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Coming of Age in the Milky WayFrom the second-century celestial models of Ptolemy to modern-day research institutes and quantum theory, this classic book offers a breathtaking tour of astronomy and the brilliant, eccentric personalities who have shaped it. From the first time mankind had an inkling of the vast space...
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The Sun and the MoonRead and find out about the sun and the moon in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book.The sun is out in the day and always has a circle shape. The moon's shape seems to change, and you can sometimes see it in the daytime...
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Radiative TransferRadiative Transfer is the definitive work in the field. It provides workers and students in physics, nuclear physics, astrophysics, and atmospheric studies with the foundation for the analysis of stellar atmospheres, planetary illumination, and sky radiation. Though radiative transfer has been investigated chiefly as...
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My Journey to the StarsNASA astronaut Scott Kelly was the first to spend an entire year in space Discover his awe-inspiring journey in this fascinating picture book memoir (the perfect companion to his adult book Endurance) that takes readers from Scott's childhood as an average student to his...
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Earth-Shattering: Violent Supernovas, Galactic Explosions, Biological Mayhem, Nuclear Meltdowns, and Other Hazards to Life in Our UniverA heart-pumping exploration of the biggest explosions in history, from the Big Bang to mysterious activity on Earth and everything in between The overwhelming majority of celestial space is inactive and will remain forever unruffled. Similarly, more than 90 percent of the universe's 70...
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The MoonThe MoonExcept for occasional comets and meteors, the Moon is the celestial body nearest the Earth. Its mean distance from the Earth is 237,640 miles, but as it moves in an elliptical orbit, it has at one point a remoteness of 253,263 miles and...
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Worlds in the making: The evolution of the universeWorlds in the making: The evolution of the universeWhen, more than six years ago, I was writing my Treatise of Cosmic Physics, I found myself confronted with great difficulties. The views then held would not explain many phenomena, and they failed in particular in...
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The Vailan or annular theory: A synopsis of Prof. I. N. Vail's argument in support of the claim that this Earth once possessed a Saturn-like system of ringsThe Vailan or annular theory: A synopsis of Prof. I. N. Vail's argument in support of the claim that this Earth once possessed a Saturn-like system of ringsThe theory advanced by Prof. I. N. Vail accounts for the formation of the earths crust, with...
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Extra-galactic nebulaeExtra-galactic nebulaeThis contribution gives the results of a statistical investigation of 400 extra-galactic nebulae for which Holetschek has determined total visual magnitudes. The list is complete for the brighter nebulae in the northern sky and is representative to 12.5 mag. or fainter. The classification...
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The Trouvelot astronomical drawings manualThe Trouvelot astronomical drawings manual During a study of the heavens, which has now been continued for more than fifteen years, I have made a large number of observations pertaining to physical astronomy, together with many original drawings representing the most interesting celestial objects...
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Round the year with the starsRound the year with the stars - The chief beauties of the starry heavens as seen with the naked eyeThe charts illustrating this book have been drawn by the writer especially to meet the needs of beginnersof those who, feeling what a void in...
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A világegyetem élete és megismerésének története a legrégibb időtől napjainkigA világegyetem élete és megismerésének története a legrégibb időtől napjainkigA vilgok keletkezse cm munkmat oly nagy jakarattal fogadtk, hogy azt elgg meg nem ksznhetem. Ennek egyik kvetkezmnye volt az is, hogy gy ismersk, mint ismeretlenek a legklnbzbb krdsekkel fordultak hozzm. E krdsek gyakran azon...
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A Preliminary Dissertation on the Mechanisms of the HeavensA Preliminary Dissertation on the Mechanisms of the Heavens In order to convey some idea of the object of this work, it may be useful to offer a few preliminary observations on the nature of the subject which it is intended to investigate, and...
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The Book of Stars: Being a Simple Explanation of the Stars and Their Uses to Boy LifeThe Book of Stars: Being a Simple Explanation of the Stars and Their Uses to Boy LifeThe Book of WirelessThe Book of Stars The Book of MagicThe Book of Electricity Gas, Gasoline and Oil EnginesThe Amateur Chemist The Amateur MechanicHow to Fly The Home...
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Comet Lore: Halley's Comet in History and AstronomyComet Lore: Halley's Comet in History and AstronomyThey have known for certain that this Comet would come; and they knew just when and where in the Heavens the Comet would first show itself to the naked eyedown to the very night. Halley was the...
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Conversations on the Plurality of WorldsConversations on the Plurality of WorldsI find myself nearly in the situation of Cicero, when he undertook to write in his own language on philosophical subjects, that, till then, had never been treated of but in Greek. He tells us that his works were...
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The Moon: A Popular TreatiseThe Moon: A Popular TreatiseONE serene evening, when the full moon, rising slowly above the tree tops, began to spread over the landscape that peculiar radiance which, by half revealing and half concealing, by softening all outlines, and by imparting a certain mystery to...
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The Bridgewater treatises on the power, wisdom, and goodness of God, as manifested in the creation Treatise 3Astronomy and General Physics Considered with Reference to Natural TheologyThe examination of the material world brings before us a number of things and relations of things which suggest to most minds the belief of a creating and presiding Intelligence. And this impression, which arises...
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Sonne und SterneSonne und SterneDie Gesellschaft Kosmos bezweckt, die Kenntnis der Naturwissenschaften und damit die Freude an der Natur und das Verstndnis ihrer Erscheinungen in den weitesten Kreisen unseres Volkes zu verbreiten. Dieses Ziel sucht die Gesellschaft durch Verbreitung guter naturwissenschaftlicher Literatur zu erreichen im Es...
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The dawn of astronomyThe dawn of astronomy - A study of the temple-worship and mythology of the ancient EgyptiansThe enormous advance which has been recently made in our astronomical knowledge, and in our power of investigating the various bodies which people space, is to a very great...
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