Tag: Heavens

War in the Heavens As Below as Above


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English | November 16, 2024 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0DFMJXQQG | 106 pages | EPUB | 0.64 Mb
In the near future, the fragile peace between global superpowers shatters as conflict erupts between the United States and China-on Earth and beyond. At the heart of the chaos is Harmony Station, a joint space outpost designed to symbolize cooperation in the face of geopolitical tensions. When war breaks out on Earth, Harmony becomes a battleground of its own, caught in the crossfire of distrust, sabotage, and survival.

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Searching the Heavens and the Earth The History of Jesuit Observatories


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English | PDF | 2003 | 377 Pages | ISBN : 140201189X | 39.8 MB
Jesuits established a large number of astronomical, geophysical and meteorological observatories during the 17th and 18th centuries and again during the 19th and 20th centuries throughout the world. The history of these observatories has never been published in a complete form. Many early European astronomical observatories were established in Jesuit colleges.

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Chasing Venus The Race to Measure the Heavens


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English | 2013 | ISBN: 0307744604, 0307700178 | EPUB | pages: 336 | 13.4 mb
A "thrilling adventure story" (San Francisco Chronicle) that brings to life the astronomers who in the 1700s embarked upon a quest to calculate the size of the solar system, and paints a vivid portrait of the collaborations, rivalries, and volatile international politics that hindered them at every turn. * From the author of Magnificent Rebels and New York Times bestseller The Invention of Nature.

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Understanding the Heavens Thirty Centuries of Astronomical Ideas from Ancient Thinking to Modern Cosmology


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English | PDF (True) | 2001 | 606 Pages | ISBN : 3540631984 | 51.9 MB
Astronomy is the oldest and most fundamental of the natural sciences. From the early beginnings of civilization astronomers have attempted to explain not only what the Universe is and how it works, but also how it started, how it evolved to the present day, and how it will develop in the future. The author, a well-known astronomer himself, describes the evolution of astronomical ideas, briefly discussing most of the instrumental developments. Using numerous figures to elucidate the mechanisms involved, the book starts with the astronomical ideas of the Egyptian and Mesopotamian philosophers, moves on to the Greek period, and then to the golden age of astronomy, i.e. to Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, and Newton, and ends with modern theories of cosmology. Written with undergraduate students in mind, this book gives a fascinating survey of astronomical thinking.

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