Author : Cesare Barbieri
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 557 pages
File Size : 24,27 MB
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9401008000
The Conference on the Earth-Moon relationships brought together a number of distinguished scientists from different fields - such as Astronomy, Celestial Mechanics, Chemistry - but also scholars of Literature and Art, to discuss these relationships, their origins, and their influence on human activities and beliefs.
Author : Bernd Brunner
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 26,59 MB
Release : 2010-11-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 0300168705
Using werewolves and Wernher von Braun, Stonehenge and the sex lives of sea corals, aboriginal myths, and an Anglican bishop in this new book, the author weaves variegated information into a glimpse of Earth's closest celestial neighbor, whose mere presence inspires us to wonder what might be out there. Going beyond the discoveries of contemporary science, he presents a cultural assessment of our complex relationship with Earth's lifeless, rocky satellite. As well as offering an engaging perspective on such age old questions as "What would Earth be like without the moon?" he surveys the moon's mythical and religious significance and provokes existential soul searching through a lunar lens, inquiring, "Forty years ago, the first man put his footprint on the moon. Will we continue to use it as the screen onto which we cast our hopes and fears?" Drawing on materials from different cultures and epochs, he walks readers down a moonlit path illuminated by more than seventy-five vintage photographs and illustrations. From scientific discussions of the moon's origins and its chronobiological effects on the mating and feeding habits of animals to an illuminating interpretation of Bishop Francis Godwin's 1638 novel The Man in the Moone, his interdisciplinary explorations recast a familiar object in an original light.
Author : Grant Heiken
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 796 pages
File Size : 29,94 MB
Release : 1991-04-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521334440
The only work to date to collect data gathered during the American and Soviet missions in an accessible and complete reference of current scientific and technical information about the Moon.
Author : Vera Kaikobad
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 33,72 MB
Release : 2005-07
Category : Astrology
ISBN : 1598580264
Is your relationship a daily compromise or a true success? Are you a romantic Leo Moon person who approaches falling in love with joy and eager anticipation? Or are you an even-tempered, hard-working Virgo Moon person who ends up relegating passion to the very bottom of your to-do list? Perhaps you're a loving and sensitive Cancer Moon person who likes to mother their lover. Or maybe you're a harmony-oriented, emotionally flexible Libra Moon person who is searching for that ideal spouse? Vera Kaikobad's The 12 Moon Signs In Love: A Lover's Guide To Understanding Your Partner helps partners understand each other's deep, emotional and private side through the careful study of personal Astrological Moon signs. Every person's individual Moon sign is an uncannily accurate guide to how they respond to love, adjust to intimacy and express their romantic persona. Our Sun signs signify what we do, while our Moon signs show us how we love. Achieving physical compatibility is a no-brainer, but achieving that oh-so-delicate level of daily emotional compatibility can mean the difference between an average relationship and a superlatively successful one. Is your lover touchy-feely? Or do they love with their mind and intellect? Some Moon signs revel in closeness and feel empowered by it. While others require space and distance through which to evaluate the meaning or usefulness of intimacy in their lives. Each Moon sign speaks its own special, emotional language. And for those of you who are willing to go that extra mile to learn those intricate little details to make your love stronger over the long run, this book may hold some important keys for you to discover. The 12 Moon Signs In Love: A Lover's Guide To Understanding Your Partner: 1). Contains comprehensive descriptions of each of the 12 Moon signs and discusses their individual romantic nature. 2). Contains 10 specific traits that the male and female of each Moon sign looks for in a love relationship. 3). Contains a list of Sun and Moon signs that are the most compatible for each individual Moon sign. 4). Contains a list of famous celebrities who share each Moon sign with the reader. 5). Allows the reader to find out their personal Moon sign or that of their lover for FREE by logging onto www.astrologycompatibilityreports.com and sending their birth data to the author, who will then email them their real Moon sign within seconds. 6). It contains 144 detailed romantic Moon sign combinations for each Moon sign. 7). Contains a Moon sign Gift Guide for each Moon sign. This book is of great help to anyone who: Has just begun an exciting new love relationship and wants to know how to connect to the real, emotional persona behind their lover. Has just gotten engaged or married and is about to begin a life together with their partner, and would like to know how to appeal to their future spouse by getting the "inside scoop" on their emotion-based Moon sign nature. Has been single for sometime and would like to know the emotional temperament of potential future lovers and life-partners by matching up their own Moon sign with theirs. Vera Kaikobad specializes in Compatibility Astrology and Relationship Numerology. Based in Arizona and Colorado, she has spent a more than a decade helping lovers gain clearer insights into their relationships. In The 12 Moon Signs In Love she unravels the mysteries of the 12 romantic Moon signs and their individual approach to love and intimacy, by formulating 144 in-depth, astrological matches that guide lovers to use the secrets of Moon sign astrology to quickly gain guidance about their relationships. Vera holds an Arts degree from Thomas Edison State College in New Jersey, is a published poet, and a licensed medical acupuncturist. Fluent in five languages, Vera has traveled the globe and is an amateur Civil War historian with an interest in the life of Abraham Lincoln. She is currently working on her next book on Numerology.
Author : Rebecca Scherm
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 23,31 MB
Release : 2023-03-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1101980125
“Inventive and thrilling. . . . I couldn’t put it down.” —Brit Bennett, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing Half “It’s a thrill to read this novel.” —Jia Tolentino, New York Times bestselling author of Trick Mirror The gripping story of one scientist in outer space, another who watches over him, the family left behind, and the lengths people will go to protect the people and planet they love For twenty years, Alex has believed that his gene-edited superalgae will slow and even reverse the effects of climate change. His obsession with his research has jeopardized his marriage, his relationships with his kids, and his own professional future. When the Son sisters, founders of the colossal tech company Sensus, offer him a chance to complete his research, he seizes the opportunity. The catch? His lab will be in outer space on Parallaxis, the first-ever luxury residential space station built for billionaires. Alex and six other scientists leave Earth and their loved ones to become Pioneers, the beta tenants of Parallaxis. But Parallaxis is not the space palace they were sold. Day and night, the embittered crew builds the facility under pressure from Sensus, motivated by the promise that their families will join them. At home on Earth, much of the country is ablaze in wildfires and battered by storms. In Michigan, Alex’s teenage daughter, Mary Agnes, struggles through high school with the help of the ubiquitous Sensus phones implanted in everyone’s ears that archive each humiliation, and wishes she could go to Parallaxis with her father—but her mother will never allow it. The Pioneers are the beta testers of another program, too: Sensus is designing an algorithm that will predict human behavior. Katherine Son hires Tess, a young social psychologist, to watch the experiment’s subjects through their phones—including not only the Pioneers, but Katherine’s sister, Rachel. Tess begins to develop an intimate, obsessive relationship with her subjects. When Tess and Rachel travel to Parallaxis, the controlled experiment begins to unravel. Prescient and insightful, A House Between Earth and the Moon is at once a captivating epic about the machinations of big tech and a profoundly intimate meditation on the unmistakably human bonds that hold us together.
Author : Robin Heath
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 13,20 MB
Release : 2001-04-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0802713815
Explores the cycles of the sun and moon and discusses early calendars and the work of ancient astronomers and mathematicians.
Author : Tyler Nordgren
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 20,85 MB
Release : 2016-09-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 0465096468
With beautiful illustrations and a detailed map, Sun Moon Earth has everything you need to get ready for the next solar eclipse. On April 8, 2024, millions of Americans will experience an awe-inspiring phenomenon: a total eclipse of the sun. In Sun Moon Earth, astronomer Tyler Nordgren illustrates how this most seemingly unnatural of natural phenomena was transformed from a fearsome omen to a tourist attraction. From the astrologers of ancient China and Babylon to the high priests of the Maya, Sun Moon Earth takes us around the world to show how different cultures interpreted these dramatic events. Greek philosophers discovered eclipses' cause and used them to measure their world and the cosmos beyond. Victorian-era scientists mounted eclipse expeditions during the age of globe-spanning empires. And modern-day physicists continue to use eclipses to confirm Einstein's theory of relativity. Beautifully illustrated and lyrically written, Sun Moon Earth is the ideal guide for all eclipse watchers and star gazers alike.
Author : Bob Crelin
Publisher : Charlesbridge
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 24,4 MB
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 160734288X
Describes the moon's phases as it orbits the Earth every twenty-nine days using rhyming text and cut-outs that illustrate each phase.
Author : Neil F. Comins
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 31,75 MB
Release : 2010-03-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 142995793X
"What if?" questions stimulate people to think in new ways, to refresh old ideas, and to make new discoveries. In What If the Earth Had Two Moons, Neil Comins leads us on a fascinating ten-world journey as we explore what our planet would be like under alternative astronomical conditions. In each case, the Earth would be different, often in surprising ways. The title chapter, for example, gives us a second moon orbiting closer to Earth than the one we have now. The night sky is a lot brighter, but that won't last forever. Eventually the moons collide, with one extra-massive moon emerging after a period during which Earth sports a Saturn-like ring. This and nine and other speculative essays provide us with insights into the Earth as it exists today, while shedding new light on the burgeoning search for life on planets orbiting other stars. Appealing to adult and young adult alike, this book is a fascinating journey through physics and astronomy, and follows on the author's previous bestseller, What if the Moon Didn't Exist?, with completely new scenarios backed by the latest astronomical research.
Author : Robert A. Garfinkle
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1680 pages
File Size : 16,96 MB
Release : 2020-03-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781493916634
All three volumes sold as a combined set for a one-time purchase! This comprehensive three-volume set takes you on an incomparable journey of our closest celestial neighbor. Not since the golden age of 19th-century lunar guidebooks has one author managed to cover the Moon in such detail as this all-in-one handbook. Volume 1 begins with a section on the Moon’s place in human history, mythology and lore, before gravitating closer to the Moon itself through scientific sections on the Earth-Moon system, lunar motions and cycles. Following these are technical chapters on how to purchase, use and care for lunar observing and photography equipment. Techniques for observing the Moon (both with the naked eye and optical instruments) are detailed as the reader approaches the Moon’s surface on this visual tour-de-force. A close-up exploration of the Moon is the result. The “crater-hop” chapters in Volumes 1 and 2 discuss the physical aspects of the Moon’s features, offering brief biographical information on the person for whom the feature is named, as well as how each individual was involved in the development of science and selenography from ancient to modern times. Volume 3 contains a plethora of useful appendices that cover a range of topics, from catalogues of lunar features such as nearside lunar domes to a comprehensive list of publishers and observing organizations. Luna Cognita goes far beyond any recent work in both breadth and depth of coverage on the Moon. Written in an accessible, engaging manner for readers of all backgrounds and levels of expertise, this handbook is thus an invaluable resource for anybody who looks up at the glowing sphere in the night sky and wants to learn more about the “Known Moon.”
