1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454740703321

Autore

Schmude Richard W. <1958->

Titolo

Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto and how to observe them [[electronic resource] /] / Richard W. Schmude, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; London, : Springer, c2008

ISBN

1-282-29186-6

9786612291869

0-387-76602-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2008.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Collana

Astronomers' observing guides

Disciplina

523.47

Soggetti

Planetology

Electronic books.

Neptune (Planet) Observers' manuals

Pluto (Dwarf planet) Observers' manuals

Uranus (Planet) Observers' manuals

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-228) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Uranus System -- The Neptune System -- Pluto and Its Moons -- Observing Uranus and Neptune with Binoculars and Small Telescopes -- Observing with Medium-Sized Telescopes -- Observing with Large Telescopes.

Sommario/riassunto

This book tells the story of two giants and a dwarf. The giants, Uranus and Neptune, are mostly huge balls of gas, and they make their home in the remotest reaches of the Solar System. The dwarf, Pluto, which can usually be found even farther out than the two giants, was always small, but up until a short while ago, it enjoyed the same status as the other planets, a full-fledged member of the Solar System. Today, Pluto has been re-classified as a "dwarf planet." In this clear and succinct overview of the current research on these remote Solar System objects, Richard Schmude, Jr., tells us what facts we do know about these faraway entities, what we are seeking to know, and also how to observe them for yourself, using commercially available telescopes. He also explains why Pluto was re-classified and what it means, exactly, to be a dwarf planet. Intrigued by these objects since boyhood, Schmude has



compiled a loving tribute to them, if not making them warm and fuzzy, at least making them seem less remote and bringing them into our current frame of reference, giving them personality and revealing their worth in our understanding of the structure and nature of the Solar System in which we live.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991003667089707536

Autore

Togeby, Knud

Titolo

Le nom / Knud Togeby ; publié par Magnus Berg, Ghani Merad et Ebbe Spang-Hanssen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Copenhague : Akademisk Forlag, c1982

ISBN

8750020137

Descrizione fisica

551 p. ; 23 cm

Collana

Grammaire française ; 1

Altri autori (Persone)

Berg, Magnus

Merad, Ghani

Spang Hanssen, Ebbe

Disciplina

445

Soggetti

Lingua francese - Grammatica

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791720103321

Autore

Machan Tibor R

Titolo

The liberty option [[electronic resource] /] / Tibor R. Machan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Exeter, : Imprint Academic, c2003

ISBN

1-283-69260-0

1-84540-363-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (135 p.)

Collana

Societas : essays in political and cultural criticism ; ; 5

Disciplina

320.51

Soggetti

Liberty - Philosophy

Equality

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Front matter; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction: A Short Lesson About Liberty; Body matter; 1: Why Freedom Remains the Priority; 2: Financing Law Without Taxation; 3: Private Property Rights; 4: The Gist of a System of Liberty; 5: Liberty - Abstract & Concrete; Back matter; References

Sommario/riassunto

The Liberty Option advances the idea that for compelling moral as well as practical reasons it is the free society - with the rule of law founded on the principles of private property rights, its complete respect for individual sovereignty and properly limited legal authorities - not one or another version of statism that serves justice best, is most prosperous and encourages the greatest measure of individual virtue on the part of the citizenry. The work shows why this is so and lays out so...