1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990000062290203316

Autore

GIANI, Gian Paolo

Titolo

Rock slope stability analysis / Gian Paolo Giani

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Rotterdam [etc.] : A.A.Balkema, copyr. 1992

ISBN

90-5410-122-9

Descrizione fisica

XII, 361 p. : ill. ; 26 cm

Disciplina

624. 15136

Collocazione

624. 15136 GIA

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910460372603321

Autore

Weinstein Galina

Titolo

General relativity conflict and rivalries : Einstein's polemics with physicists / / by Galina Weinstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4438-8780-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (438 p.)

Disciplina

530.1109

Soggetti

General relativity (Physics) - History

Communication in physics

Electronic books.

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 and index.



Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on Albert Einstein and his interactions with, and responses to, various scientists, both famous and lesser-known. It takes as its starting point that the discussions between Einstein and other scientists all represented a contribution to the edifice of general relativity and relativistic cosmology. These scientists with whom Einstein implicitly or explicitly interacted form a complicated web of collaboration, which this study explores, focusing on their implicit and explicit responses to Einstein's work. This analysis uncovers latent undercurrents, indiscernible to other appr

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778123503321

Autore

French Francis

Titolo

In the shadow of the moon [[electronic resource] ] : a challenging journey to Tranquility, 1965-1969 / / Francis French and Colin Burgess ; with a foreword by Walter Cunningham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2007

ISBN

1-281-09214-2

9786611092146

0-8032-0984-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (448 p.)

Collana

Outward odyssey

Altri autori (Persone)

BurgessColin <1947->

Disciplina

629.45/4

Soggetti

Space flight to the moon

Astronautics - United States - History - 20th century

Space race - History

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. [413]-425).

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. Gemini Raises the Bar; 2. A Rendezvous in Space; 3. The Ballet of Weightlessness; 4. The Risk Stuff; 5. The Astronaut Enigma; 6. Starting Over; 7. Leaving the Good Earth; 8. A Test Pilot's Dream; 9. The Highest Mountain; Epilogue; References

Sommario/riassunto

Tells the story of the exciting and challenging years in space flight, with two superpowers engaged in a titanic struggle to land one of their



own people on the moon. This book explores the inspirations, ambitions, personalities, and experiences of the select few whose driving ambition was to fly to the moon.