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We're the Center of the Universe!
Science's Biggest Mistakes about Astronomy and Physics
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers! Does the universe circle around Earth? Do creatures live on the sun? Can you tell the future by looking at the stars? At one time, science supported wild notions like these! But later studies...
We're the Center of the Universe!
Science's Biggest Mistakes about Astronomy and Physics
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Does the universe circle around Earth? Do creatures live on the sun? Can you tell the future by looking at the stars? At one time, science supported wild notions like these! But later studies proved these ideas were nonsense. Discover science's biggest mistakes and oddest assumptions about physics and astronomy, and see how scientific thought changed over time.
by Philip Pugh
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2009
Amateur astronomers have to start somewhere. Most begin by buying a modest astronomical telescope and getting to know the night sky. After a while, many want to move on to the next stage, but this can be problematic. The magazines advertise a mass of commercially-made equipment – some of it very...
Hubble's Universe
Greatest Discoveries and Latest Images
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2013
The Hubble Space Telescope. No other telescope combines instant name recognition with the production of consistently spectacular images. Yet few people outside of the astronomy community realize that Hubble is now at the apex of its imaging capabilities. A collection of stunningly detailed pictures,...
by Patrick Moore, John Watson
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Sir Patrick Moore, CBE, FRS has long been the scourge of those people selling low-cost astronomical telescopes via mail-order catalogues and non-specialist stores. Ten years ago the quality was appalling and disappointment would have been almost guaranteed - but times have changed. The first part...
Pluto
New Horizons for a Lost Horizon: Astronomy, Astrology, and Mythology
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2015
Encompassing astronomy, mythology, psychology, and astrology, Pluto offers a wealth of knowledge about our most famous dwarf planet. First observed in 1930 and once defined as the ninth and final planet in our solar system, Pluto and its discovery and reclassification throw a unique light on how we...
by P. Clay Sherrod, Joseph I. Greene
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
Concise, highly readable book discusses the selection, set-up, and maintenance of a telescope; amateur studies of the sun; lunar topography and occultations; observations of Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, the minor planets and the stars; an introduction to photoelectric photometry; and more. 1981 edition. 124 figures. 26 halftones. 37 tables.
First Light and Beyond
Making a Success of Astronomical Observing
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
Amateur astronomers who have been disappointed by the results of an observing session can take comfort in the guidance of this book, which advises how to still gain useful experience in seemingly "failed" nights at the telescope. In a world with imperfect seeing conditions, incredible observing...
Taking Back Astronomy
The Heavens Declare Creation and Science Confirms It
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2006
"This book is meant to be an introduction only - a starting point to a biblical view of the universe. . . . Who knows what amazing truths are waiting to be discovered if only the shackles of secular thinking are removed. Now is the time of discovery..." Take a breathtaking look at the universe...
Archives of the Universe
100 Discoveries That Transformed Our Understanding of the Cosmos
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2010
An unparalleled history of astronomy presented in the words of the scientists who made the discoveries. Here are the writings of Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Newton, Halley, Hubble, and Einstein, as well as that of dozens of others who have significantly contributed to our picture of the universe.
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Pluto
Sentinel of the Outer Solar System
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2010
Orbiting at the edge of the outer Solar System, Pluto is an intriguing object in astronomy. Since the fascinating events surrounding its discovery, it has helped increase our understanding of the origin and evolution of the Solar System, and raised questions about the nature and benefits of scientific...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2012
These official final program mission reports issued by the NASA Johnson Space Center cover missions in 1995: STS-63, STS-67, STS-71, STS-70, STS-69, STS-73, and STS-74. In these thorough reports, with information and specifics not available on NASA website mission descriptions, each orbiter system...
The Unforgotten Sisters
Female Astronomers and Scientists before Caroline Herschel
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2016
Taking inspiration from Siv Cedering’s poem in the form of a fictional letter from Caroline Herschel that refers to “my long, lost sisters, forgotten in the books that record our science”, this book tells the lives of twenty-five female scientists, with specific attention to astronomers and...
Observational Molecular Astronomy
Exploring the Universe Using Molecular Line Emissions
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2013
Molecular line emissions offer researchers exciting opportunities to learn about the evolutionary state of the Milky Way and distant galaxies. This text provides a detailed introduction to molecular astrophysics and an array of useful techniques for observing astronomical phenomena at millimetre and...