Название:  Russian Space Probes: Scientific Discoveries and Future Missions
Автор:  Brian Harvey, Olga Zakutnyaya
Издательство: Praxis
Год: 2011
Страниц: 543
Формат: pdf
Размер: 147 MB
ISBN: 1441981497
Язык: Английский
The Soviet Union began the exploration of space with the launch of Sputnik in 1957, well over 50 years ago, and sent the first probes to the Moon, Mars, and Venus. Less well known is what these probes actually found out. What were the discoveries of Russian space science? What new discoveries may we expect in the future? Who were Russia's most important scientists? Russian Space Probes gives for the first time the definitive history of Soviet-Russian space science, and is the first book to asse ... Читать дальше »

                    


Название:  Foundations of Astronomy (11th Edition)
Автор:  Коллектив
Издательство: Brooks Cole
Год: 2010
Страниц: 674
Формат: pdf
Размер: 57 MB
ISBN: 143905035X
Язык: Английский
With this Foundations of Astronomy (11th Edition), the authors' goals are to help you use astronomy to understand science--and use science to understand what we are. Fascinating, engaging, and visually vibrant, this text will help you answer two fundamental questions: What are we? And how do we know? This edition addresses the newest developments and latest discoveries in the exciting study of astronomy, including information to emphasize observations over the entire electromagnetic spectrum; new data on star formati ... Читать дальше »