Distant Worlds, Peter Bond

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: Carroll Michael
Название: Earths of Distant Suns
ISBN: 3319439634 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319439631
Издательство: Springer
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Цена: 26080.00 T
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Описание: Based on the latest missions results and supported by commissioned artwork, this book explores the possible lessons we may learn from exoplanets. As the number of known Earth-like objects grows significantly, the author explores what is known about the growing roster of 'pale blue dots' far afield. Aided by an increased sensitivity of the existing observatories, recent discoveries by Keck, the Hubble Space Telescope, and Kepler are examined. These findings, once thought to be closer to the realm of science fiction, have fired the imaginations of the general public as well as scientists.All of us are mesmerized by the possibility of other Earth-like worlds out there. Author Michael Carroll asks the tough questions of what the expected gain is from identifying these Earth analogs spread across the Universe and the reasons for studying them. Potentially, they could teach us about our own climate and Solar System. Also explored are the more remote options of communication between or even travel to these distant yet perhaps not so dissimilar worlds.

Автор: Bruce Dorminey
Название: Distant Wanderers
ISBN: 1441928723 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781441928726
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Цена: 28730.00 T
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Описание: Recent discoveries of planet-like objects circling other sun-like stars have stirred enormous interest in what other planets may exist in the universe, and whether they could support intelligent life.

Автор: Ralph D. Lorenz; James R. Zimbelman
Название: Dune Worlds
ISBN: 3662502283 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783662502280
Издательство: Springer
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Цена: 104480.00 T
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Описание: This book describes how sand dunes work, why they are the way they are in different settings, and how they are being studied. It compares and contrasts the characteristics and formation of sand dunes on Earth, Mars and Titan.

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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Цена: 27940.00 T
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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: Seargent David A J
Название: Weird Worlds
ISBN: 1461470633 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781461470632
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Цена: 33070.00 T
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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: 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.