Journey Beyond Selene

Author : Jeffrey Kluger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Journey Beyond Selēnē written by Jeffrey Kluger and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kluger tells the riveting stories of scientists and spacecraft on the cutting edge of exploration, as they probe the billions of miles that separate Earth from the moons of other planets. of photos.

Author : Jeffrey Kluger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Journey Beyond Selēnē written by Jeffrey Kluger and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of the men and women of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. These scientists and engineers have been "on the cutting edge of exploration for more than forty years, hammering together unmanned spaceships, mounting them atop rockets, and flinging them not just to our own moon but to the ends of the solar system.

Author : Neal Wyatt
Publisher : American Library Association
ISBN 13 : 9780838909362
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Readers' Advisory Guide to Nonfiction written by Neal Wyatt and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2007-05-14 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Navigating what at she calls the " extravagantly rich world of nonfiction," renowned readers' advisor (RA) Wyatt builds readers' advisory bridges from fiction to compelling and increasingly popular nonfiction to encompass the library's entire collection. She focuses on eight popular categories: history, true crime, true adventure, science, memoir, food/cooking, travel, and sports. Within each, she explains the scope, popularity, style, major authors and works, and the subject's position in readers' advisory interviews. Wyatt addresses who is reading nonfiction and why, while providing RAs with the tools and language to incorporate nonfiction into discussions that point readers to what to read next. In easy-to-follow steps, Wyatt Explains the hows and whys of offering fiction and nonfiction suggestions together Illustrates ways to get up to speed fast in nonfiction Shows how to lead readers to a variety of books using her "read-around" and "reading map" strategies Provides tools to build nonfiction subject guides for the collection This hands-on guide includes nonfiction bibliography, key authors, benchmark books with annotations, and core collections. It is destined to become the nonfiction 'bible' for readers' advisory and collection development, helping librarians, library workers, and patrons select great reading from the entire library collection!

Author : Roger D. Launius
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM
ISBN 13 : 0801898447
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Robots In Space written by Roger D. Launius and published by Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM. This book was released on 2008-02-11 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look into the history of space exploration and its possible future, and just where exactly robotics fit into it all. Given the near incomprehensible enormity of the universe, it appears almost inevitable that humankind will one day find a planet that appears to be much like the Earth. This discovery will no doubt reignite the lure of interplanetary travel. Will we be up to the task? And, given our limited resources, biological constraints, and the general hostility of space, what shape should we expect such expeditions to take? In Robots in Space, Roger Launius and Howard McCurdy tackle these questions with rigorous scholarship and disciplined imagination, jumping comfortably among the worlds of rocketry, engineering, public policy, and science fantasy to expound upon the possibilities and improbabilities involved in trekking across the Milky Way and beyond. They survey the literature—fictional as well as academic studies—and outline the progress of space programs in the United States and other nations. They also assess the current state of affairs to offer a conclusion startling only to those who haven’t spent time with Asimov, Heinlein, and Clarke: to traverse the cosmos, humans must embrace and entwine themselves with advanced robotic technologies . . . 2008 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine Praise for Robots in Space “This short volume manages to capture the history of U.S. space flight, to explain the underpinnings of U.S. space policy and to plot out the possibilities for our future in space in a style that most anyone can enjoy.” —Andrew McMichael, Park City Daily News

Author : Joseph A. Angelo
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1438108915
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Human Spaceflight written by Joseph A. Angelo and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an introduction to human space exploration, discussing the evolution of space technology that has allowed the human race to go from merely orbiting the Earth to landing on the Moon and living for months in a space station.

Author : Joseph A. Angelo
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1438110189
Total Pages : 753 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Space and Astronomy written by Joseph A. Angelo and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 753 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a comprehensive reference to astronomy and space exploration, with articles on space technology, astronauts, stars, planets, key theories and laws and more.

Author : Joseph A. Angelo
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1438108923
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life in the Universe written by Joseph A. Angelo and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details the history of the hunt for life on other planets, the technology that is used and the scientific concepts on which the search criteria has been designed.

Author : Joseph A. Angelo
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1438108931
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Robot Spacecraft written by Joseph A. Angelo and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a history of robot spacecraft and their use as well as related scientific concepts and brief biographies of important individuals.

Author : Joseph A. Angelo
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 143810894X
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rockets written by Joseph A. Angelo and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a history of rockets and rocketry that explains related scientific concepts and provides brief biographies of important individuals.

Author : Joseph A. Angelo
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 143811690X
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Facts on File Space and Astronomy Handbook written by Joseph A. Angelo and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains a referential glossary of astronomy-related terms, biographies of important astronomers and astronauts, and a chronology of notable events contributing to the science.