On the Shores of Titan's Farthest Sea : A Scientific Novel / / by Michael Carroll |
Autore | Carroll Michael |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
Disciplina | 523.986 |
Collana | Science and Fiction |
Soggetto topico |
Space sciences
Astronomy Planetology Climatology Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics) Popular Science in Astronomy |
ISBN | 3-319-17759-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part I: Novel -- Chapter 1: Encounter -- Chapter 2: Abigail Marco -- Chapter 3: Baffled and Bewildered -- Chapter 4: Demian Sable -- Chapter 5: Break-in -- Chapter 6: Crash -- Chapter 7: Tanya and Abby -- Chapter 8: Vesta Valentines -- Chapter 9: Titanic Invitation -- Chapter 10: Skyward -- Chapter 11: The Villa -- Chapter 12: Talking Trash -- Chapter 13: Submersible -- Chapter 14: Partly Cloudy -- Chapter 15: Encounter II -- Chapter 16: Lose/Lose -- Chapter 17: Cover-up -- Chapter 18: Breakthrough! -- Chapter 19: New Lead -- Chapter 20: Taking Her Out -- Chapter 21: Crazy -- Chapter 22: Florence -- Chapter 23: Power Play -- Chapter 24: A Present Absence -- Chapter 25: Disappearances and Appearances -- Chapter 26: Reunion -- Chapter 27: The Lair -- Chapter 28: Slithering Things -- Chapter 29: A Ping of a Different Frequency -- Chapter 30: Conspiracy Theory -- Chapter 31: Lost in a Lost World -- Chapter 32: Serpents’ Swim -- Chapter 33: A Little Trip -- Chapter 34: Somebody Told Me -- Chapter 35: Sticks and Stones -- Chapter 36: The Morning After -- Chapter 37: Serpents in the Morning -- Chapter 38: Shifting Allies -- Chapter 39: The Hunchback of Mayda Insula -- Chapter 40: Silence of the Grave -- Chapter 41: The Long and Winding Road -- Chapter 42: Remembering Old Times -- Chapter 43: Unwelcoming Committee -- Chapter 44: A Bridge Too Far -- Chapter 45: The Evening News -- Chapter 46: Visitations -- Chapter 47: Delayed Gratification -- Chapter 48: The Creeps -- Chapter 49: Chivalry Is Not Dead -- Chapter 50: Lost Ticket Home -- Chapter 51: Unsettling Revelations -- Chapter 52: Retribution -- Chapter 53: Bon Voyage -- Chapter 54: Return to Sender -- Chapter 55: Sequins and Saline -- Chapter 56: What the Doctor Ordered -- Chapter 57: The Dancer -- Chapter 58: Boarding Parties -- Chapter 59: Imminent Departures -- Chapter 60: The Note -- Part II: The Science Behind the Fiction -- 1: Vesta and Asteroid Mining -- 2: The Lay of the Land on Titan -- 3: Strange Seas on the Surface and Beneath -- 4: Dunes -- 5: Living on Ice -- 6: Titan Life -- 7: Shared Hallucinations -- 8: Terraforming. . |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910300413103321 |
Carroll Michael | ||
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Titan unveiled [[electronic resource] ] : Saturn's mysterious moon explored / / Ralph Lorenz and Jacqueline Mitton, with a new afterword by the authors |
Autore | Lorenz Ralph <1969-> |
Edizione | [With a New afterword by the authors] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (287 p.) |
Disciplina | 523.986 |
Altri autori (Persone) | MittonJacqueline |
Soggetto topico | Saturn probes |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-93619-0
9786612936197 1-4008-3475-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations and Tables -- Preface -- 1. The Lure of Titan -- 2. Waiting for Cassini -- 3. Cassini Arrives -- 4. Cassini's First Taste of Titan -- 5. Landing on Titan -- 6. The Mission Goes On -- 7. Where We Are and Where We Are Going -- Afterword to the Paperback Edition -- Appendix: Summary of Dynamical and Physical Data -- Further Reading -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459477703321 |
Lorenz Ralph <1969-> | ||
Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Titan unveiled [[electronic resource] ] : Saturn's mysterious moon explored / / Ralph Lorenz and Jacqueline Mitton, with a new afterword by the authors |
Autore | Lorenz Ralph <1969-> |
Edizione | [With a New afterword by the authors] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (287 p.) |
Disciplina | 523.986 |
Altri autori (Persone) | MittonJacqueline |
Soggetto topico | Saturn probes |
ISBN |
1-282-93619-0
9786612936197 1-4008-3475-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations and Tables -- Preface -- 1. The Lure of Titan -- 2. Waiting for Cassini -- 3. Cassini Arrives -- 4. Cassini's First Taste of Titan -- 5. Landing on Titan -- 6. The Mission Goes On -- 7. Where We Are and Where We Are Going -- Afterword to the Paperback Edition -- Appendix: Summary of Dynamical and Physical Data -- Further Reading -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785323303321 |
Lorenz Ralph <1969-> | ||
Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Titan unveiled : Saturn's mysterious moon explored / / Ralph Lorenz and Jacqueline Mitton, with a new afterword by the authors |
Autore | Lorenz Ralph <1969-> |
Edizione | [With a New afterword by the authors] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (287 p.) |
Disciplina | 523.986 |
Altri autori (Persone) | MittonJacqueline |
Soggetto topico | Saturn probes |
ISBN |
1-282-93619-0
9786612936197 1-4008-3475-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations and Tables -- Preface -- 1. The Lure of Titan -- 2. Waiting for Cassini -- 3. Cassini Arrives -- 4. Cassini's First Taste of Titan -- 5. Landing on Titan -- 6. The Mission Goes On -- 7. Where We Are and Where We Are Going -- Afterword to the Paperback Edition -- Appendix: Summary of Dynamical and Physical Data -- Further Reading -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814604203321 |
Lorenz Ralph <1969-> | ||
Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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