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The New Space Race: China vs. USA |
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Категория: Естественные науки » Физико-математические науки » Астрономия, космос |
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Автор: Erik Seedhouse
Издательство: Springer
Год издания: 2010
isbn: 144190879X
Количество страниц: 256
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
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The world’s most populous nation views space as an asset, not only from a technological and commercial perspective, but also from a political and militaristic one. The repercussions of this ideology already extend far beyond Washington. China vs. United States offers a glimpse of future Chinese aspirations in space and the politico-militaristic implications of a looming space race, and explains why an interplanetary spaceship called the Tsien Hsue Shen might one day travel to the outer planets.
Until China successfully launched taikonauts into orbit, China’s space program had attracted little international attention. The book opens with an analysis of the short fifteen-year history of the China National Space Administration and its long list of accomplishments. Chapter 2 assesses Sino-U.S. technological and commercial interests in space and their implications in fuelling a potential space race. The national security objectives of the U.S. and China are examined, showing how their intentions are increasingly leading to the military integration of space technologies. Chapter 3 describes China’s anxieties about U.S. space power, its obsession with national prestige, and how manned spaceflight is viewed as a crucial element to sustain the legitimacy of the Communist Party. China is currently focusing on similar goals to those of NASA’s Constellation Program - lunar and Mars exploration. The following chapter examines the ambitious plans of both nations, and evaluates whether China’s bold goal of landing taikonauts on the Moon by 2020 is matched by the necessary capability. |
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Warriors and Weapons 3000 B.C. to A.D. 1700 in Colour |
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Категория: Военное дело » Униформа, обмундирование |
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Автор: Niels M. Saxtorph, Stig Bramsen (Illlustrations)
Издательство: Littlehampton Book Services Ltd
Год издания: 1979
isbn: 071370735
Количество страниц: 260
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
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Over 400 col. uniforms, many drawings. (weapons etc.). Uniforms, Equipment, Decorations, Insignia, Badges, Patches, Medals, ancient Greece, Rome, Far East. etc.
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Cosmic Collisions: The Hubble Atlas of Merging Galaxies |
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Категория: Естественные науки » Физико-математические науки » Астрономия, космос |
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Автор: Lars Lindberg Christensen, Davide Martin, Raquel Yumi Shida
Издательство: Springer
Год издания: 2009
isbn: 0387938532
Количество страниц: 142
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
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Like no other telescope ever invented, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has given us magnificent high resolution views of the gigantic cosmic collisions between galaxies. Hubble's images are snapshots in time and catch the colliding galaxies in different stages of collision. Thanks to a new and amazing set of 60 Hubble images, for the first time these different stages can be put together to form a still-frame movielike montage showing the incredible processes taking place as galaxies collide and merge.
The significance of these cosmic encounters reaches far beyond aesthetics. Galaxy mergers may, in fact, be some of the most important processes that shape our universe. Colliding galaxies very likely, hold some of the most important clues to our cosmic past and to our destiny. It now seems clear that the Milky Way is continuously undergoing merging events, some small scale, others on a gigantic scale. And the importance of this process in the lives of galaxies is much greater than what was previously thought. |
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Long, Obstinate, and Bloody: The Battle of Guilford Courthouse |
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Категория: Военное дело » История войн |
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Автор: Lawrence E. Babits, Joshua B. Howard
Издательство: University of North Carolina Press
Год издания: 2009
isbn: 0807832669
Количество страниц: 304
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
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On 15 March 1781, the armies of Nathanael Greene and Lord Charles Cornwallis fought one of the bloodiest and most intense engagements of the American Revolution at the Guilford Courthouse in piedmont North Carolina. Although victorious, Cornwallis declared the conquest of the Carolinas impossible. He made the fateful decision to march into Virginia, eventually leading his army to the Yorktown surrender and clearing the way for American independence.
In the first book-length examination of the Guilford Courthouse engagement, Lawrence Babits and Joshua Howard—drawing from hundreds of previously underutilized pension documents, muster rolls, and personal accounts—piece together what really happened on the wooded plateau in what is today Greensboro, North Carolina. They painstakingly identify where individuals stood on the battlefield, when they were there, and what they could have seen, thus producing a bottom-up story of the engagement. The authors explain or discount several myths surrounding this battle while giving proper place to long-forgotten heroic actions. They elucidate the actions of the Continentals, British regulars, North Carolina and Virginia militiamen, and the role of American cavalry. Their detailed and comprehensive narrative extends into individual combatants' lives before and after the Revolution. |
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Protoplanetary Dust: Astrophysical and Cosmochemical Perspectives (Cambridge Planetary Science, 12) |
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Категория: Естественные науки » Физико-математические науки » Астрономия, космос |
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Автор: Dániel Apai, Dante S. Lauretta
Издательство: Cambridge University Press
Год издания: 2010
isbn: 0521517729
Количество страниц: 396
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
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Planet formation studies uniquely benefit from three disciplines: astronomical observations of extrasolar planet-forming disks, analysis of material from the early Solar System, and laboratory astrophysics experiments. Pre-planetary solids, fine dust, and chondritic components are central elements linking these studies. This book is the first comprehensive overview of planet formation, in which astronomers, cosmochemists, and laboratory astrophysicists jointly discuss the latest insights from the Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes, new interferometers, space missions including Stardust and Deep Impact, and laboratory techniques. Following the evolution of solids from their genesis through protoplanetary disks to rocky planets, the book discusses in detail how the latest results from these disciplines fit into a coherent picture. This volume provides a clear introduction and valuable reference for students and researchers in astronomy, cosmochemistry, laboratory astrophysics, and planetary sciences. |
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Ancient World Vol.1 -5 |
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Категория: Естественные науки » Физико-математические науки » Астрономия, космос |
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Автор: Eric, Ph.D. Cline, Sarolta, Ph.D. Takacs
Издательство: M.E. Sharpe
Год издания: 2007
isbn: 0765680823
Количество страниц: 620
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
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Civilizanion of Africa, Civilizanion of Europe, Civilizanion of the Americas, Civilizanion of the Neart East and Southwest Azia, Civilizanion of Azia and the Pacific
Designed to meet the curriculum needs of students from grades 7-12, this five-volume encyclopedia explores the history and civilizations of the ancient world from prehistory to approximately 1000 CE. Organized alphabetically within geographical volumes on Africa, Europe, the Americas, Southwest Asia, and Asia and the Pacific, entries cover the social, political, scientific and technological, economic, and cultural events and developments that shaped the ancient world in all areas of the globe. Each volume explores significant civilizations, personalities, cultural and social developments, and scientific achievements in its geographical area. Boxed features include Link in Time, Link in Place, Ancient Weapons, Turning Points, and Great Lives. Each volume also includes maps, timelines and illustrations; and a glossary, bibliography and indexes complete the set. |
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Boeing (Images of America) |
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Категория: Технические науки » Транспорт » Воздушный транспорт, космонавтика |
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Автор: Martin W. Bowman
Издательство: Arcadia Publishing
Год издания: 1999
isbn: 0752415379
Количество страниц: 128
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
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This mighty company, founded by William E. Boeing, evolved from the humble Pacific Aero Products Company and became the Boeing Airplane Company in 1917. Boeing's eighty year history spans decades of rich achievement and technological development, first with the manufacture of sea-planes, then fighters and, from the 1930's onwards, huge bombers, innovative transports and finally, gigantic airliners, missiles, rockets and vehicles from moon exploration. Yet just after the First World War, Boeing only survived by accepting orders for the manufacture of sea-sled boats,canoes, and furniture, by rebuilding 354 Liberty-engined de Havilland DH-4s and acting as a sub-contractor for other companies' military
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The International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest: 1500 to the Present |
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Категория: Гуманитарные науки » Исторические науки » Всемирная история, древний мир |
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Автор: Immanuel Ness, Dario Azzellini, Marcelline Bloc
Издательство: Wiley-Blackwell
Год издания: 2009
isbn: 1405184647
Количество страниц: 4280
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
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This Encyclopedia covering the history of protest and revolution over the past 500 years – throughout the modern era of mass movements. From the rebellion against the Peasant's Revolt in Bolivia to the
Taiping Uprising in China, and from the Enlightenment-inspired revolutions in Europe and America to the anti-colonial revolts of Pancho Villa and the Mau Mau, it covers every major revolution that has altered societies or changed the course of history on a local, regional, national, and international scale. It presents major uprisings and protest movements, and the ideas, ideologies, and activists that propelled them, chronicles the manner in which they unfolded, traces their roots, goals, tactics, and influence, and evaluates their successes and failures.
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Древняя Русь в свете зарубежных источников. Хрестоматия. Том V. Древнескандинавские источники. |
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Категория: Гуманитарные науки » Исторические науки » Отечественная история |
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Автор: средневековые скандинавоязычные авторы
Издательство: Русский Фонд Содействия Образованию и Науке
Год издания: 2009
isbn: 978-5-91244-005-2
Количество страниц: 384
Язык: русский
Формат: DJVU
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Пятый том Хрестоматии "Древняя Русь в свете зарубежных источников" посвящен древнескандинавским источникам. Скандинавские письменные памятники IX-XIV вв. представляют собой одну из самых больших групп среди иностранных источников, содержащих сведения по истории Древней Руси. В их число входят скальдические стихи, рунические надписи, историографические сочинения, исландские саги (родовые, королевские, о епископах, о древних временах), норвежские гомилиарии и жития святых, исландские географические сочинения, исландские анналы.
Хрестоматия представляет собой дополнение к учебному пособию "Древняя Русь в свете зарубежных источников".
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Что надеть, чтобы выглядеть на миллион долларов |
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Категория: Рукоделие » Другие виды рукоделия |
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Автор: Инна Криксунова
Издательство: Прайм-Еврознак
Год издания: 2006
isbn: 5-93878-243-0
Количество страниц: 256
Язык: русский
Формат: PDF
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Эта книга - о том, как должен выглядеть преуспевающий человек. Как известно, встречают всегда по одежке и пропуском в элитное заведение под названием "Богатство и Успех" является дресс-код. Если вы хотите стать там своим человеком, вы должны научиться правильно выбирать одежду, обувь, аксессуары и даже прическу. Первый и единственный в России справочник по бизнес-гардеробу поможет вам быстро, грамотно и без лишних затрат решить эту задачу. Следуя его советам, вы будете всегда одеты с безупречным вкусом, а значит - уверены в себе. |
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