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Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Women Spacefarers Umberto Cavallaro This book tells the fascinating stories of the valiant women who broke down barriers to join the space program. Beginning with the orbital flight of USSR cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova in 1963, they became players in the greatest adventure of our time. The author... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2017-03-02 Collection : Springer Praxis Books PDF, ePub 36,91 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Next Stop Mars Giancarlo Genta This book covers the possible manned mission to Mars first discussed in the 1950s and still a topic of much debate, addressing historic and future plans to visit the Red Planet. Considering the environmental dangers and the engineering and design needed for a successful... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2016-12-30 Collection : Springer Praxis Books PDF, ePub 52,74 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies The Pillars of Creation Martin Beech This book explores the mechanics of star formation, the process by which matter pulls together and creates new structures. Written for science enthusiasts, the author presents an accessible explanation of how stars are born from the interstellar medium and giant... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2016-12-28 Collection : Springer Praxis Books PDF, ePub 40,08 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Spaceplane HERMES Luc Van Den Abeelen This is the first comprehensive book on the European Hermes program. It tells the fascinating story of how Europe aimed for an independent manned spaceflight capability which was to complement US and Soviet/Russian space activities. In 1975, France decided to expand its... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2016-11-26 Collection : Springer Praxis Books PDF, ePub 63,29 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies The Politics and Perils of Space Exploration Linda Dawson Written by a former Aerodynamics Officer on the space shuttle program, this book provides a complete overview of the “new” U. S. space program, which has changed considerably over the past 50 years.The future of space exploration has become increasingly... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2016-11-22 Collection : Springer Praxis Books PDF, ePub 34,80 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Star Ark Rachel Armstrong As space ventures have become more numerous, leading scientists and theorists have offered ways of building a living habitat in a hostile environment, taking an ‘ecosystems’ view of space colonization. The contributors to this volume take a radical... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2016-11-13 Collection : Springer Praxis Books PDF, ePub 47,46 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Chicxulub: The Impact and Tsunami Cathy Ezrailson , David Shonting This book tells the story of the catastrophic impact of the giant 10 Km asteroid Chicxulub into the ancient Gulf of Mexico 65.5 million years ago. The book begins with a discussion of the nature of asteroids and the likelihood of future Earth-impacts. The story then... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2016-09-09 Collection : Springer Praxis Books PDF, ePub 58,01 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Rock Legends Paul Murdin This book relates the history of asteroid discoveries and christenings, from those of the early pioneering giants of Hersehel and Piazzi to modern-day amateurs. Moving from history and anecdotal information to science, the book's structure is provided by the names of... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2016-07-13 Collection : Springer Praxis Books PDF, ePub 39,02 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies In the Footsteps of Columbus John O'sullivan The European Space Agency has a long history of human spaceflight, flying in space with both NASA and the Soviet/Russian space agencies over the years. This book tells the story of the ESA astronauts who have visited the International Space Station over its first... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2016-06-03 Collection : Springer Praxis Books ePub 42,19 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Sigma 7 Colin Burgess Colin Burgess offers a comprehensive yet personal look at the 1962 orbital mission of Wally Schirra aboard the spacecraft Sigma 7, the first book about this popular pioneering astronaut which explores his entire life and accomplishments. This continues the... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2016-05-28 Collection : Springer Praxis Books ePub 42,19 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Light Scattering Reviews, Volume 11 Alexander Kokhanovsky This is the eleventh volume in the series Light Scattering Reviews, devoted to current knowledge of light scattering problems and both experimental and theoretical research techniques related to their solution. The focus of this volume is to describe modern advances in... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2016-05-12 Collection : Springer Praxis Books ePub 147,69 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Uncharted Constellations John C. Barentine This book compiles an array of interesting constellations that fell by the wayside before the IAU established the modern canon of constellations. That decision left out lesser known ones whose history is nevertheless interesting, but at last author John Barentine is... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2016-04-04 Collection : Springer Praxis Books ePub 39,02 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies XCOR, Developing the Next Generation Spaceplane Erik Seedhouse Employing the same informational approach Erik Seedhouse used in "SpaceX" and "Bigelow Aerospace", this new book familiarizes space enthusiasts with the company XCOR Aerospace and examines the design of the two-seater Lynx. The new spaceplane's low... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2016-03-29 Collection : Springer Praxis Books ePub 36,91 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies The Birth of NASA Manfred "Dutch" Von Ehrenfried This is the story of the work of the original NASA space pioneers; men and women who were suddenly organized in 1958 from the then National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA) into the Space Task Group. A relatively small group, they developed the initial mission... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2016-03-23 Collection : Springer Praxis Books ePub 47,46 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies The Unforgotten Sisters Gabriella Bernardi Taking inspiration from Siv Cedering’s poem in the form of a fictional letter from Caroline Herschel that refers to “my long, lost sisters, forgotten in the books that record our science”, this book tells the lives of twenty-five female scientists, with specific... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2016-03-14 Collection : Springer Praxis Books PDF, ePub 84,39 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies The Life Story of an Infrared Telescope John K. Davies Written by one of the astronomers who 'lived the dream' of working there this book is a restrospectively expanded diary featuring the 'birth and long life' of what was a truely innovative telescope. Based on input received from people involved in its planning,... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2016-02-11 Collection : Springer Praxis Books PDF, ePub 52,74 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Planetary Rovers Alex Ellery The increasing adoption of terrain mobility – planetary rovers – for the investigation of planetary surfaces emphasises their central importance in space exploration. This imposes a completely new set of technologies and methodologies to the design of such spacecraft –... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2015-12-30 Collection : Springer Praxis Books PDF 137,14 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Materials and Processes Barrie D. Dunn The objective of this book is to assist scientists and engineers select the ideal material or manufacturing process for particular applications; these could cover a wide range of fields, from light-weight structures to electronic hardware.The book will help in problem... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2015-12-29 Collection : Springer Praxis Books PDF, ePub 283,79 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Lunar and Interplanetary Trajectories Robin Biesbroek This book provides readers with a clear description of the types of lunar and interplanetary trajectories, and how they influence satellite-system design. The description follows an engineering rather than a mathematical approach and includes many examples of lunar... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2015-12-23 Collection : Springer Praxis Books PDF, ePub 94,94 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Monitoring Volcanoes in the North Pacific Kenneson Gene Dean , Jonathan Dehn This book provides a unique visual experience, showingsatellite images of volcanic eruptions worldwide anddetailed observations from the North Pacific ‘ring of fire’.Daily volcano monitoring and analysis from this region haveresulted in one of the most detailed... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2015-12-21 Collection : Springer Praxis Books PDF 94,94 €
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