Dr Maggie's Grand Tour of the Solar System

Dr Maggie's Grand Tour of the Solar System
Author: Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Publisher: Buster Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-09-26
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781916763203

A round-the-solar-system reference book written by renowned space scientist Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock.

Dr. Maggie's Grand Tour of the Solar System

Dr. Maggie's Grand Tour of the Solar System
Author: Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2020
Genre:
ISBN: 9781684640348

Embark on a mind-blowing visual journey and visit the most magnificent sights and spectacles outer space has to offer. From the celestial bodies that surround us and their incredible characteristics to the many moons, asteroids, comets, space stations and satellites that hover beyond the stratosphere, this epic tour leaves no question unanswered and no meteorite unturned.Just how much would it cost to colonize Mars? Could a human survive on the blistering-hot surface of Venus? What does the future of space travel have to offer and where are we going next?Dr Maggie's Grand Tour of the Solar System takes readers on the trip of a light-speed lifetime - from the proximity of the surface of our very own planet to the furthest sectors of the Solar System.

Dr Maggie's Grand Tour of the Solar System

Dr Maggie's Grand Tour of the Solar System
Author: Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Publisher: Buster Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-09-05
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781780555751

This mind-blowing book invites readers to join renowned space scientist Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock (MBE) on an epic journey through the Solar System.

Motorcycles & Sweetgrass

Motorcycles & Sweetgrass
Author: Drew Hayden Taylor
Publisher: Vintage Canada
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2021-06-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1039000614

A story of magic, family, a mysterious stranger . . . and a band of marauding raccoons. Otter Lake is a sleepy Anishnawbe community where little happens. Until the day a handsome stranger pulls up astride a 1953 Indian Chief motorcycle – and turns Otter Lake completely upside down. Maggie, the Reserve’s chief, is swept off her feet, but Virgil, her teenage son, is less than enchanted. Suspicious of the stranger’s intentions, he teams up with his uncle Wayne – a master of aboriginal martial arts – to drive the stranger from the Reserve. And it turns out that the raccoons are willing to lend a hand.

Once Upon a Star

Once Upon a Star
Author: James Carter
Publisher: Caterpillar Books
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2019-09-05
Genre:
ISBN: 9781848578913

Once upon a star, there were no stars to shine -- no sun to rise no sun to set no day, no night, nor any time. Discover the origins of the universe! The worlds of poetry and science collide to create this unique book about our sun, our planets, our Earth--and YOU!

Invisible Nature

Invisible Nature
Author: Catherine Barr
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020-04
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781910959671

The first book for younger children to explain the hidden forces of sight, sound, touch and smell that lie beyond our senses - but affect our lives, and are used by many different kinds of animal

The Book of the Moon

The Book of the Moon
Author: Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2019-04-09
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1683356020

The BBC’s “face of space” explores all things lunar in this comprehensive guide to the folklore, facts, and possible futures of our only natural satellite. Have you ever wondered if there are seasons on the moon or if space tourism will ever become widely accessible? So has Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock, astronomer and host of the BBC’s docuseries, The Sky at Night. In this lucidly written guide, Aderin-Pocock takes readers on a fascinating lunar journey. Aderin-Pocock begins with a basic overview—unpacking everything from the moon’s topography and composition to its formation and orbit around the Earth. She examines beliefs held by ancient civilizations, the technology that allowed for the first moon landing, a brief history of moongazing, and how the moon has influenced culture throughout the years. Looking to the future, she delves into the pros and cons of continued space travel and exploration. Throughout the book are sidebars, graphs, and charts to enhance the facts as well as black-and-white illustrations of the moon and stars.

A History of the Marconi Company 1874-1965

A History of the Marconi Company 1874-1965
Author: W. J. Baker
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 429
Release: 2013-10-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134526075

This accessible work provides a detailed picture of the history of one of the most important companies in the electronic industry.

UnDoing Buildings

UnDoing Buildings
Author: Sally Stone
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 428
Release: 2019-06-18
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 131539720X

UnDoing Buildings: Adaptive Reuse and Cultural Memory discusses one of the greatest challenges for twenty-first-century society: what is to be done with the huge stock of existing buildings that have outlived the function for which they were built? Their worth is well recognised and the importance of retaining them has been long debated, but if they are to be saved, what is to be done with these redundant buildings? This book argues that remodelling is a healthy and environmentally friendly approach. Issues of heritage, conservation, sustainability and smartness are at the forefront of many discussions about architecture today and adaptive reuse offers the opportunity to reinforce the particular character of an area using up-to-date digital and construction techniques for a contemporary population. Issues of collective memory and identity combined with ideas of tradition, history and culture mean that it is possible to retain a sense of continuity with the past as a way of creating the future. UnDoing Buildings: Adaptive Reuse and Cultural Memory has an international perspective and will be of interest to upper level students and professionals working on the fields of Interior Design, Interior Architecture, Architecture, Conservation, Urban Design and Development.

Reading Song Lyrics

Reading Song Lyrics
Author: Lars Eckstein
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2010-01-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9042030364

Reading Song Lyrics offers the first systematic introduction to lyrics as a vibrant genre of (performed) literature. It takes lyrics seriously as a complex form of verbal art that has been unjustly neglected in literary, music, and, to a lesser degree, cultural studies, partly as it cuts squarely across institutional boundaries. The first part of this book accordingly introduces a thoroughly transdisciplinary interpretive framework. It outlines theoretical approaches to issues such as performance and performativity, generic convention and cultural capital, sound and songfulness, mediality and musical multimedia, and step by step applies them to the example of a single song. The second part then offers three extended case studies which showcase the larger cultural and historical viability of this model. Probing into the relationship between lyrics and the ambivalent performance of national culture in Britain, it offers exemplary readings of a highly subversive 1597 ayre by John Dowland, of an 1811 broadside ballad about Sara Baartman, ‘The Hottentot Venus’, and of a 2000 song by ‘jungle punk’ collective Asian Dub Foundation. Reading Song Lyrics demonstrates how and why song lyrics matter as a paradigmatic art form in the culture of modernity.