Author: Eric Chevillard Publisher: U of Nebraska Press ISBN: 9780803214750 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 152
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A novel of the absurd about a man seeking to know who he is. As he sees it the problem is that he cannot remember his birth, so he cannot really be sure who he is.
Author: R.D. Davies Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 9401030871 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 476
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The Symposium on the Crab Nebula was held in the University of Manchester from 5 to 7 August, 1970. The meetings on the first day were held in the Physics Department on the University campus, and on the second and third days at the Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories, Jodrell Bank. The 4th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, convened in the University and at Jodrell Bank fifteen years earlier (25-27 August, 1955), dealt with the entire subject of radio and radar astronomy. Now the subject matter of this 46th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union was confined to one single object. It is interesting to recall that even at the 1955 symposium the Crab Nebula figured prominently. In particular, J. H. Oort described the new measurements of the polariza tion of the light from the nebula and I. S. Shklovsky explained the light and radio emission in terms of the motion of relativistic electrons in the magnetic field of the nebula. No one could have foreseen the exciting discoveries of a decade later which stimulated the assembly of 172 participants to this 1970 Symposium. In addition to the lectures and discussions the visitors were able to tour the laboratories and telescopes at J odrell Bank to see the various researches in progress. The demonstrations included a real-time display on a cathode ray tube of the pulses from pulsar CP 0328 received in the 250 ft steerable telescope.
Author: Eric Chevillard Publisher: U of Nebraska Press ISBN: 9780803263703 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 150
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A novel of the absurd about a man seeking to know who he is. As he sees it the problem is that he cannot remember his birth, so he cannot really be sure who he is.
Author: Michele Brutini Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 248
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The author's thoughts on what technologies will lead to a reasonable exploration and colonization of space all while wrapped in an exciting adventure trying to solve a millennia old enigma. Looks at the past and potential futures of technology while examining merits of each, i.e., faster than light travel, instantaneous communications, anti-gravity, teleportation, genetic engineering.Delves on the search for sentient extraterrestrial life and develops some potential techniques for narrowing down the search as more data is made available through the search for habitable planets past and present.However, has something for everyone whether you like fiction, mystery, science, technology, history or just a good read.
Author: The Cta Consortium Publisher: World Scientific ISBN: 9813270101 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 365
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This book summarizes the science to be carried out by the upcoming Cherenkov Telescope Array, a major ground-based gamma-ray observatory that will be constructed over the next six to eight years. The major scientific themes, as well as core program of key science projects, have been developed by the CTA Consortium, a collaboration of scientists from many institutions worldwide.CTA will be the major facility in high-energy and very high-energy photon astronomy over the next decade and beyond. CTA will have capabilities well beyond past and present observatories. Thus, CTA's science program is expected to be rich and broad and will complement other major multiwavelength and multimessenger facilities. This book is intended to be the primary resource for the science case for CTA and it thus will be of great interest to the broader physics and astronomy communities. The electronic version (e-book) is available in open access.