Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries
Blackstone Audiobooks | ISBN: 143320021X | 2007-08 | MP3 | 189 MB
I have always been very interested in the way the universe works, particularly the stranger aspects of it (such as black holes). I am not, however, a big fan of reading non-fiction. This book attracted my attention because of its interesting title and I was certainly not disappointed by the book itself. The writing style is very conversational and the author clearly understands that bringing in vocabulary that the average person will not understand is not the way to keep a reader interested. "Death by Black Hole" blends humor with fact to create an informative, but still entertaining read....
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Carl Sagan - Pale Blue Dot: a Vision of the Human Future in Space (1994) Unabridged
Read By Carl Sagan | 10Hrs 26Mins | MP3 48kbps | 208Mb
Nova Audio Books | ISBN: 1561004103
In a tour of our solar system, galaxy and beyond, Cornell astronomer Sagan meshes a history of astronomical discovery, a cogent brief for space exploration and an overview of life-from its origins in the oceans to humanity's first emergence to a projected future where humans "terraform" and settle other planets and asteroids, Earth having long been swallowed by the sun. Maintaining that such relocation is inevitable, the author further argues that planetary science is of practical utility, fostering an interdisciplinary approach to looming environmental catastrophes such as "nuclear winter" (lethal cooling of Earth after a nuclear war, a widely accepted prediction first calculated by Sagan in 1982). His exploration of our place in the universe is illustrated with photographs, relief maps and paintings, including high-resolution images made by Voyager 1 and 2, as well as photos taken by the Galileo spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope and satellites orbiting Earth, which show our planet as a pale blue dot. A worthy sequel to Sagan's Cosmos. Author tour.
Word & pdf e-Books included
- Wanderers - An Introduction
01 - You Are Here
02 - Aberations of Light
03 - The Great Demotions
04 - A Universe Not Made For Us
05 - Is There Intelligent Life On Earth
06 - The Triumph of Voyager
07 - Among the Moons of Saturn
08 - The First New Planet
09 - An American Ship at the Frontiers of the Solar System
10 - Sacred Black
11 - Evening and Morning Star
12 - The Ground Melts
13 - The Gift of Apollo
14 - Exploring Other Worlds and Protecting This One
15 - The Gates of the Wonder World
16 - Scaling Heaven
17 - Routine Interplanetary Violence
18 - The Marsh of Camerina
19 - Remaking the Planets
20 - Darkness
21 - To The Sky
Eating Landscape: Aztec and European Occupation of Tlalocan
Phoenix Audio | ISBN: 159777071X | 2005-12-01 | MP3 | 50 Mb
With a title inspired as much by Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker series as Einstein, The Theory of Everything delivers almost as much as it promises. Transcribed from Stephen Hawking's Cambridge Lectures, the slim volume may not present a single theory unifying gravity with the other fundamental forces, but it does carefully explain the state of late 20th-century physics with the great scientist's characteristic humility and charm. Explicitly shunning math, Hawking explains the fruits of 100 years of heavy thinking with metaphors that are simple but never condescending--he compares the settling of the newborn universe into symmetry to the formation of ice crystals in a glass of water, for example. While he explores his own work (especially when speaking about black holes), he also discusses the important milestones achieved by others like Richard Feynman. Though occasionally an impenetrably obscure phrase does slip by, the reader will find the bulk of the text enlightening and engaging. The material, from the nature of time to the possibility that the universe has no beginning or end, is rich and deep and inevitably ignites metaphysical thinking. After all, Hawking is famous for his "we would know the mind of God" remark, which ends the final lecture herein. --Rob Lightner
Volker Bothmer and Ioannis A. Daglis "Space Weather Physics and Effects"
Published by Springer Praxis | Publication Date " November 2006 | ISBN : 3540239073 | PDF | 517 pages| 17.8 MB
The editors present a state of the art overview on the Physics of Space Weather and its effects on technological and biological systems on the ground and in space. It opens with a general introduction on the subject, followed by a historical review on the major developments in the field of solar terrestrial relationships leading to its development into the up to-date field of space weather. Specific emphasis is placed on the technological effects that have impacted society in the past century at times of major solar activity.
Chapter 2 summarizes key milestones, starting from the base of solar observations with classic telescopes up to recent space observations and new mission developments with EUV and X-ray telescopes (e.g., STEREO), yielding an unprecedented view of the Sun-Earth System.
Chapter 3 provides a scientific summary of the present understanding of the physics of the Sun-Earth system based on the latest results from spacecraft designed to observe the Sun, the interplanetary medium and geospace.
Chapter 4 describes how the plasma and magnetic field structure of the Earth?s magnetosphere is impacted by the variation of the solar and interplanetary conditions, providing the necessary science and technology background for missions in low and near earth? orbit.
Chapter 5 elaborates the physics of the layer of the Earth?s upper atmosphere that is the cause of disruptions in radio-wave communications and GPS (Global Positioning System) errors, which is of crucial importance for projects like Galileo. In Chapters 6-10, the impacts of technology used up to now in space, on Earth and on life are reviewed. The book concludes with an outlook on the future of space weather research and projects in the timeframe until 2015...
Delano Lopez Amazing Solar System Projects You Can Build Yourself
Nomad Press | 2008 | ISBN: 1934670006 | 128 pages | PDF | 25 MB
This kid-friendly handbook investigates the solar system's inner workings, the tools used to gain information, and an array of astronomical phenomena. Through a time line of discoveries and important events, a comprehensive text, and numerous projects readers can build from household items, this resource provides up-to-date information about the realm beyond planet Earth. Starting with a discussion of the basic components—the sun, the planets, their moons and rings, meteors, asteroids, and comets—this handbook considers topics ranging from the demotion of Pluto to a space object to the greenhouse effect on Venus and the astronomical unit. Along with this exploration of the historical, contemporary, and future tools—such as the rockets and satellites used to gather data—and galaxies, nebulae, and pulsars found outside of the solar system, are instructions for creating a rubber-band powered Mars rover, using dry ice to simulate the tail of a comet, and models of various phenomena. A resources section provides references for additional information and projects about astronomy and the solar system...
P. Kenneth Seidelmann, Dennis D. McCarthy "Time: From Earth Rotation to Atomic Physics"
Wiley-VCH | English | 2009-12-14 | ISBN: 3527407804 | 373 pages | PDF | 6,9 MB
Filling the need for a book that conveys the current technology as well as the underlying history and physical background, this book tells physicists and engineers how to measure time to the precision required for modern-day use. The authors draw on their longstanding research experience with timekeeping and high-precision measurement to cover the use of satellites in measuring earth movement variation and the influence of the moon, while also dwelling on such topics as timekeeping aboard satellites and time transfer.
Indispensable for high-precision measurements of processes in astrophysics, and relevant for measurement, navigation and communication, this monograph can be equally used as a course book or as accompanying work at advanced undergraduate or graduate level...
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Norriss S. Hetherington "Planetary Motions: A Historical Perspective"
Published by Greenwood Press | Publication date : July 2006 | ISBN : 031333241X | PDF | 242 pages | English | 10.5 MB
Planetary Motions is an ideal introduction for students studying physics and astronomy and who need to understand the history and nature of the scientific enterprise.
Students in an introductory physics class learn a variety of different, and seemingly unconnected, concepts. Gravity, the laws of motion, forces and fields, the mathematical nature of the science - all of these are ideas that play a central role in understanding physics. And one thing that connects all of these physical concepts is the impetus the great scientists of the past had to develop them - the desire to understand the motion of the planets of the solar system. This desire led to the revolutionary work of Copernicus and Galileo, Kepler and Newton. And their work forever altered how science is practiced and understood.
Planetary Motions: A Historical Perspective enables students to understand how the discoveries of the luminaries of the Scientific Revolution impact the way physics is practiced today.
• Nicolas Copernicus – his revolutionary work On the Revolution of the Heavenly Spheres that placed the sun, rather than the earth, at the center of the universe forever altered how people would see our place in the cosmos
• Galileo – his work did not prove Copernicus correct, but did destroy the ancient physics of Aristotle
• Johannes Kepler – his painstaking work eventually led to his laws regarding how the planets revolve around the sun
• Isaac Newton – his work remains the center of classical physics as studied in classrooms today Jargon and mathematics is kept to a minimum....
Spacetime, Geometry and Gravitation (Progress in Mathematical Physics) By Pankaj Sharan
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel 2009-10-23 | 355 Pages | ISBN: 3764399708 | PDF | 5.6 MB
Teaching Einstein’s general relativity at introductory level poses problems because students cannot begin to appreciate the basics of the theory unless they learn a sufficient amount of Riemannian geometry. Most elementary books take the easy course of telling the students a few working rules stripping the mathematical details to a minimum while the advanced books take the mathematical background for granted. Students eager to study Einstein’s theory at a deeper level are forced to learn the mathematical background on their own and they feel lost because pure mathematical texts on geometry are too abstract and formal.
The present book solves this pedagogical problem in a unique way by dividing the book into three parts. Essential concepts of Riemannian geometry are introduced in Part I (four chapters) through Gauss’ work on curvature of surfaces using only ordinary calculus. A first acquaintance with Einstein’s theory can then be made. Only after this first brush with both physics and mathematics of relativity, a proper, detailed mathematical background is developed in the next six chapters in Part II. The third part then recaptures all the basic concepts of general relativity and leaves the student with a sound preparation for learning advanced topics...
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Astrophysics, Clocks and Fundamental Constants
By Savely G. Karshenboim, Ekkehard Peik
Publisher: Springer | 2004 | 346 Pages | ISBN: 3540219676 | PDF | 5.81 MB
Planetary Motion (Science Foundations) By p. Andrew Karam, Ben P. Stein
Publisher: Chelsea House Publications 2009-05 | 117 Pages | ISBN: 1604130172 | PDF | 3.8 MB
Thousands of years ago, people looked at the sky in wonder, fascinated by the motions of a few wandering 'stars'. Nobody understood where these wandering objects - now named Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn - came from, why they moved, or what drove their motions through the sky. Today, people know these objects are planets, but the quest to reach this understanding took thousands of years, and the consequences were profound. Famous scientists Johannes Kepler, Edmund Halley, Isaac Newton, and others discovered the laws of gravity and planetary motion, using these laws to explain the workings of the solar system. Their findings allowed the human race to find its way from planet to planet with unmanned probes and eventually allowed people to reach the moon. In "Planetary Motion", learn how scientists have found new planets outside the solar system, and continue their search for planets like Earth...
Jack Martin, "A Spectroscopic Atlas of Bright Stars: A Pocket Field Guide"
Springer | 2009 | ISBN: 1441907041 | 205 pages | PDF | 14,5 MB
A Spectroscopic Atlas of the Stars: A Pocket Field Guide is a standard reference book for all amateur astronomers interested in practical spectroscopy or spectrography. For the first time in one place, it identifies more than 70 (northern hemisphere) bright stars that are suitable observational targets for both amateurs and astronomy students.
Finder charts are provided for locating these sometimes-familiar stars. Data for each star includes labelled stellar spectra, a spectral profile with spectral lines identified. These are conveniently laid out on a single page, opposite tables of spectroscopic properties, and lines and wavelengths identified.
This is the first Spectral Atlas designed for amateur astronomers. It is equally relevant to college undergraduates, being intended to familiarize astronomers of any age and level of knowledge with labelled stellar spectra and their different properties. It contains much information about stars which is hard to find or inaccessible to most people....
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The Inner Solar System: The Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars (An Explorer's Guide to the Universe) By Erik Gregersen
Publisher: Rosen Education Service 2009-12-20 | 224 Pages | ISBN: 1615300120 | PDF | 7.8 MB
Ancient people around the globe once believed the Moon, Sun, planets, and stars were gods and goddesses, demons and angels revolving around Earth, the centre of their universe. Little did they know that Earth is a mere speck in a vast universe. It took many centuries for people to realize that Earth isn’t even the centre of our solar system. It is, however, one of the components of what’s known as the inner solar system— comprised of the Sun, four terrestrial planets, and the moons that orbit them—which is examined thoroughly in this book.
With the development of modern astronomy and the advent of scientifi c tools, particularly the telescope, scientists began examining the solar system and theorizing about our place in it. The solar system and the space just beyond it form the extent of our physical reach in the universe.
Even with manned and unmanned spacecraft, we may never explore farther than the outer boundary of the solar system. So scientists observe and study our solar system in order to learn more about the universe itself. Much of our knowledge comes from the celestial bodies within the inner solar system, but there is still much to learn. Our solar system includes the Sun, eight planets (formerly nine), many moons....
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The Outer Solar System: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and the Dwarf Planets (An Explorer's Guide to the Universe) By Erik Gregersen
Publisher: Rosen Education Service 2009-12-20 | 224 Pages | ISBN: 1615300147 | PDF | 5.3 MB
After hundreds of years of observation, theorizing, exploration, and data collection, the universe is still a mysterious place. Numerous cosmic questions remain unanswered despite the scientifi c and technological dvances
made since the telescope was invented in the 1600s. But we are learning more about the cosmos all the time through intense examination of the solar system in which we live. Still, learning about the outer solar system has proved to be diffi cult, to say the least. What is known about the farthest reaches of our solar system is discussed, at great length and in fi ne detail, in this book. Scientists have launched many spacecraft into orbit. anned spacecraft have traveled as far as the moon. Unmanned probes have approached most of the planets and even landed on Mars. These probes tell scientists more about the solar system than we could ever learn with telescopes alone. In 1977, the Voyager 1 probe was sent into space for the purpose of exploring Jupiter and Saturn. Other probes were sent in the ears that followed. It took decades for these probes to reach the most distant planets and send back data about them.
Presently, Voyager 1 is the farthest manmade object from Earth; it is approaching the edge of the known solar system, and scientists hope it will gain new information about the mystifying region known as the Kuiper Belt.
The Voyager and other missions represent the limit of our physical reach within the cosmos. For now, we depend on the data they have collected to gain a better understanding of the outer solar system.
Beyond the orbit of Mars—which represents the planetary boundary between the inner and outer solar system—is a ring of asteroids orbiting the Sun. The asteroid belt contains rocky objects left over from the formation f the solar system. The asteroids range in size from hundreds of kilometers in diameter to dust-sized particles. The largest asteroid in the asteroid belt, Ceres, is considered a dwarf planet. It was the fi rst asteroid ever
discovered. By 2009, more than 450,000 asteroids had been discovered. While most asteroids orbit the sun in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter, some stray closer to Earth. These are called near-Earth asteroids (NEAs). Most NEAs are still far from Earth, but some actually cross Earth’s orbit, making them potentially deadly to life on Earth. Smaller-sized asteroids are often called meteoroids. This term is also often reserved for asteroids that collide with......
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Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook, Eighth Edition, McGraw-Hill - 2008
by Don W. Green, Robert H. Perry (2400 pages)-PDF
Product Description:
Now in its eighth edition, Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook offers unrivaled, up-to-date coverage of all aspects of chemical engineering. First published in 1934, Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook has equipped generations of engineers and chemists with an expert source of chemical engineering information and data. Now updated to reflect the latest technology and processes of the new millennium, the Eighth Edition of this classic guide provides unsurpassed coverage of every aspect of chemical engineering-from fundamental principles to chemical processes and equipment to new computer applications. Filled with over 700 detailed illustrations, the Eighth Edition of Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook features: *Comprehensive tables and charts for unit conversion *A greatly expanded section on physical and chemical data *New to this edition: the latest advances in distillation, liquid-liquid extraction, reactor modeling, biological processes, biochemical and membrane separation processes, and chemical plant safety practices with accident case histories.
Contents:
01 Conversion Factors and Mathematical Symbols
02 Physical and Chemical Data
03 Mathematics
04 Thermodynamics
05 Heat and Mass Transfer
06 Fluid and Particle Dynamics
07 Raction Kinetics
08 Process Control
09 Process Economics
10 Transport and Storage of Fluids
11 Heat Transfer Equipment
12 Psychrometry, Evaporative Cooling and Solid Drying
13 Distillation
14 Equipment for Distillation, Gas Adsorption, Phase Dispersion and Phase Separation
15 Liquid-Liquid Extraction and other Liquid-Liquid Operation and Equipment
16 Adsorption and Ion Exchange
17 Gas-Solid Operations and Equipment
18 Liquid-Solid Operations and Equipment
19 Reactors
20 Alternative Separation Processes
21 Solid-Solid Operations and Processing
22 Waste Management
23 Process Safety
24 Energy Resources, Conversion, and Utilization
25 Materials of Construction
Lori Zaikowski, Jon Friedrich, "Chemical Evolution across Space and Time: From the Big Bang to Prebiotic Chemistry"
Oxford University Press, USA | 2008 | ISBN: 0841274312 | 448 pages | PDF | 33,5 MB
The book provides an exciting interwoven mosaic about the evolutionary nature of chemistry. It follows chemical evolution from the simplest elements formed in the Big Bang to the molecular diversity and complexity present today. Review chapters demonstrate the multidisciplinary use of chemical principles and techniques and how they are central to unraveling mysteries of the universe. In addition to giving concise and well-referenced reviews, the eminent authors include recent unpublished work. Instructors will find the book useful as a text or resource for teaching how chemistry has evolved over time and shaped our world.
The first three sections review chemical evolution in astrophysics, in the Solar System and Earth, and in prebiotic chemistry. The fourth section describes how these themes can be incorporated into the curriculum. It seeks to expand and integrate new approaches to chemistry into majors and non-majors courses, and to inspire the creation of new courses at the college and high school levels.
The book promotes our modern understanding of evolution and applications of chemistry, and will be appreciated by chemists, instructors and students of chemistry, and all others with an interest in the evolution of the universe in which we live...
James Rich "Fundamentals of Cosmology"
Springer | English | 2010-01-01 | ISBN: 3642027997 | 328 pages | PDF | 5,1 MB
The book is aimed at astrophysics students and professional physicists who wish to understand the basics of cosmology and general relativity as well as the observational foundations of the LambdaCDM model of the Universe. The book provides a self-contained introduction to general relativity that is based on the homogeneity and isotropy of the local universe. The simplicity of this space allows general relativity to be presented in a very elementary manner while laying the foundation for the treatment of more complicated problems. The new edition presents the most recent observations, including those of CMB anisotropies by WMAP and of Baryon Acoustic Oscillations by SDSS. Future observational and theoretical challenges for the understanding of dark energy and dark matter are discussed....
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Jose Wudka, "Space-Time, Relativity, and Cosmology"
Cambridge University Press | 2006 | ISBN: 0521822807 | 210 pages | PDF | 5 MB
Space-Time, Relativity and Cosmology provides a historical introduction to modern relativistic cosmology and traces its historical roots and evolution from antiquity to Einstein. The topics are presented in a non-mathematical manner, with the emphasis on the ideas that underlie each theory rather than their detailed quantitative consequences. A significant part of the book focuses on the Special and General theories of relativity. The tests and experimental evidence supporting the theories are explained together with their predictions and their confirmation. Other topics include a discussion of modern relativistic cosmology, the consequences of Hubble's observations leading to the Big Bang hypothesis, and an overview of the most exciting research topics in relativistic cosmology. This textbook is intended for introductory undergraduate courses on the foundations of modern physics. It is also accessible to advanced high school students, as well as non-science majors who are concerned with science issues....
Planetary Landscapes By R. Greeley
Publisher: Springer 1994-03-31 | 288 Pages | ISBN: 0412051818 | PDF | 300 MB
This introduction to planetary geology concentrates on the surface features of the planets and satellites of our Solar System. The author first discusses the primary processes that shape our planet, Earth, and the geomorphology of the objects in the Solar System. The second edition includes new information about Venus and a new chapter on Neptune. The book is beautifully illustrated with high-resolution black-and-white photographs from recent space probes and orbiting spacecraft, and with explanatory diagrams. Each chapter starts with a description of the general physiography and terrain units, then the geomorphic processes that created them are discussed. Finally a synopsis of the geologic evolution of the surface is given. The selected references at the end include original papers, review articles and books....
David R. Lide, "CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 90th Edition"
CRC | 2009 | ISBN: 1420090844 | 2804 pages | PDF | 117 MB
Mirroring the growth and direction of science for nearly a century, the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, now in its 90th edition, adds several new tables that will be among the most accessed in the world. These include Structure and Functions of Common Drugs, Solubility Parameters of Polymers, Major World Earthquakes, and Equilibrium Constants of Selected Enzyme Reactions. It adds major updates to several more, including Threshold Limits for Airborne Contaminants, Mass Spectral Peaks of Common Organic Solvents, and Properties of the Solar System. It also adds a table of the Handbook’s greatest fans: Nobel Laureates in Chemistry and Physics....
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