Book Description
The differences and similarities between the deep ocean and outer space.
Author : Jennifer Swanson
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 28,1 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1426328672
The differences and similarities between the deep ocean and outer space.
Author : Abigail Harrison
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 21,16 MB
Release : 2021-01-19
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0593116771
From Astronaut Abby, the dynamic founder of The Mars Generation, comes a book about dreaming big, reaching for the stars, and making a plan for success! From the age of four, Abigail Harrison knew she wanted to go to space. At age eleven, she sat down and wrote out a plan--not just for how to become an astronaut, but how to be the first astronaut to set foot on Mars. With a degree in biology, internships at NASA, and a national organization founded to help kids reach for the stars themselves, Astronaut Abby is well on her way to achieving her dreams--and she wants to help others do the same! In this book, readers will find helpful advice and practical tips that can help set them on the path toward finding, reaching for, and achieving their goals. With examples from Abby's own life, interactive activities to get readers going, and plenty of fun illustrations along the way, this is the perfect guide for anyone--of any age--with big dreams and plenty of determination. It's time to reach for the stars! Praise for Dream Big!: "With friendly encouragement . . . the content and approach are general enough to appeal both to STEM-oriented fans of the author as well as those whose interests lie in other areas . . . Fun and helpful." --Kirkus Reviews "Any young person who wants to achieve their dreams will find this comprehensive book helpful." --Booklist "The conversational style is easy to understand. . . . There are eye-catching fonts, icons, think bubbles, and callouts. . . . A recommended purchase for middle school and high school libraries. Counselors assisting high schoolers with college preparation and educators teaching leadership classes will find many of the journaling activities very useful." --School Library Journal
Author : Francis French
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 20,11 MB
Release : 2009-09-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780803226395
A history of early space flight focuses on the careers of both American astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts and includes coverage of other persons who worked in support roles.
Author : Kevin Hand
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 28,5 MB
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 0691189641
Inside the epic quest to find life on the water-rich moons at the outer reaches of the solar system Where is the best place to find life beyond Earth? We often look to Mars as the most promising site in our solar system, but recent scientific missions have revealed that some of the most habitable real estate may actually lie farther away. Beneath the frozen crusts of several of the small, ice-covered moons of Jupiter and Saturn lurk vast oceans that may have existed for as long as Earth, and together may contain more than fifty times its total volume of liquid water. Could there be organisms living in their depths? Alien Oceans reveals the science behind the thrilling quest to find out. Kevin Peter Hand is one of today's leading NASA scientists, and his pioneering research has taken him on expeditions around the world. In this captivating account of scientific discovery, he brings together insights from planetary science, biology, and the adventures of scientists like himself to explain how we know that oceans exist within moons of the outer solar system, like Europa, Titan, and Enceladus. He shows how the exploration of Earth's oceans is informing our understanding of the potential habitability of these icy moons, and draws lessons from what we have learned about the origins of life on our own planet to consider how life could arise on these distant worlds. Alien Oceans describes what lies ahead in our search for life in our solar system and beyond, setting the stage for the transformative discoveries that may await us.
Author : John Stephenson
Publisher :
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 47,81 MB
Release : 1962
Category : Technology
ISBN :
Author : Alexis Wick
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 15,60 MB
Release : 2016-01-19
Category : History
ISBN : 0520285921
The Red Sea has, from time immemorial, been one of the world’s most navigated spaces, in the pursuit of trade, pilgrimage and conquest. Yet this multidimensional history remains largely unrevealed by its successive protagonists. Intrigued by the absence of a holistic portrayal of this body of water and inspired by Fernand Braudel’s famous work on the Mediterranean, this book brings alive a dynamic Red Sea world across time, revealing the particular features of a unique historical actor. In capturing this heretofore lost space, it also presents a critical, conceptual history of the sea, leading the reader into the heart of Eurocentrism. The Sea, it is shown, is a vital element of the modern philosophy of history. Alexis Wick is not satisfied with this inclusion of the Red Sea into history and attendant critique of Eurocentrism. Contrapuntally, he explores how the world and the sea were imagined differently before imperial European hegemony. Searching for the lost space of Ottoman visions of the sea, The Red Sea makes a deeper argument about the discipline of history and the historian’s craft.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 21,66 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Astronautics in oceanography
ISBN :
Author : United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Publisher :
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 40,56 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Astronautics in oceanography
ISBN :
Author : Daniel E. Harmon
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 22,3 MB
Release : 2017-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1680486659
Since ancient times, people have envisioned the possibility of space travel. Spaceflight finally became a reality after many centuries of scientific study on two fronts: astronomy and flight. Theories about the solar system were proposed, tested, and revised. Instruments for examining the night skies were invented and improved. Flight was accomplished as a result of countless experiments�some of them deadly. This resource traces space exploration�one of the most exciting pursuits in history�from the legend of Icarus to the reality of Sputnik.
Author : Ian S. Robinson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 752 pages
File Size : 14,7 MB
Release : 2004-06-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540426479
This book covers the fundamental principles of measuring oceans from space, and also contains state-of-the-art developments in data analysis and interpretation and in sensors. Completely new will be material covering advances in oceanography that have grown out of remote sensing, including some of the global applications of the data. The variety of applications of remotely sensed data to ocean science has grown significantly and new areas of science are emerging to exploit the gobal datasets being recovered by satellites, particularly in relation to climate and climate change, basin-scale, air-sea interaction processes (e.g. El Nino) and the modelling, forecasting and prediction of the ocean.