Basic Calculus of Planetary Orbits and Interplanetary Flight : The Missions of the Voyagers, Cassini, and Juno / / by Alexander J. Hahn

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910484046803321
• Autore: Hahn Alexander J
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020
• ISBN: 3-030-24868-2
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2020.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XIV, 375 p. 231 illus., 136 illus. in color.)
• Disciplina: 515
• Soggetti: Calculus; Space sciences; Functions of real variables; Physics; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics); Real Functions; Mathematical Methods in Physics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Preface -- 1. From Kepler to Newton to a Picture of the Universe -- 2. Exploring the Solar System -- 3. Calculus of Functions in Polar Coordinates -- 4. Centripetal Force and Resulting Trajectories -- 5. Elliptical Orbits and their Precession -- 6. Mathematics of Interplanetary Flight -- References -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Intended for a one- or two-semester course, this text applies basic, one-variable calculus to analyze the motion both of planets in their orbits as well as interplanetary spacecraft in their trajectories. The remarkable spacecraft missions to the inner and outermost reaches of our solar system have been one of the greatest success stories of modern human history. Much of the underlying mathematical story is presented alongside the astonishing images and extensive data that NASA’s Voyager, NEAR-Shoemaker, Cassini, and Juno missions have sent back to us. First and second year college students in mathematics, engineering, or science, and those seeking an enriching independent ; study, will experience the mathematical language and methods of single variable calculus within their application to relevant conceptual and strategic aspects of the navigation of a spacecraft. The reader is expected to have taken one or two semesters of the basic calculus of derivatives, integrals, and the role that limits play. Additional prerequisites include knowledge of coordinate plane geometry, basic trigonometry, functions and graphs, including trig, inverse, exponential, and log functions. The discussions begin with the rich history of humanity’s efforts to understand the universe from the Greeks, to Newton and the Scientific Revolution, to Hubble and galaxies, to NASA and the space missions. The calculus of polar functions that plays a central mathematical role is presented in a self-contained way in complete detail. Each of the six chapters is followed by an extensive problem set that deals with and also expands on the concerns of the chapter. The instructor has the flexibility to engage them with greater or lesser intensity. “I have been an aerospace engineer for 39 years and honestly, it would be hard for me to overstate how valuable I believe this book will be to numerous scientific and engineering disciplines and in particular to the future of aerospace engineering … This book is perfectly crafted to motivate, educate, and prepare the scientists and engineers who wish to reach for the sky and beyond.” —Dr. Mario Zoccoli, Aerospace Engineer, NASA and Lockheed Martin.

Rape in Wartime / / edited by R. Branche, F. Virgili

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910957324203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2012
• ISBN: 9781137283399; 1137283394
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2012.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (252 p.)
• Collana: Genders and Sexualities in History, , 2730-9487
• Disciplina: 362.88309; 364.15/32; 364.1532
• Soggetti: World history; Social history; Military history; Politics and war; History, Modern; World History, Global and Transnational History; Social History; Military History; Military and Defence Studies; Modern 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Writing the History of Rape in Wartime; 1 Categorising Rape in the Military Law of Modern Russia; 2 The Unquestioned Crime: Sexual Violence by German Soldiers during the War of Annihilation in the Soviet Union, 1941-45; 3 The Victimisation of the Body and the Body Politic during the Greek Civil War, 1946-49; 4 Mass Rape and the Inscription of Gendered and Racial Domination during the Bangladesh War of 1971; 5 Rape, Blaming the Victim and Social Control in Paramilitary Enclaves: An Approach to the Case of Colombia6 After ""Teutonic Fury"", ""Belgian ; Fury""? Fact and Fiction in the Revenge of Belgian Soldiers in the Rhineland in 1923; 7 The Practices of War, Terror and Imagination: Moor Troops and Rapes during the Spanish Civil War; 8 Promising Rape: Private Militias against Maoist Guerrillas in the State of Bihar (India); 9 The Weight of Imagination: Rapes and the Legend of Women Snipers in Chechnya; 10 Breaking the Silence: New Approaches to the Consequences of Rape in Some African Conflicts, 1994-200811 The Body That Writes: Reflections on the Process of Writing about Wartime Rape Avoidance in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict; 12 The Nigerian Civil War of 1967 and the Stigmatisation of Children Born of Rape Victims in Edo State; 13 ""Special Decisions"" Children Born as the Result of German Rape and Handed Over to Public Assistance during the Great War (1914-18); 14 The Russians and Germans: Rape during the War and Post-Soviet Memories; Select Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This collection offers a new reflection on rape in war time through 15 case studies, ranging from Greece to Nigeria. It questions the specificity of rape as a universal transgression, its place in memories of war, its legacies, including children born from rape, and the challenge of writing about intimate violence as both a scientist and a human.