Author: James Trefil
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Text and images from the Hubble Space Telescope, Voyager, Pathfinder, and other space missions celebrate the universe as humankind knows it.
Other Worlds
Author: James Trefil
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Text and images from the Hubble Space Telescope, Voyager, Pathfinder, and other space missions celebrate the universe as humankind knows it.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Text and images from the Hubble Space Telescope, Voyager, Pathfinder, and other space missions celebrate the universe as humankind knows it.
Other Worlds from Earth
Author: United States. Office of Space Science and Applications. Solar System Exploration Division. Planetary Astronomy Committee
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Life Beyond Earth
Author: Athena Coustenis
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107026172
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
An engaging account of our quest for habitable environments, recounting fascinating recent discoveries and providing insight into future space missions.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107026172
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
An engaging account of our quest for habitable environments, recounting fascinating recent discoveries and providing insight into future space missions.
Earth and Other Planets
Author: Ellen Labrecque
Publisher: Pebble
ISBN: 1977108482
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
"You are here: Universe - Milky Way Galaxy - Solar System - Third Planet from the Sun, Earth. Our place in the universe determines what we see in the night sky and the length of every day. Help students learn how the patterns they see fit into the grand scheme of the universe. Connect directly to the Next Generation Science Standards to answer this big question: What is the universe, and what is Earth's place in it?"--
Publisher: Pebble
ISBN: 1977108482
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
"You are here: Universe - Milky Way Galaxy - Solar System - Third Planet from the Sun, Earth. Our place in the universe determines what we see in the night sky and the length of every day. Help students learn how the patterns they see fit into the grand scheme of the universe. Connect directly to the Next Generation Science Standards to answer this big question: What is the universe, and what is Earth's place in it?"--
Space on Earth
Author: Charles S. Cockell
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 0230552323
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Many environmentalists think going into space detracts from solving problems here on Earth. Many astrophysicists feel environmentalism hampers their exploration and settlement of space. Actually environmentalism and space exploration have one and the same objective, argues leading astro-biologist Professor Charles Cockell: to ensure humanity has a home. Cockell calls for a fusion of the two movements as the only way forward. The technologies we develop to live sustainably on Earth, such as wind and solar power, will also establish humanity in space. The exploration of space will provide new resources and skills for the protection of the Earth's environment. For example, studying extreme environments on Earth is helping us to look for life on Mars and satellites orbiting Earth are helping track hurricanes and protect people from natural disasters. There are many books on environmentalism and many on space faring. Space On Earth is the first to provide a new vision of humanity's future bringing these two goals together.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 0230552323
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Many environmentalists think going into space detracts from solving problems here on Earth. Many astrophysicists feel environmentalism hampers their exploration and settlement of space. Actually environmentalism and space exploration have one and the same objective, argues leading astro-biologist Professor Charles Cockell: to ensure humanity has a home. Cockell calls for a fusion of the two movements as the only way forward. The technologies we develop to live sustainably on Earth, such as wind and solar power, will also establish humanity in space. The exploration of space will provide new resources and skills for the protection of the Earth's environment. For example, studying extreme environments on Earth is helping us to look for life on Mars and satellites orbiting Earth are helping track hurricanes and protect people from natural disasters. There are many books on environmentalism and many on space faring. Space On Earth is the first to provide a new vision of humanity's future bringing these two goals together.
Ocean Worlds
Author: J. A. Zalasiewicz
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199672881
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
In this book, geologists Jan Zalasiewicz and Mark Williams consider the deep history of oceans, how and when they may have formed on the young Earth - topics of intense current research - how they became salty, and how they evolved through Earth history.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199672881
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
In this book, geologists Jan Zalasiewicz and Mark Williams consider the deep history of oceans, how and when they may have formed on the young Earth - topics of intense current research - how they became salty, and how they evolved through Earth history.
Magnificent Universe
Author: Ken Croswell
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684845946
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Twenty years after Isaac Asimov praised Timothy Ferris's GALAXIES as the most beautiful book ever published, MAGNIFICENT UNIVERSE establishes a new standard of excellence in depicting space. No other book even comes close. Ken Croswell takes us across the known universe - from the planets of the Sun to the stars of the Galaxy to the galaxies of the Cosmos. This is, simply, the most beautiful astronomy book in existance. The exploration of space by telescope and space probe continues at an exhilarating pace. While many think that only the Hubble telescope has new photographs of the heavens to offer, MAGNIFICENT UNIVERSE draws not only on Hubble but on fifty different sources. With the latest, stunning astronomical vistas, this lavish book allows us to experience the universe as never before.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684845946
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Twenty years after Isaac Asimov praised Timothy Ferris's GALAXIES as the most beautiful book ever published, MAGNIFICENT UNIVERSE establishes a new standard of excellence in depicting space. No other book even comes close. Ken Croswell takes us across the known universe - from the planets of the Sun to the stars of the Galaxy to the galaxies of the Cosmos. This is, simply, the most beautiful astronomy book in existance. The exploration of space by telescope and space probe continues at an exhilarating pace. While many think that only the Hubble telescope has new photographs of the heavens to offer, MAGNIFICENT UNIVERSE draws not only on Hubble but on fifty different sources. With the latest, stunning astronomical vistas, this lavish book allows us to experience the universe as never before.
Other Worlds
Author: Garrett Putman Serviss
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Other Worlds
Author: Teffi
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1681375397
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Stories about the occult, folk religions, superstition, and spiritual customs in Russia by one of the most essential twentieth-century writers of short fiction and essays. Though best known for her comic and satirical sketches of pre-Revolutionary Russia, Teffi was a writer of great range and human sympathy. The stories on otherworldly themes in this collection are some of her finest and most profound, displaying the acute psychological sensitivity beneath her characteristic wit and surface brilliance. Other Worlds presents stories from across the whole of Teffi’s long career, from her early days as a literary celebrity in Moscow to her post-Revolutionary years as an émigré in Paris. In the early story “A Quiet Backwater,” a laundress gives a long disquisition on the name days of the flora and fauna and on the Feast of the Holy Ghost, a day on which “no one dairnst disturb the earth.” The story “Wild Evening” is about the fear of the unknown; “The Kind That Walk,” a penetrating study of antisemitism and of xenophobia; and “Baba Yaga,” about the archetypal Russian witch and her longing for wildness and freedom. Teffi traces the persistent influence of the ancient Slavic gods in superstitions and customs, and the deep connection of the supernatural to everyday life in the provinces. In “Volya,” the autobiographical final story, the power and pain of Baba Yaga is Teffi’s own.
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1681375397
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Stories about the occult, folk religions, superstition, and spiritual customs in Russia by one of the most essential twentieth-century writers of short fiction and essays. Though best known for her comic and satirical sketches of pre-Revolutionary Russia, Teffi was a writer of great range and human sympathy. The stories on otherworldly themes in this collection are some of her finest and most profound, displaying the acute psychological sensitivity beneath her characteristic wit and surface brilliance. Other Worlds presents stories from across the whole of Teffi’s long career, from her early days as a literary celebrity in Moscow to her post-Revolutionary years as an émigré in Paris. In the early story “A Quiet Backwater,” a laundress gives a long disquisition on the name days of the flora and fauna and on the Feast of the Holy Ghost, a day on which “no one dairnst disturb the earth.” The story “Wild Evening” is about the fear of the unknown; “The Kind That Walk,” a penetrating study of antisemitism and of xenophobia; and “Baba Yaga,” about the archetypal Russian witch and her longing for wildness and freedom. Teffi traces the persistent influence of the ancient Slavic gods in superstitions and customs, and the deep connection of the supernatural to everyday life in the provinces. In “Volya,” the autobiographical final story, the power and pain of Baba Yaga is Teffi’s own.
Light of the Stars: Alien Worlds and the Fate of the Earth
Author: Adam Frank
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393609022
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Winner of the 2019 Phi Beta Kappa Award for Science "A valuable perspective on the most important problem of our time." —Adam Becker, NPR Light of the Stars tells the story of humanity’s coming of age as we realize we might not be alone in this universe. Astrophysicist Adam Frank traces the question of alien life from the ancient Greeks to modern thinkers, and he demonstrates that recognizing the possibility of its existence might be the key to save us from climate change. With clarity and conviction, Light of the Stars asks the consequential question: What can the likely presence of life on other planets tell us about our own fate?
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393609022
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Winner of the 2019 Phi Beta Kappa Award for Science "A valuable perspective on the most important problem of our time." —Adam Becker, NPR Light of the Stars tells the story of humanity’s coming of age as we realize we might not be alone in this universe. Astrophysicist Adam Frank traces the question of alien life from the ancient Greeks to modern thinkers, and he demonstrates that recognizing the possibility of its existence might be the key to save us from climate change. With clarity and conviction, Light of the Stars asks the consequential question: What can the likely presence of life on other planets tell us about our own fate?