02114nam 2200385 450 991015506140332120191024121745.01-4738-8588-41-4738-8587-6(CKB)3710000000973529(MiAaPQ)EBC4771269(EXLCZ)99371000000097352920170104h20162016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierStorm chaser /Mike OlbinskiBarnsley, England :Pen and Sword Discovery,2016.©20161 online resource (125 pages) color illustrations, photographs1-4738-8585-X The storms that cross the Great Plains of North America each spring are some of nature's most spectacular. They can also be some of the most dangerous. Most people who live in areas susceptible to these storms keep a close eye on the weather reports and take cover or evacuate when one is on the way. Storm chasers keep an even closer eye on the weather data, but for a different reason: they don't run away when they see a storm approaching, they follow it! Professional photographer and Emmy Award winner, Mike Olbinski has chased storms throughout his native Arizona, as well as even further afield, including Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado. Whether he's photographing lightning, tornadoes or even cloud formations, his remarkable images are able to convey the awesome power and beauty of nature in its most dramatic and impressive forms. With over 100 stunning color photographs, this book brings together some of Mike's most breathtaking images from the past five years as he describes his love of the open road and the thrill of capturing the perfect storm on film.Astronomical photographyAstronomical photography.522.63Olbinski Mike1369773MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910155061403321Storm chaser3396714UNINA04404nam 22006615 450 991030055680332120230905064701.03-319-71350-710.1007/978-3-319-71350-2(CKB)4100000001795135(DE-He213)978-3-319-71350-2(MiAaPQ)EBC5217714(PPN)223958077(EXLCZ)99410000000179513520180110d2018 u| 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierClash of Symbols A ride through the riches of glyphs /by Stephen Webb1st ed. 2018.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2018.1 online resource (IX, 245 p. 45 illus.) 3-319-71349-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Character sketches -- Signs of the times -- Signs and wonders -- It’s Greek to me -- Meaningless marks on paper -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.From the ampersat and amerpsand, via smileys and runes to the ubiquitous presence of mathematical and other symbols in sciences and technology: both old and modern documents abound with many familiar as well as lesser known characters, symbols and other glyphs. Yet, who would be readily able to answer any question like: ‘who chose π to represent the ratio of a circle’s diameter to its circumference?’ or ‘what’s the reasoning behind having a ⌘ key on my computer keyboard?’  This book is precisely for those who have always asked themselves this sort of questions. So, here are the stories behind one hundred glyphs, the book being evenly divided into five parts, with each featuring 20 symbols. Part 1, called Character sketches, looks at some of the glyphs we use in writing. Part 2, called Signs of the times, discusses some glyphs used in pol­itics, religion, and other areas of everyday life. Some of these symbols are common; others are used only rarely. Some are modern inventions; others, which seem contemporary, can be traced back many hundreds of years. Part 3, called Signs and wonders, explores some of the symbols people have developed for use in describing the heavens. These are some of the most visually striking glyphs in the book, and many of them date back to ancient times. Nevertheless their use — at least in professional arenas — is diminishing. Part 4, called It’s Greek to me, examines some symbols used in various branches of science. A number of these symbols are employed routinely by professional scientists and are also familiar to the general public; others are no longer applied in a serious fashion by anyone — but the reader might still meet them, from time to time, in older works. The final part of the book, Meaningless marks on paper, looks at some of the characters used in mathematics, the history of which one can easily appreciate with only a basic knowledge of mathematics. There are obviously countless others symbols. In recent years the computing industry has devel­oped Unicode and it currently contains more than 135 000 entries. This book would like to encourage the curious reader to take a stroll through Unicode, to meet many characters that will delight the eye and, researching their history, to gain some fascinating insights.PhysicsAstronomyMathematicsEngineeringArtsComputer sciencePhysics and AstronomyAstronomy, Cosmology and Space SciencesMathematicsTechnology and EngineeringArtsComputer SciencePhysics.Astronomy.Mathematics.Engineering.Arts.Computer science.Physics and Astronomy.Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences.Mathematics.Technology and Engineering.Arts.Computer Science.530Webb Stephenauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut62569BOOK9910300556803321Clash of Symbols2547350UNINA