Название:Foothold in the Heavens The Seventies
Foothold in the Heavens: The Seventies
Автор: Ben Evans
Издательство: Springer
Год издания: 2010
Страниц: 533
Формат: pdf
Размер: 41 Мб
Язык: Английский
Foothold in the Heavens, the second volume in the A History of Human Space Exploration series, focuses upon the 1970s, the decade in which humanity established real, longterm foothold in the heavens with the construction and operation of the first space stations. It marked a transitional phase between the heady, race-to-the-Moon days of the Sixties and efforts to make space travel more economical, more frequent and more 'routine.' Space exploration in the Seventies, although dominated by Soviet achievement, saw the first efforts of mankin ... Читать дальше »

 
                 

Название: Parting the Cosmic Veil
Автор:  Kenneth R. Lang
Издательство: Springer
Год: 2006
Страниц: 246
Формат: PDF
Размер: 6 mb
ISBN: 0387307354
Язык: Английский
This book describes our gradual awareness of a vast, previously concealed Universe. It is a story of expanding horizons and the discovery of invisible worlds. This voyage of discovery is presented within universal themes, such as invisibility, motion, content, form, impermanence, violence and emptiness, beginnings and ends. These are topics that concern us all, helping us take the Universe personally, so each chapter begins with the human aspect of some of these themes. The book is additionally broadened by including the perceptions of artists, poets and w ... Читать дальше »