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42) The Four-Percent Universe: dark matter, dark energy, and the race to discover the rest of reality
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2010
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Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
c2003
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"In Sunquakes, J. B. Zirker tells the story of this new science and explains the physics behind these illuminating vibrations.".
"Zirker recounts the discovery of solar oscillations in the early 1960s and international efforts throughout the rest of the decade to explain this phenomenon. By the mid-1970s, scientists working independently in France, Germany, Japan, and the U.S. had developed a theoretical model of the Sun that postulated the existence...
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Tells the true story of America's first women astronauts--six extraordinary women, each making history going to orbit aboard NASA's Space Shuttle.
When NASA sent astronauts to the moon in the 1960s and 1970s the agency excluded women from the corps, arguing that only military test pilots--a group then made up exclusively of men--had the right stuff. It was an era in which women were steered away from jobs in science and deemed unqualified for space...
45) Light
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Scholastic
Pub. Date
1994.
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Children can explore the beauty natural light provides, learn about fluorescent plants and animals and see the impact electric light has had on society; on spiral bound transparent pages.
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HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
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An astonishing exploration of planet formation and the origins of life by one of the world's most innovative planetary geologists. In 1959, the Soviet probe Luna 3 took the first photos of the far side of the moon. Even in their poor resolution, the images stunned scientists: the far side is an enormous mountainous expanse, not the vast lava-plains seen from Earth. Subsequent missions have confirmed this in much greater detail. How could this be,...
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Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
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"This moving biography powerfully parallels the kindling of Cecilia Payne's own curiosity and her scientific career with the process of a star's birth, from mere possibility in an expanse of space to an eventual, breathtaking explosion of light"--
51) The light at the edge of the universe: leading cosmologists on the brink of a scientific revolution
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Villard Books
Pub. Date
1993
Edition
1st ed.
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Scientific American Library volume no. 64
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Distributed by W.H. Freeman
Pub. Date
c1997
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Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
c2002
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Is the universe infinite or just really big? With this question, the gifted young cosmologist Janna Levin announces the central theme of her intriguing and controversial book and establishes herself as one of the most direct and unorthodox voices in contemporary science. As Levin sets out to determine how big "really big" may be, she gives us an intimate look at the day-to-day life of a globe-trotting physicist, complete with jet lag and romantic...
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Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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"Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away--no climate change, no war, no Twitter--beckons, and settling the stars finally seems within our grasp. Or is it? Critically acclaimed, bestselling authors Kelly and Zach Weinersmith set out to write the essential guide to a glorious future of space settlements, but after years of research, they aren't so sure it's a good idea. Space technologies and space business are progressing...
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Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
1st ed.
Description
Our neighboring planets may have the answer to this question. Scientists have already identified ice caps on Mars and what appear to be enormous oceans underneath the ice of Jupiter's moons. The atmosphere on Venus appeared harsh and insupportable of life, composed of a toxic atmosphere and oceans of acid -- until scientists concluded that Earth's atmosphere was eerily similar billions of years ago.
An extraterrestrial colony, in some form, may...
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Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First hardcover edition.
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"We've all asked ourselves the question. Looking up at the night sky, it's almost impossible NOT to wonder: Are we alone in the universe? In [this book], Space.com senior writer Dr. Michael Wall treats that question as merely a jumping-off point. He considers, for instance, the myriad of questions that would arise once we do discover life beyond Earth (an eventuality which, top NASA officials told Dr. Wall, is only drawing closer). From the unexpected--do...
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