternately, a nap in a cold bedroom), led to the chronic arthritis that shadowed him to the grave. A truly down-to-earth biography of astronomy's stellar contributors. c. Book News Inc.
The New Cosmos
Author: David J. Eicher
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107068851
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
A fascinating and spectacular exploration of the cosmos that provides readers with a definitive view of the latest discoveries.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107068851
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
A fascinating and spectacular exploration of the cosmos that provides readers with a definitive view of the latest discoveries.
Discovering Planets and Moons
Author: Applesauce Press,
Publisher: Applesauce Press
ISBN: 1604338008
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
With a unique glow-in-the dark tactile book cover that recreates the cratered surface of the moon, DISCOVERING PLANETS AND MOONS is the ultimate guide to the most fascinating features of our solar system. Blast off into outer space with DISCOVERINGS PLANETS AND MOONS! From the icy outer reaches of our solar system to the blazing heat of the Sun, this action-packed, full-color book is bursting with gripping facts, fun tidbits, and dynamic artwork that bring the mysteries of our galaxy to life!
Publisher: Applesauce Press
ISBN: 1604338008
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
With a unique glow-in-the dark tactile book cover that recreates the cratered surface of the moon, DISCOVERING PLANETS AND MOONS is the ultimate guide to the most fascinating features of our solar system. Blast off into outer space with DISCOVERINGS PLANETS AND MOONS! From the icy outer reaches of our solar system to the blazing heat of the Sun, this action-packed, full-color book is bursting with gripping facts, fun tidbits, and dynamic artwork that bring the mysteries of our galaxy to life!
Atlas of Astronomical Discoveries
Author: Govert Schilling
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1441978119
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Offers a unique combination of informative text, magnificent illustrations and stylish design Examines the 100 most important discoveries since the invention of the telescope Features spectacular photographs, taken with the largest telescopes on Earth and in space, that portray distant corners of the universe Author Govert Schilling is a renowned astronomy journalist and science communicator In his Atlas of Astronomical Discoveries, astronomy journalist Govert Schilling tells the story of 400 years of telescopic astronomy. He looks at the 100 most important discoveries since the invention of the telescope. Doing what Schilling does best, he takes the reader on an adventure through both space and time. Photographs and amazing pictures line the pages of this book, offering the reader an escape from this world and an invitation to a world far beyond what the unaided human eye can detect.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1441978119
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Offers a unique combination of informative text, magnificent illustrations and stylish design Examines the 100 most important discoveries since the invention of the telescope Features spectacular photographs, taken with the largest telescopes on Earth and in space, that portray distant corners of the universe Author Govert Schilling is a renowned astronomy journalist and science communicator In his Atlas of Astronomical Discoveries, astronomy journalist Govert Schilling tells the story of 400 years of telescopic astronomy. He looks at the 100 most important discoveries since the invention of the telescope. Doing what Schilling does best, he takes the reader on an adventure through both space and time. Photographs and amazing pictures line the pages of this book, offering the reader an escape from this world and an invitation to a world far beyond what the unaided human eye can detect.
Discovery and Classification in Astronomy
Author: Steven J. Dick
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107033616
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 475
Book Description
This book shows that astronomical discovery is a complex and ongoing process comprising various stages of research, interpretation and understanding.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107033616
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 475
Book Description
This book shows that astronomical discovery is a complex and ongoing process comprising various stages of research, interpretation and understanding.
Cosmic Challenge
Author: Philip S. Harrington
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 113949368X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Listing more than 500 sky targets, both near and far, in 187 challenges, this observing guide will test novice astronomers and advanced veterans alike. Its unique mix of Solar System and deep-sky targets will have observers hunting for the Apollo lunar landing sites, searching for satellites orbiting the outermost planets, and exploring hundreds of star clusters, nebulae, distant galaxies, and quasars. Each target object is accompanied by a rating indicating how difficult the object is to find, an in-depth visual description, an illustration showing how the object realistically looks, and a detailed finder chart to help you find each challenge quickly and effectively. The guide introduces objects often overlooked in other observing guides and features targets visible in a variety of conditions, from the inner city to the dark countryside. Challenges are provided for the naked eye, through binoculars and the largest backyard telescopes.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 113949368X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Listing more than 500 sky targets, both near and far, in 187 challenges, this observing guide will test novice astronomers and advanced veterans alike. Its unique mix of Solar System and deep-sky targets will have observers hunting for the Apollo lunar landing sites, searching for satellites orbiting the outermost planets, and exploring hundreds of star clusters, nebulae, distant galaxies, and quasars. Each target object is accompanied by a rating indicating how difficult the object is to find, an in-depth visual description, an illustration showing how the object realistically looks, and a detailed finder chart to help you find each challenge quickly and effectively. The guide introduces objects often overlooked in other observing guides and features targets visible in a variety of conditions, from the inner city to the dark countryside. Challenges are provided for the naked eye, through binoculars and the largest backyard telescopes.
Lost Discoveries
Author: Dick Teresi
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 143912860X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
*A New York Times Notable Book* Boldly challenging conventional wisdom, acclaimed science writer and Omni magazine cofounder Dick Teresi traces the origins of contemporary science back to their ancient roots in this eye-opening and landmark work. This innovative history proves once and for all that the roots of modern science were established centuries, and in some instances millennia, before the births of Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton. In this enlightening, entertaining, and important book, Teresi describes many discoveries from all over the non-Western world—Sumeria, Babylon, Egypt, India, China, Africa, Arab nations, the Americas, and the Pacific islands—that equaled and often surpassed Greek and European learning in the fields of mathematics, astronomy, cosmology, physics, geology, chemistry, and technology. The first extensive and authoritative multicultural history of science written for a popular audience, Lost Discoveries fills a critical void in our scientific, cultural, and intellectual history and is destined to become a classic in its field.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 143912860X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
*A New York Times Notable Book* Boldly challenging conventional wisdom, acclaimed science writer and Omni magazine cofounder Dick Teresi traces the origins of contemporary science back to their ancient roots in this eye-opening and landmark work. This innovative history proves once and for all that the roots of modern science were established centuries, and in some instances millennia, before the births of Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton. In this enlightening, entertaining, and important book, Teresi describes many discoveries from all over the non-Western world—Sumeria, Babylon, Egypt, India, China, Africa, Arab nations, the Americas, and the Pacific islands—that equaled and often surpassed Greek and European learning in the fields of mathematics, astronomy, cosmology, physics, geology, chemistry, and technology. The first extensive and authoritative multicultural history of science written for a popular audience, Lost Discoveries fills a critical void in our scientific, cultural, and intellectual history and is destined to become a classic in its field.
Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution
Author: Neil deGrasse Tyson
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393866890
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
“Who can ask for better cosmic tour guides?” —Michio Kaku Our true origins are not only human, or even terrestrial, but in fact cosmic. Drawing on recent scientific breakthroughs and cross-pollination among geology, biology, astrophysics, and cosmology, Origins illuminates the soul-stirring leaps in our understanding of the cosmos. This revised and updated edition features such startling discoveries as the now more than 5,000 detected exoplanets that promise to reveal exciting possibilities for life in the cosmos, and data from a new generation of ground-based and spaceborne observatories that have fundamentally changed what we know about the expanding universe?and maybe even the laws of physics themselves. From the first image of a galaxy’s birth to tantalizing evidence of water not only on Mars but also on the asteroid Ceres, as well as on moons of Jupiter and Saturn, coauthors Neil deGrasse Tyson and Donald Goldsmith conduct an exhilarating tour of the cosmos with clarity and exuberance.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393866890
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
“Who can ask for better cosmic tour guides?” —Michio Kaku Our true origins are not only human, or even terrestrial, but in fact cosmic. Drawing on recent scientific breakthroughs and cross-pollination among geology, biology, astrophysics, and cosmology, Origins illuminates the soul-stirring leaps in our understanding of the cosmos. This revised and updated edition features such startling discoveries as the now more than 5,000 detected exoplanets that promise to reveal exciting possibilities for life in the cosmos, and data from a new generation of ground-based and spaceborne observatories that have fundamentally changed what we know about the expanding universe?and maybe even the laws of physics themselves. From the first image of a galaxy’s birth to tantalizing evidence of water not only on Mars but also on the asteroid Ceres, as well as on moons of Jupiter and Saturn, coauthors Neil deGrasse Tyson and Donald Goldsmith conduct an exhilarating tour of the cosmos with clarity and exuberance.