A to Z of Scientists in Space and Astronomy, Updated Edition

A to Z of Scientists in Space and Astronomy, Updated Edition
Author: Joseph Angelo
Publisher: Infobase Holdings, Inc
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2019-11-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1438183321

Designed for middle and high school students, A to Z of Scientists in Space and Astronomy, Updated Edition is an ideal reference for notable male and female scientists in the field of space and astronomy, from antiquity to the present. Containing nearly 150 entries and approximately 50 black-and-white photographs, this exciting title emphasizes these scientists' contributions to the field as well as their effects on those who have followed. People covered include: Al-Battani (858–929 CE) Aryabhata (476–550 CE) Tycho Brahe (1546–1601) Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) Stephen Hawking (1942–2018) James Van Allen (1914–2006) Katherine G. Johnson (1918–present) Eugene Parker (1927–2016) Dorothy Vaughan (1910–2008)

A to Z of Scientists in Space and Astronomy

A to Z of Scientists in Space and Astronomy
Author: Deborah Todd
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2014-05-14
Genre: Astronomers
ISBN: 1438109237

Profiles more than 130 scientists from around the world who made important contributions in the fields of space and astronomy, including John Couch Adams, Albert Einstein, and Plato.

The Space Book

The Space Book
Author: Jim Bell
Publisher: Union Square & Company
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Astronomy
ISBN: 9781454929390

Presents a series of 250 significant events in the history of astronomy and space exploration, from the original formation of the galaxies, to the space mission to the planet Mars, to speculation about the end of the universe.

Planetary Astrobiology

Planetary Astrobiology
Author: Victoria Meadows
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Total Pages: 593
Release: 2020-07-07
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0816540063

Are we alone in the universe? How did life arise on our planet? How do we search for life beyond Earth? These profound questions excite and intrigue broad cross sections of science and society. Answering these questions is the province of the emerging, strongly interdisciplinary field of astrobiology. Life is inextricably tied to the formation, chemistry, and evolution of its host world, and multidisciplinary studies of solar system worlds can provide key insights into processes that govern planetary habitability, informing the search for life in our solar system and beyond. Planetary Astrobiology brings together current knowledge across astronomy, biology, geology, physics, chemistry, and related fields, and considers the synergies between studies of solar systems and exoplanets to identify the path needed to advance the exploration of these profound questions. Planetary Astrobiology represents the combined efforts of more than seventy-five international experts consolidated into twenty chapters and provides an accessible, interdisciplinary gateway for new students and seasoned researchers who wish to learn more about this expanding field. Readers are brought to the frontiers of knowledge in astrobiology via results from the exploration of our own solar system and exoplanetary systems. The overarching goal of Planetary Astrobiology is to enhance and broaden the development of an interdisciplinary approach across the astrobiology, planetary science, and exoplanet communities, enabling a new era of comparative planetology that encompasses conditions and processes for the emergence, evolution, and detection of life.

NASA EP.

NASA EP.
Author: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Publisher:
Total Pages: 528
Release: 1961
Genre: Astronautics
ISBN:

Issues in Astronomy and Astrophysics: 2011 Edition

Issues in Astronomy and Astrophysics: 2011 Edition
Author:
Publisher: ScholarlyEditions
Total Pages: 2981
Release: 2012-01-09
Genre: Science
ISBN: 146496369X

Issues in Astronomy and Astrophysics / 2011 Edition is a ScholarlyEditions™ eBook that delivers timely, authoritative, and comprehensive information about Astronomy and Astrophysics. The editors have built Issues in Astronomy and Astrophysics: 2011 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Astronomy and Astrophysics in this eBook to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Issues in Astronomy and Astrophysics: 2011 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.

The New Astronomy: Opening the Electromagnetic Window and Expanding our View of Planet Earth

The New Astronomy: Opening the Electromagnetic Window and Expanding our View of Planet Earth
Author: Wayne Orchiston
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2006-01-17
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1402037244

This is an unusual book, combining as it does papers on astrobiology, history of astronomy and sundials, but—after all—Woody Sullivan is an unusual man. In late 2003 I spent two fruitful and enjoyable months in the Astronomy Department at the University of Washington (UW) working on archival material accumulated over the decades by Woody, for a book we will co-author with Jessica Chapman on the early development of Australian astronomy. The only serious intellectual distraction I faced during this period was planning for an IAU colloquium on transits of Venus scheduled for June 2004 in England, where I was down to present the ‘Cook’ paper. I knew Woody was also interested in transits (and, indeed, anything remotely connected with shadows—see his paper on page 3), and in discussing the Preston meeting with him it transpired that his 60th birthday was timed to occur just one week later. This was where the seed of ‘Woodfest’ began to germinate. Why not invite friends and colleagues to join Woody in Seattle and celebrate this proud event? I put the idea to Woody and others at UW, they liked it, and ‘Woodfest’ was born.