How Humankind Created Science : From Early Astronomy to Our Modern Scientific Worldview / / by Falin Chen, Fang-Tzu Hsu |
Autore | Chen Falin |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxvi, 582 pages) |
Disciplina | 509 |
Soggetto topico |
Astronomy
Physics History Popular Science in Astronomy Popular Science in Physics History of Science History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics |
ISBN | 3-030-43135-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Prologue: Our Universe -- Ancient Wisdom and Natural Philosophers -- The Heyday of Greek Astronomy -- The Tumultuous Astronomical Revolution -- The Well-Ordered Newtonian Mechanics -- Special Relativity: Fusing Space and Time -- General Relativity: Describing A Curved Spacetime -- The Course of Scientific Development: Evolution of Thought Across a Millennium -- Further Reading. |
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Chen Falin
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How Spacecraft Fly [[electronic resource] ] : Spaceflight Without Formulae / / by Graham Swinerd |
Autore | Swinerd Graham |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2009.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Copernicus, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (281 p.) |
Disciplina | 629.41 |
Soggetto topico |
Observations, Astronomical
Astronomy—Observations Astronomy Aerospace engineering Astronautics Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Popular Science in Astronomy Aerospace Technology and Astronautics |
ISBN |
1-281-92699-X
9786611926991 0-387-76572-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | A Brief History of Space -- Basic Orbits -- Real Orbits -- Beyond Circles and Ellipses -- Getting to Orbit -- Something About Environment -- Spacecraft Design -- Subsystem Design I Like Your Attitude -- More Subsystem Design -- Space in the 21st Century -- Space The Final Frontier. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782357703321 |
Swinerd Graham
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How Spacecraft Fly [[electronic resource] ] : Spaceflight Without Formulae / / by Graham Swinerd |
Autore | Swinerd Graham |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2009.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Copernicus, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (281 p.) |
Disciplina | 629.41 |
Soggetto topico |
Observations, Astronomical
Astronomy—Observations Astronomy Aerospace engineering Astronautics Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Popular Science in Astronomy Aerospace Technology and Astronautics |
ISBN |
1-281-92699-X
9786611926991 0-387-76572-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | A Brief History of Space -- Basic Orbits -- Real Orbits -- Beyond Circles and Ellipses -- Getting to Orbit -- Something About Environment -- Spacecraft Design -- Subsystem Design I Like Your Attitude -- More Subsystem Design -- Space in the 21st Century -- Space The Final Frontier. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821939303321 |
Swinerd Graham
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How to Find the Apollo Landing Sites / / by James L. Chen |
Autore | Chen James L |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
Disciplina | 559.91 |
Collana | The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series |
Soggetto topico |
Observations, Astronomical
Astronomy—Observations Astronomy Planetology Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Popular Science in Astronomy |
ISBN | 3-319-06456-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | What You Need to Know About the Moon -- What You Need to Know About Telescopes -- Apollo 11 -- Apollo 12 -- Apollo 13 -- Apollo 14 -- Apollo 15 -- Apollo 16 -- Apollo 17 -- Ranger -- Surveyor -- Crash Sites of Saturn Third Stage and LM Ascent Stages -- The Moon, Mars and the Future. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910300387303321 |
Chen James L
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The Hubble Space Telescope [[electronic resource] ] : From Concept to Success / / by David J. Shayler, David M. Harland |
Autore | Shayler David J |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Praxis, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (438 p.) |
Disciplina | 620 |
Collana | Space Exploration |
Soggetto topico |
Aerospace engineering
Astronautics Astronomy Space sciences Lasers Photonics Aerospace Technology and Astronautics Popular Science in Astronomy Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics) Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices |
ISBN | 1-4939-2827-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part I: Birth of a Telescope -- Development of a telescope -- Man-tended Hardware -- Nuts and bolts – systems and support -- Servicing satellites – tools of the trade -- Troubled times -- Part II: Deployment and Recovery -- Funding the plans and program -- Simulating the servicing -- STS-31 – The deployment mission -- STS-61 – Service Mission 1 – back on track -- Part III: Upgrades -- Planning new science -- STS-82 – Service Mission 2 – return to an old friend -- STS-103 – Service Mission 3A – a mission split in two -- STS-109 – Service Mission 3B – the other half -- Part IV: Lost Dreams and a New Hope -- A fourth mission in doubt? -- STS-125 – Service Mission 4 – a final farewell -- The twilight years and beyond -- NASA at its best. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910254644203321 |
Shayler David J
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The Hunt for Alien Life : A Wider Perspective / / by Peter Linde |
Autore | Linde Peter |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (393 p.) |
Disciplina | 500 |
Collana | Astronomers' Universe |
Soggetto topico |
Astronomy
Space sciences Astrobiology Popular Science in Astronomy Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics) |
ISBN | 3-319-24118-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- A Cosmic Perspective -- How is a Planetary System Formed?- The Development of Life on Earth -- Alien Life at Close Range?- Exoplanets: From Speculation to Reality -- A Menagerie of Planets -- Exoplanets: In the Future -- Signs of Life from Earth -- How Many Civilisations Are There?- Where is Everybody?- SETI: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence -- Journey to the Stars -- What do the Aliens Look Like?- Appendices -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910254636603321 |
Linde Peter
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The Hunter : A Scientific Novel / / by Giancarlo Genta |
Autore | Genta Giancarlo |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (136 p.) |
Disciplina | 006.3 |
Collana | Science and Fiction |
Soggetto topico |
Space sciences
Astronomy Aerospace engineering Astronautics Astrobiology Artificial intelligence Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics) Popular Science in Astronomy Aerospace Technology and Astronautics Artificial Intelligence |
ISBN | 3-319-02060-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Part I ""; ""The Novel ""; ""The Hunter""; ""1""; ""2""; ""3""; ""4""; ""5""; ""6""; ""7""; ""8""; ""9""; ""10""; ""11""; ""12""; ""13""; ""14""; ""15""; ""16""; ""17""; ""18""; ""19""; ""20""; ""21""; ""22""; ""23""; ""24""; ""25""; ""26""; ""Part II ""; ""The Science Behind the Fiction ""; ""Humankind on the Verge of Becoming a Spacefaring Civilization""; ""Introduction""; ""Space Travel""; ""Astrobiology""; ""Robotics""; ""Robots and artificial intelligence.""; ""Humanoid Robots""; ""Von Neuman Machines""; ""Glossary and Achronyms""; ""References"" |
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Genta Giancarlo
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Ice Worlds of the Solar System : Their Tortured Landscapes and Biological Potential / / by Michael Carroll |
Autore | Carroll Michael |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (170 pages) |
Disciplina | 523.98 |
Soggetto topico |
Astronomy
Planetary science Planetology Astrobiology Popular Science in Astronomy Planetary Sciences |
ISBN | 3-030-28120-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1: Beginnings -- Chapter 2: Terrestrial Explorers Before the Space Age -- Chapter 3: A Survey through Lenses and Spacecraft Eyes -- Chapter 4: Ceres: The First Ice Dwarf Planet -- Chapter 5: The Silent Ice Moons: Callisto, Tethys, Dione, Iapetus, and Smaller Moons of the Outer Giants -- Chapter 6: Cryovolcanoes on Ice Moons -- Chapter 7: Sea Worlds -- Chapter 8: Titan -- Chapter 9: Pluto, “Ultima Thule,” and the Lords of the Dark Realm. -Chapter 10: Potential Life Under the Ice: Planetary Porpoises and Cosmic Calamari. -Chapter 11: Future Explorations Robotic and Human -- Tables. -Index. |
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Carroll Michael
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If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... WHERE IS EVERYBODY? : Seventy-Five Solutions to the Fermi Paradox and the Problem of Extraterrestrial Life / / by Stephen Webb |
Autore | Webb Stephen |
Edizione | [2nd ed. 2015.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (442 p.) |
Disciplina | 576.839 |
Collana | Science and Fiction |
Soggetto topico |
Astrobiology
Astronomy Space sciences Geobiology Planetology Popular Science in Astronomy Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics) Biogeosciences |
ISBN | 3-319-13236-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Foreword -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the Third Edition -- Where is Everybody? -- Of Fermi and Paradox -- They are (or were) Here -- They Exist, But we Have Yet to See or Hear From Them -- They Don`t Exist -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910300434803321 |
Webb Stephen
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Il cielo sopra a Roma [[electronic resource] ] : I luoghi dell'astronomia / / by Roberto Buonanno |
Autore | Buonanno Roberto |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2008.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Milano : , : Springer Milan : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (195 p.) |
Disciplina | 520 |
Collana | I blu, pagine di scienza |
Soggetto topico |
Astronomy
Astrophysics Physics Observations, Astronomical Astronomy—Observations Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics Popular Science in Astronomy Astronomy, Observations and Techniques |
ISBN |
1-281-34491-5
9786611344917 88-470-0672-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
Nota di contenuto | Al’interno del Vaticano -- Il Collegio Romano -- La guerra dei telescopi fra piazza Navona e Montecitorio -- Le specole di Roma fra il ?600 e il ?700 -- I barattoli capitolini e gli osservatori del’Ottocento -- Il secolo nuovo. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910484040903321 |
Buonanno Roberto
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