Dune Worlds, Ralph D. Lorenz; James R. Zimbelman

Автор: Peter Bond
Название: Distant Worlds
ISBN: 1493938339 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781493938339
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Описание: CHAPTER 1: DISCOVERING DISTANT WORLDS 3 CHAPTER 2: MERCURY: THE IRON PLANET 21 CHAPTER 3: VENUS: THE RUNAWAY GREENHOUSE 45 CHAPTER 4: THE MOON: QUEEN OF THE NIGHT 69 5: MARS: THE RED PLANET CHAPTER 101 CHAPTER 6: ASTEROIDS: VERMIN OF THE SKIES 129 CHAPTER 7: JUPITER: KING OF THE PLANETS 147 CHAPTER 8: SATURN: LIGHTWEIGHT LORD OF THE RINGS 185 CHAPTER 9: URANUS: THE TOPPLED GIANT 217 CHAPTER 10: NEPTUNE: THE LAST GIANT 237 CHAPTER 11: PLUTO: KING OF THE KUIPER BELT 257 CHAPTER 12: COMETS: COSMIC ICEBERGS 269 APPENDICES 1: Lunar and Planetary Missions 285 2: Planetary Data 298 3: Satellite Data 299 4: Planetary Rings 305 5: The Largest Known Kuiper Belt Objects 307 6: Lunar and Planetary Firsts 308 7: Selected Reading List 310 8: Selected Websites 314 INDEX 317 VII Until about 500 years ago, the Earth was believed to lie at Pluto and its recently discovered, larger cousin in the far the center of the Universe, with the Sun and five planets reaches of the Sun's realm. For the first time, human eyes revolving around it. The planets themselves were merely have been able to see towering cliffs, dust devils, erupting points of light that drifted across the stellar constellations.

Автор: Villard, Ray
Название: Infinite worlds
ISBN: 0520237102 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780520237100
Издательство: Wiley
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Описание: Internationally renowned astronomical artwork, the latest images from the world`s top observatories, and up-to-the-minute scientific findings on subjects including stellar evolution are brought together in this exploration of the cosmos and of far-flung planets that exist outside our Solar System.

Автор: Seargent David A J
Название: Weird Worlds
ISBN: 1461470633 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781461470632
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Описание: This book concentrates on the "odd and interesting" aspects of planetary bodies, including asteroids and moons, describing unusual features of these worlds and the ways in which they appear "weird" to us. Also discusses the possibility of methane-based organisms.

Автор: Wohl Ellen
Название: A World of Rivers: Environmental Change on Ten of the World`s Great Rivers
ISBN: 022600760X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780226007601
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Описание: Explores the confluence of human and environmental change on ten of the great rivers of the world. Ranging from the Yellow River in China to Central Europe`s Danube, this book shows us how pollution, such as in the Ganges and in the Ob of Siberia, has affected biodiversity in the water.

Автор: Martin Beech
Название: Terraforming: The Creating of Habitable Worlds
ISBN: 1493939149 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781493939145
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Описание: This fascinating book proposes a sound and realistic exploration on the topic of terraforming. The book presents what is physically possible today and hints what might conceivably be put into practice in the next several hundred years.

Автор: Moltenbrey, Michael
Название: Dawn of small worlds
ISBN: 3319230026 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319230023
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Цена: 37260.00 T
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Описание: This book gives a detailed introduction to the thousands and thousands of smaller bodies in the solar system. Readers will learn that small solar system worlds have a dramatically different nature and appearance than the planets.

Автор: Sengupta, Sujan
Название: Worlds beyond our own
ISBN: 3319098934 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319098937
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Описание: This is a book on planets: Solar system planets and dwarf planets. And planets outside our solar system - exoplanets. What are the conditions for life and on which planets may they be met? But in particular also on the link between planets and stars - brown dwarfs.

Автор: Traphagan
Название: Science, Culture and the Search for Life on Other Worlds
ISBN: 3319417444 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319417448
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Описание: This book explores humanity’s thoughts and ideas about extraterrestrial life, paying close attention to the ways science and culture interact with one another to create a context of imagination and discovery related to life on other worlds. Despite the recent explosion in our knowledge of other planets and the seeming era of discovery in which we live, to date we have found no concrete evidence that we are not alone. Our thinking about life on other worlds has been and remains the product of a combination of scientific investigation and human imagination shaped by cultural values--particularly values of exploration and discovery connected to American society.The rapid growth in our awareness of other worlds makes this a crucial moment to think about and assess the influence of cultural values on the scientific search for extraterrestrial life. Here the author considers the junction of science and culture with a focus on two main themes: (1) the underlying assumptions, many of which are tacitly based upon cultural values common in American society, that have shaped the ways researchers in astrobiology and SETI have conceptualized the nature of their endeavor and represented ideas about the potential influence contact might have on human civilization, and (2) the empirical evidence we can access as a way of thinking about the social impact that contact with alien intelligence might have for humanity.