Author : Lawrence Watt-Evans
Publisher : Misenchanted Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 29,74 MB
Release : 2023-03-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 161991056X
Twenty stories by Hugo-winning author Lawrence Watt-Evans, spanning the cosmos from spaceships to unicorns.
Author : Linda Varsell Smith
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 18,87 MB
Release : 2013-02-19
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0988855402
New and selected poems written by Oregon poet Linda Varsell Smith. Playful meditations and observations selected from seven books and one chapbook, in addition to new work Winging-It to explore the Earth and the cosmos.
Author : Gary Williams
Publisher : Infinity Publishing
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 26,9 MB
Release : 2006-04
Category :
ISBN : 0741431297
A sinister character that orchestrated the ordeal in St. Augustine and the nightmare events in Green Cove Springs will make his presence known. And his return will signal mankind's doom.
Author : Gary Gilligan
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 23,52 MB
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 1906510008
This book takes on the controversial subject of catastrophism in the history of mankind
Author : Bernard Marcus
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 36,79 MB
Release : 2011-11-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 1441961267
The function of scientific research is promoting the understanding of the world around us. In theory, anyway, the more we learn, the more potential we have of making our lives better. Thus, we have seen research in electronics provide us with computers, research in chemistry provide us with all manner of synthetics, and research in agriculture provide us with more food. Periodically, scientific research uncovers something that makes some of us uncomfortable. The discovery of the link between smoking and lung cancer and heart disease was not received well by the tobacco industry, and the link between global climate change and fossil fuel use has not been well received by the petroleum industry, to cite just two examples. Usually the response of those whose world has been disrupted by science is denial, often followed by attack on or ridicule of the science that has challenged them. In the long term, however, science usually turns out to be correct.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 12,76 MB
Release : 1995-07-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309051258
Since the beginning of space flight, the collision hazard in Earth orbit has increased as the number of artificial objects orbiting the Earth has grown. Spacecraft performing communications, navigation, scientific, and other missions now share Earth orbit with spent rocket bodies, nonfunctional spacecraft, fragments from spacecraft breakups, and other debris created as a byproduct of space operations. Orbital Debris examines the methods we can use to characterize orbital debris, estimates the magnitude of the debris population, and assesses the hazard that this population poses to spacecraft. Potential methods to protect spacecraft are explored. The report also takes a close look at the projected future growth in the debris population and evaluates approaches to reducing that growth. Orbital Debris offers clear recommendations for targeted research on the debris population, for methods to improve the protection of spacecraft, on methods to reduce the creation of debris in the future, and much more.
Author : United States. Columbia Accident Investigation Board
Publisher :
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 47,67 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Space shuttles
ISBN :
Author : Scott Adams
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 23,92 MB
Release : 2004-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780740747878
In God's Debris, best-selling author and creator of Dilbert Scott Adams fashioned a thought-provoking exploration of life's great mysteries (everything from quantum physics and God to psychic phenomena and dating) that quickly captured the attention and imaginations of readers everywhere. The intriguing story of a deliveryman who meets the world's smartest person and learns the secret of reality is threaded with a variety of hypnosis techniques that Adams, a certified hypnotist, used to induce a feeling of euphoric enlightenment in readers to mirror the main character's feelings as he discovers the true nature of the universe.Launched to coincide with the hardcover publication of its sequel, The Religion War (see opposite page), this first paperback edition of God's Debris will soon make the leap to a broader audience. As Adams designed it, the book will "make your brain spin around inside your skull" and drive readers toward The Religion War as they seek to confirm or deny the dizzying impressions and chaotic memories of reading God's Debris.The book provides one of the most compelling visions of reality ever experienced on the printed page. Along the way, readers will enjoy the Thought Experiment: Trying to discover what's wrong with the sage's explanation of reality. This is a book, as Adams says, to be shared and savored with smart friends.
Author : United States. Columbia Accident Investigation Board
Publisher :
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 40,3 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Space shuttles
ISBN :
Vols. 2-6 of the CAIB's Final Report contain appendices that provide the supporting documentation for the main text of the Final Report contained in Vol. 1, which was released on Aug. 26, 2003. These appendix materials were working documents. They contain a number of conclusions and proposed recommendations, several of which were adopted by the CAIB in Vol. 1. The other conclusions and proposed recommendations drawn in Vols. 2-6 do not necessarily reflect the views of the CAIB but are included for the record. When there is conflict, Vol. 1 takes precedence. It alone is the CAIB's official statement.
Author : Gay Hawkins
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 24,36 MB
Release : 2002-12-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0742576043
Waste is a key category for understanding cultural value. It is not just the 'bad stuff' we dispose of; it is material we constantly struggle to redeem. Cultures seem to spend as much energy reclassifying negativity as they do on establishing the negative itself. The huge tertiary sector devoted to waste management converts garbage into money, while ecological movements continue to stress human values and 'the natural.' But the problems waste poses are never simply economic or environmental. The international contributors to this collection ask us to pause and consider the complex ways in which value is created and destroyed. Their diverse approaches of ethics, philosophy, cultural studies, and politics are at the forefront of a new field of 'ecohumanites.'
