Название: The Night Sky Month by Month
Автор: коллектив
Издательство:  DK Publishing
Год: 2010
Страниц: 128 
Формат: PDF
Размер: 26 mb
ISBN: 0756671485
Язык: Английский
An invaluable, user-friendly guide to discovering and navigating the night sky, The Night Sky Month by Month shows the sky as it is seen around the world in both the northern and southern hemispheres. Suitable for newcomers to stargazing and expert astronomers alike, The Night Sky Month by Month explains our place within the universe, examines sky watching equipment, introduces each month's main attractions-bright stars, prominent constellations, and meteor showers-and ... Читать дальше »

                     

Название: Helioseismology, Asteroseismology, and MHD Connections
Автор: Laurent Gizon, Paul S. Cally, John Leibacher
Издательство:  Springer
Год: 2009
Страниц: 638 
Формат: PDF
Размер: 32 mb
ISBN: 0387894810
Язык: Английский

This volume presents a timely snapshot of the state of helio- and asteroseismology in the era when SOHO/MDI is about to be replaced by SDO/HMI and CoRoT is yielding its first long-duration light curves of thousands of stars. This Topical Issue of Solar Physics is inspired by two seminal conferences, HELAS II and SOHO19/GONG 2007, and was open for general submission on the core top ... Читать дальше »

               

Название: Praxis Manned Spaceflight Log 1961-2006
Автор: Tim Furniss, David J. Shayler, Michael D. Shayler
Издательство:  Springer
Год: 2007
Страниц: 829
Формат: PDF
Размер: 20 mb
ISBN: 0387341757
Язык: Английский
This flagship work charts a complete chronological log of orbital manned spaceflight. Included are the X-15 "astroflights" of the 1960s, and the two 1961 Mercury and Redstone missions which were non-orbital. There is an image depicting each manned spaceflight, and data boxes containing brief biographies of all the space travelers. The main text is a narrative of each mission, its highlights and accomplishments, including the strange facts and humorous stories connected to every mission. The resulting book is a handy reference to a ... Читать дальше »