Author: Arnab Rai Choudhuri
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199674752
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
The 11-year cycle of sunspots is one of the most intriguing natural cycles known to mankind. This book explores the fascinating science behind these phenomena and gives an insider's view of the history of the field.
Nature's Third Cycle
Author: Arnab Rai Choudhuri
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199674752
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
The 11-year cycle of sunspots is one of the most intriguing natural cycles known to mankind. This book explores the fascinating science behind these phenomena and gives an insider's view of the history of the field.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199674752
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
The 11-year cycle of sunspots is one of the most intriguing natural cycles known to mankind. This book explores the fascinating science behind these phenomena and gives an insider's view of the history of the field.
Nature's Third Cycle
Author: Arnab Rai Choudhuri
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191662380
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
The cycle of day and night and the cycle of seasons are two familiar natural cycles around which many human activities are organized. But is there a third natural cycle of importance for us humans? On 13 March 1989, six million people in Canada went without electricity for many hours: a large explosion on the sun was discovered as the cause of this blackout. Such explosions occur above sunspots, dark features on the surface of the Sun that have been observed through telescopes since the time of Galileo. The number of sunspots has been found to wax and wane over a period of 11 years. Although this cycle was discovered less than two centuries ago, it is becoming increasingly important for us as human society becomes more dependent on technology. For nearly a century after its discovery, the cause of the sunspot cycle remained completely shrouded in mystery. The 1908 discovery of strong magnetic fields in sunspots made it clear that the 11-year cycle is the magnetic cycle of the sun. It is only during the last few decades that major developments in plasma physics have at last given us the clue to the origins of the cycle and how the large explosions affecting the earth arise. Nature's Third Cycle discusses the fascinating science behind the sunspot cycle, and gives an insider's perspective of this cutting-edge scientific research from one of the leaders of the field.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191662380
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
The cycle of day and night and the cycle of seasons are two familiar natural cycles around which many human activities are organized. But is there a third natural cycle of importance for us humans? On 13 March 1989, six million people in Canada went without electricity for many hours: a large explosion on the sun was discovered as the cause of this blackout. Such explosions occur above sunspots, dark features on the surface of the Sun that have been observed through telescopes since the time of Galileo. The number of sunspots has been found to wax and wane over a period of 11 years. Although this cycle was discovered less than two centuries ago, it is becoming increasingly important for us as human society becomes more dependent on technology. For nearly a century after its discovery, the cause of the sunspot cycle remained completely shrouded in mystery. The 1908 discovery of strong magnetic fields in sunspots made it clear that the 11-year cycle is the magnetic cycle of the sun. It is only during the last few decades that major developments in plasma physics have at last given us the clue to the origins of the cycle and how the large explosions affecting the earth arise. Nature's Third Cycle discusses the fascinating science behind the sunspot cycle, and gives an insider's perspective of this cutting-edge scientific research from one of the leaders of the field.
The Water Cycle
Author: Helen Frost
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9780736848749
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Simple text and photographs describe the stages of the water cycle.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9780736848749
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Simple text and photographs describe the stages of the water cycle.
Earth's Water Cycle
Author: Robin Nelson
Publisher: Lerner Digital ™
ISBN: 1512462934
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! From lakes, to clouds, to rain that falls back to Earth—discover how water changes through various processes to form the water cycle.
Publisher: Lerner Digital ™
ISBN: 1512462934
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! From lakes, to clouds, to rain that falls back to Earth—discover how water changes through various processes to form the water cycle.
Parallel Problem Solving from Nature - PPSN III
Author: Yuval Davidor
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9783540584841
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
The challenges in ecosystem science encompass a broadening and strengthening of interdisciplinary ties, the transfer of knowledge of the ecosystem across scales, and the inclusion of anthropogenic impacts and human behavior into ecosystem, landscape, and regional models. The volume addresses these points within the context of studies in major ecosystem types viewed as the building blocks of central European landscapes. The research is evaluated to increase the understanding of the processes in order to unite ecosystem science with resource management. The comparison embraces coastal lowland forests, associated wetlands and lakes, agricultural land use, and montane and alpine forests. Techniques for upscaling focus on process modelling at stand and landscape scales and the use of remote sensing for landscape-level model parameterization and testing. The case studies demonstrate ways for ecosystem scientists, managers, and social scientists to cooperate.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9783540584841
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
The challenges in ecosystem science encompass a broadening and strengthening of interdisciplinary ties, the transfer of knowledge of the ecosystem across scales, and the inclusion of anthropogenic impacts and human behavior into ecosystem, landscape, and regional models. The volume addresses these points within the context of studies in major ecosystem types viewed as the building blocks of central European landscapes. The research is evaluated to increase the understanding of the processes in order to unite ecosystem science with resource management. The comparison embraces coastal lowland forests, associated wetlands and lakes, agricultural land use, and montane and alpine forests. Techniques for upscaling focus on process modelling at stand and landscape scales and the use of remote sensing for landscape-level model parameterization and testing. The case studies demonstrate ways for ecosystem scientists, managers, and social scientists to cooperate.
In a Nutshell
Author: Joseph Anthony
Publisher: Sharing Nature with Children B
ISBN: 9781883220983
Category : Ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An acorn grows into a mighty oak, helps sustain other life, and eventually dies and continues to give life to others.
Publisher: Sharing Nature with Children B
ISBN: 9781883220983
Category : Ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An acorn grows into a mighty oak, helps sustain other life, and eventually dies and continues to give life to others.
Teaching Guide for Fsn / Discovering Nature's Cycles
Author: Jennifer Boothroyd
Publisher: LernerClassroom
ISBN: 0761366830
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
TEACHING GUIDE FOR FSN / DISCOVERING NATURE'S CYCLES SERIES
Publisher: LernerClassroom
ISBN: 0761366830
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
TEACHING GUIDE FOR FSN / DISCOVERING NATURE'S CYCLES SERIES
The Sunspot-activity in the Years 1610-1960
Author: Max Waldmeier
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sunspots
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sunspots
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Black Nature
Author: Camille T. Dungy
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820334316
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Black Nature is the first anthology to focus on nature writing by African American poets, a genre that until now has not commonly been counted as one in which African American poets have participated. Black poets have a long tradition of incorporating treatments of the natural world into their work, but it is often read as political, historical, or protest poetry--anything but nature poetry. This is particularly true when the definition of what constitutes nature writing is limited to work about the pastoral or the wild. Camille T. Dungy has selected 180 poems from 93 poets that provide unique perspectives on American social and literary history to broaden our concept of nature poetry and African American poetics. This collection features major writers such as Phillis Wheatley, Rita Dove, Yusef Komunyakaa, Gwendolyn Brooks, Sterling Brown, Robert Hayden, Wanda Coleman, Natasha Trethewey, and Melvin B. Tolson as well as newer talents such as Douglas Kearney, Major Jackson, and Janice Harrington. Included are poets writing out of slavery, Reconstruction, the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Arts Movement, and late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century African American poetic movements. Black Nature brings to the fore a neglected and vital means of considering poetry by African Americans and nature-related poetry as a whole. A Friends Fund Publication.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820334316
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Black Nature is the first anthology to focus on nature writing by African American poets, a genre that until now has not commonly been counted as one in which African American poets have participated. Black poets have a long tradition of incorporating treatments of the natural world into their work, but it is often read as political, historical, or protest poetry--anything but nature poetry. This is particularly true when the definition of what constitutes nature writing is limited to work about the pastoral or the wild. Camille T. Dungy has selected 180 poems from 93 poets that provide unique perspectives on American social and literary history to broaden our concept of nature poetry and African American poetics. This collection features major writers such as Phillis Wheatley, Rita Dove, Yusef Komunyakaa, Gwendolyn Brooks, Sterling Brown, Robert Hayden, Wanda Coleman, Natasha Trethewey, and Melvin B. Tolson as well as newer talents such as Douglas Kearney, Major Jackson, and Janice Harrington. Included are poets writing out of slavery, Reconstruction, the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Arts Movement, and late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century African American poetic movements. Black Nature brings to the fore a neglected and vital means of considering poetry by African Americans and nature-related poetry as a whole. A Friends Fund Publication.
The Nature of School Bullying
Author: Richard Catalano
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317798406
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
The Nature of School Bullying provides a unique world-wide perspective on how different countries have conceptualized the issue of school bullying, what information has been gathered, and what interventions have been carried out. Written and compiled by well known experts in the field, it provides a concise summary of the current state of knowledge of school bullying in nineteen different countries, including: * demographic details * definitions of bullying * the nature and types of school bullying * descriptive statistics about bullying * initiatives and interventions. The Nature of School Bullying provides an authoritative resource for anyone interested in ways in which this problem is being tackled on a global scale. It will be invaluable for teachers, educational policy makers, researchers, and all those concerned with understanding school bullying and finding ways of dealing with it.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317798406
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
The Nature of School Bullying provides a unique world-wide perspective on how different countries have conceptualized the issue of school bullying, what information has been gathered, and what interventions have been carried out. Written and compiled by well known experts in the field, it provides a concise summary of the current state of knowledge of school bullying in nineteen different countries, including: * demographic details * definitions of bullying * the nature and types of school bullying * descriptive statistics about bullying * initiatives and interventions. The Nature of School Bullying provides an authoritative resource for anyone interested in ways in which this problem is being tackled on a global scale. It will be invaluable for teachers, educational policy makers, researchers, and all those concerned with understanding school bullying and finding ways of dealing with it.