Author: Thomas KERIGANPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 634
Book Description
The Young Navigator's Guide to the Siderial and Planetary Parts of Nautical Astronomy ... To which is Prefixed the Description and Use of a New Celestial Planisphere
Author: Thomas KERIGANThe young navigator's guide to the sidereal and planetary parts of nautical astronomy
Author: Thomas KeriganPieces and Parts in Scientific Texts
Author: Florence Bretelle-EstabletPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319784676
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
This book starts from a first general observation: there are very diverse ways to frame and convey scientific knowledge in texts. It then analyzes texts on mathematics, astronomy, medicine and life sciences, produced in various parts of the globe and in different time periods, and examines the reasons behind the segmentation of texts and the consequences of such textual divisions. How can historians and philosophers of science approach this diversity, and what is at stake in dealing with it? The book addresses these questions, adopting a specific approach to do so. In order to shed light on the diversity of organizational patterns and rhetorical strategies in scientific texts, and to question the rationale behind the choices made to present such texts in one particular way, it focuses on the issue of text segmentation, offering answers to questions such as: What was the meaning of segmenting texts into paragraphs, chapters, sections and clusters? Was segmentation used to delimit self-contained units, or to mark breaks in the physical appearance of a text in order to aid reading and memorizing, or to cope with the constraints of the material supports? How, in these different settings and in different texts, were pieces and parts made visible?
Planets and Planetary Systems
Author: Stephen EalesPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470016922
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Planetary Science is an exciting, fast-moving, interdisciplinary field with courses taught in a wide range of departments, including astronomy, physics, chemistry, earth sciences and biology. Planets and Planetary Systems is a well-written, concise introductory textbook on the science of planets within our own and other solar systems. Keeping mathematics to a minimum, assuming only a rudimentary knowledge of calculus, the book begins with a description of the basic properties of the planets in our solar systems, and then moves on to compare them with what is known about planets in other solar systems. It continues by looking at the surfaces, interiors and atmospheres of the planets and then covers the dynamics and origin of planetary systems. The book closes with a look at the role of life in planetary systems. · An accessible, concise introduction to planets and planetary systems · Uses insights from all the disciplines underlying planetary science · Incorporates results from recent planetary space missions, such as Cassini to Saturn and a number of missions to Mars · Well illustrated throughout, including a colour plate section Planets and Planetary Systems is invaluable to students taking courses in planetary science across a wide range of disciplines and of interest to researchers and many keen amateur astronomers, needing an up-to-date introduction to this exciting subject.
Life on Earth and other Planetary Bodies
Author: Arnold HanslmeierPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 940074966X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
A trio of editors [Professors from Austria, Germany and Israel] present Life on Earth and other Planetary Bodies. The contributors are from twenty various countries and present their research on life here as well as the possibility for extraterrestrial life. This volume covers concepts such as life’s origin, hypothesis of Panspermia and of life possibility in the Cosmos. The topic of extraterrestrial life is currently ‘hot’ and the object of several congresses and conferences. While the diversity of “normal” biota is well known, life on the edge of the extremophiles is more limited and less distributed. Other subjects discussed are Astrobiology with the frozen worlds of Mars, Europa and Titan where extant or extinct microbial life may exist in subsurface oceans; conditions on icy Mars with its saline, alkaline, and liquid water which has been recently discovered; chances of habitable Earth-like [or the terrestrial analogues] exoplanets; and SETI’s search for extraterrestrial Intelligence.
Planetary Rings
Author: Larry EspositoPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521362229
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
This 2006 text covers all aspects of planetary rings with particular emphasis on ring history and evolution.
Planetary Rings
Author: Larry W. EspositoPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139867709
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Fully updated and expanded, this new edition presents a cutting-edge summary of planetary rings, including results from Cassini's Saturn System, Equinox and Solstice missions, and the New Horizons flyby of Jupiter. The book introduces basic physical processes and simple mathematical approaches in an accessible manner, including N-body and stochastic models of ring dynamics. Further revised chapters present highlighted topics including Saturn's F ring, Uranus' rings and moons, Neptune's partial rings, dusty rings, and Jupiter's ring-moon system after Galileo and New Horizons. Cassini results are fully integrated throughout, including new images in color, and a new Afterword links ring images in the Cassini 'Hall of Fame' gallery to the relevant explanation in the text. An online cache of images and videos from NASA's collection makes it easy to locate relevant and beautiful illustrative materials. This is a key resource for students, researchers and professionals in planetary science, astronomy and space-mission research.
Planetary Systems
Author: Ludwik Marian CelnikierPublisher: Atlantica Séguier Frontières
ISBN: 9782863322376
Category : Planetary science
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Planetary Sciences
Author: Imke de PaterPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107091616
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 665
Book Description
This updated second edition takes in the latest measurements. An authoritative introduction for graduate students in the physical sciences.
Planetary Vistas
Author: Paul MurdinPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319152424
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
The word “landscape” can mean picture as well as natural scenery. Recent advances in space exploration imaging have allowed us to now have landscapes never before possible, and this book collects some of the greatest views and vistas of Mars, Venus’s Titan, Io and more in their full glory, with background information to put into context the foreign landforms of our Solar System. Here, literally, are 'other-worldly' visions of strange new scenes, all captured by the latest technology by landing and roving vehicles or by very low-flying spacecraft. There is more than scientific interest in these views. They are also aesthetically beautiful and intriguing, and Dr. Murdin in a final chapter compares them to terrestrial landscapes in fine art. Planetary Vistas is a science book and a travel book across the planets and moons of the Solar System for armchair space explorers who want to be amazed and informed. This book shows what future space explorers will experience, because these are the landscapes that astronauts and space tourists will see.