Автор: Scott D. Taylor
Издательство: 1st Edition.
Год издания: 2010
isbn: 1441916482
Количество страниц: 538
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
Stars Above, Earth Below uses photographs and sky charts to form a connection between what is seen on the ground and in the sky, and looks at the deeper scientific meaning behind these sights. Nordgren describes other objects in the Solar System with features similar to those on Earth and links the geological features seen in the national parks to the very latest NASA spacecraft discoveries on other planets and their moons. Additionally, historical context is discussed to show why we humans (who have lived in and around our national parts for tens of thousands of years) have always been astronomers. The first book to make direct connections between astronomy and the landscapes, processes and cultures one experiences in the US National Parks Each chapter ties a specific astronomical phenomenon to a particular National Park or type of park and concludes with a “See for yourself” section that shows you how to see the planets, stars, nebulae, moons, etc. that are described within that chapter A personal guide showing the reader the astronomical phenomena that you can see for yourself when visiting the U.S. National Parks
Автор: Коллектив
Издательство: University Of Chicago Press
Год издания: 2010
isbn: 0226470784
Количество страниц: 265
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
One of the first maps of Mars, published by an Italian astronomer in 1877, with its pattern of canals, fueled belief in intelligent life forms on the distant red planet—a hope that continued into the 1960s. Although the Martian canals have long since been dismissed as a famous error in the history of science, K. Maria D. Lane argues that there was nothing accidental about these early interpretations. Indeed, she argues, the construction of Mars as an incomprehensibly complex and engineered world both reflected and challenged dominant geopolitical themes during a time of major cultural, intellectual, political, and economic transition in the Western world. Geographies of Mars telescopes in on a critical period in the development of the geographical imagination, when European imperialism was at its zenith and American expansionism had begun in earnest. Astronomers working in the new observatories of the American Southwest or in the remote heights of the South American Andes were inspired, Lane finds, by their own physical surroundings and used representations of the Earth’s arid landscapes to establish credibility for their observations of Mars. With this simple shift to the geographer’s point of view, Lane deftly explains some of the most perplexing stances on Mars taken by familiar protagonists such as Percival Lowell, Alfred Russel Wallace, and Lester Frank Ward. A highly original exploration of geography’s spatial dimensions at the beginning of the twentieth century, Geographies of Mars offers a new view of the mapping of far-off worlds
Автор: Ian S. McLean
Издательство: Springer
Год издания: 2010
isbn: 3642095321
Количество страниц: 552
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
The second edition of Electronic Imaging in Astronomy: Detectors and Instrumentation describes the remarkable developments that have taken place in astronomical detectors and instrumentation in recent years – from the invention of the charge-coupled device (CCD) in 1970 to the current era of very large telescopes, such as the Keck 10-meter telescopes in Hawaii with their laser guide-star adaptive optics which rival the image quality of the Hubble Space Telescope. Authored by one of the world’s foremost experts on the design and development of electronic imaging systems for astronomy, this book has been written on several levels to appeal to a broad readership. Mathematical expositions are designed to encourage a wider audience, especially among the growing community of amateur astronomers with small telescopes with CCD cameras. The book can be used at the college level for an introductory course on modern astronomical detectors and instruments, and as a supplement for a practical or laboratory class.
Автор: T.Padmanabhan
Издательство: Cambridge University Press
Год издания: 1998
isbn: 0521620392
Количество страниц: 214
Язык: english
Формат: CHM
Think of a large ship sailing through the ocean carrying a sack of potatoes in its cargo hold. There is a potato bug, inside one of the potatoes, which is trying to understand the nature of the ocean through which the ship is moving. Sir Arthur Eddington, famous British astronomer, once compared man's search for the mysteries of the universe to the activities of the potato bug in the above example. He might have been right as far as the comparison of dimensions went; but he was completely wrong in spirit. The 'potato bugs' called more respectably astronomers and cosmologists have definitely learnt a lot about the contents and nature of the Cosmos.
Автор: Виленкин Алекс
Издательство: АСТ
Год издания: 2010
isbn: 978-5-271-25401-07
Количество страниц: 303
Язык: русский
Формат: DJVU
Все мы живем в остатках огромного взрыва, случившегося около 14 миллиардов лет тому назад и положившего начало нашей Вселенной. Однако что предшествовало этому грандиозному событию? И какова вероятность того, что помимо нашего мира где-то существуют другие? В своей популярно написанной книге физик, профессор университета Тафте (США) Алекс Виленкин знакомит читателя с последними научными достижениями в сфере космологии и излагает собственную теорию, доказывающую возможность - и, более того, вероятность - существования бесчисленных параллельных вселенных. Выводы из его гипотезы ошеломляют: за границами нашего мира раскинулось множество других миров, похожих на наш или принципиально иных, населенных невообразимыми созданиями или существами, неотличимыми от людей. Идеи Виленкина оказались настолько ясными, убедительными и в то же время революционными, что в одночасье превратили скромного кабинетного ученого в звезду популярных ток-шоу, а его книгу - в международный бестселлер, получивший колоссальный общественный резонанс.
Автор: 1441972846
Издательство: Springer
Год издания: 2011
isbn: 1441972846
Количество страниц: 174
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
In late 2007 the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency placed the Kaguya/Selene spacecraft in orbit around the Moon. Like previous lunar orbiters, Kaguya carried scientific instruments to probe the Moon’s surface and interior. But it also had the first high-definition television camera (HDTV) sent to the Moon. Sponsored by the Japanese NHK TV network, the HDTV has amazed both scientists and the public with its magnificent views of the lunar surface. What makes the images much more engaging than standard vertical-view lunar photographs is that they were taken looking obliquely along the flight path. Thus, they show the Moon as it would be seen by an astronaut looking through a porthole window while orbiting only 100 km above the lunar surface. This is the view we all would wish to have, but are never likely to, except vicariously through the awe-inspiring Kaguya HDTV images. The remarkable Kaguya/Selene HDTV images are used here to create a new type of lunar atlas. Because of the unique perspective of the images each plate shows the surface in a manner that makes it visually appealing and scientifically understandable. Motomaro Shirao was a member of the Kaguya HDTV team and selected the targets for imaging. Charles Wood, an expert on lunar science and history, describes the pictures with text as informative as the images are beautiful.
Автор: A. G. G. M. Tielens
Издательство: C,.dge U-ty Press
Год издания: 2010
isbn: 0521533724
Количество страниц: 510
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
Emphasizing microscopic physical and chemical processes in space, and their influence on the macroscopic structure of the interstellar medium of galaxies, this book includes the latest developments in an exciting area of molecular astrophysics. New space and ground-based observational opportunities have resulted in significant additions to our knowledge of the molecular universe in recent years. This comprehensive overview will be an invaluable reference source for undergraduates, graduates and researchers.
Автор: Vladimir E. Fortov
Издательство: Springer
Год издания: 2011
isbn: 3642164633
Количество страниц: 333
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
With its many beautiful colour pictures, this book gives fascinating insights into the unusual forms and behaviour of matter under extremely high pressures and temperatures. These extreme states are generated, among other things, by strong shock, detonation and electric explosion waves, dense laser beams, electron and ion beams, hypersonic entry of spacecraft into dense atmospheres of planets, and in many other situations characterized by extremely high pressures and temperatures. Written by one of the world's foremost experts on the topic, this book will inform and fascinate all scientists dealing with materials properties and physics, and also serve as an excellent introduction to plasma-, shock-wave and high-energy-density physics for students and newcomers seeking an overview
Автор: Christopher T.Russell
Издательство: Springer
Год издания: 2004
isbn: 1402031475
Количество страниц: 502
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
At this writing the Cassini spacecraft has fired its engine and successfully inserted itself and its precious cargo of scientific instruments into orbit, the first step of its exploration of the Saturnian system. The suspense is not over, however. While exciting images of the rings have been captured, an exotic composition of Phoebe sensed by the mapping spectrometer and unexpected panoply of magnetic waves and plasma dynamics encountered on the incoming trajectory and initial orbit, the Huygens probe is still on board and the first close flyby of Titan has not taken place. Not until Christmas Day will the probe be released. Navigators are still checking their calculations,worrying about known unknowns like the mass of Saturn’s moons that could cause ever so small a deviation from the planned trajectory of the probe.
Автор: Robert Brown, Jean Pierre Lebreton, Hunter Waite
Издательство: Springer
Год издания: 2009
isbn: 1402092148
Количество страниц: 525
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
This book reviews our current knowledge of Saturn's largest moon Titan featuring the latest results obtained by the Cassini-Huygens mission. A global author team addresses Titan’s origin and evolution, internal structure, surface geology, the atmosphere and ionosphere as well as magnetospheric interactions. The book closes with an outlook beyond the Cassini-Huygens mission. Colorfully illustrated, this book will serve as a reference to researchers as well as an introduction for students.
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