Challenges of Astronomy

Challenges of Astronomy
Author: Wolfhard Schlosser
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Springer-Verlag
Total Pages: 258
Release: 1991
Genre: Nature
ISBN:

A unique collection of thirty experiments ranging from ancient astronomy to cosmology, each containing one or more challenges for the reader. The progression here is from the Earth outward through the solar system to the stellar and galactic realm. Topics include the shape of the sky; Stonehenge as a stone-age abacus; determining the size of the Earth; the distance of the moon, stars and planets; planetary mass, density, temperature and atmosphere; the speed of light; the nature of the quiet and active sun; photometry and spectroscopy; star clusters and variable stars; and fundamental properties of stars.

Fundamentals of Astrodynamics

Fundamentals of Astrodynamics
Author: Roger R. Bate
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 484
Release: 1971-01-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780486600611

Teaching text developed by U.S. Air Force Academy and designed as a first course emphasizes the universal variable formulation. Develops the basic two-body and n-body equations of motion; orbit determination; classical orbital elements, coordinate transformations; differential correction; more. Includes specialized applications to lunar and interplanetary flight, example problems, exercises. 1971 edition.

The Winter's Tale Annotated

The Winter's Tale Annotated
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher:
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2021-05-03
Genre:
ISBN:

The Winter's Tale is a play by William Shakespeare originally published in the First Folio of 1623. Although it was grouped among the comedies, many modern editors have relabelled the play as one of Shakespeare's late romances. Some critics consider it to be one of Shakespeare's problem plays because the first three acts are filled with intense psychological drama, while the last two acts are comedic and supply a happy ending

The Tempest

The Tempest
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher: Paw Prints
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009-07-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9781442042247

Critical and historical notes accompany Shakespeare's play about a shipwrecked duke who learns to command the spirits.

'Tis Pity She's A Whore

'Tis Pity She's A Whore
Author: John Ford
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 167
Release: 2006-07-13
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1134944489

The last decade has seen a revival of interest in John Ford and especially 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, his tragedy of religious scepticism, incestuous love, and revenge. This text in particular has provided a focus for scholarship as well as being the subject of a number of major theatrical productions. Simon Barker guides the reader through the full range of previous interpretations of the play; moving from an overview of traditional readings he goes on to enlarge upon new questions that have arisen as a consequence of critical and cultural theory.

Edward the Second

Edward the Second
Author: Christopher Marlowe
Publisher: Broadview Press
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2010-10-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1551119102

Depicting with shocking openness the sexual and political violence of its central characters’ fates, Edward the Second broke new dramatic ground in English theatre. The play charts the tragic rise and fall of the medieval English monarch Edward the Second, his favourite Piers Gaveston, and their ambitious opponents Queen Isabella and Mortimer Jr., and is an important cultural, as well as dramatic, document of the early modern period. This modernized and fully annotated Broadview Edition is prefaced by a critical but student-oriented introduction and followed by ample appendix material, including extended selections from Marlowe’s historical sources, texts bearing on the play’s complex sexual and political dynamics, and excerpts from contemporary poet Michael Drayton’s epic rendition of Edward the Second’s reign.

The Shoemaker's Holiday

The Shoemaker's Holiday
Author: Thomas Dekker
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1999-09-11
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780719030994

Thomas Dekker's The Shoemaker's Holiday is one of the most popular of Elizabethan plays--entertaining, racy and vivid in its characterization. Revealing a vital portrait of Elizabethan London and the interaction of social classes within the city, its social commentary is on the whole optimistic, though darker tones are discernible. The play has had a lively history of performance on both the professional and amateur stage.

The Tragedy of Dido Queene of Carthage

The Tragedy of Dido Queene of Carthage
Author: Christopher Marlowe
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2022-09-16
Genre: Drama
ISBN:

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Tragedy of Dido Queene of Carthage" by Christopher Marlowe. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Sonnets

Sonnets
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2014-12-16
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1443441554

Among the most enduring poetry of all time, William Shakespeare’s 154 sonnets address such eternal themes as love, beauty, honesty, and the passage of time. Written primarily in four-line stanzas and iambic pentameter, Shakespeare’s sonnets are now recognized as marking the beginning of modern love poetry. The sonnets have been translated into all major written languages and are frequently used at romantic celebrations. Known as “The Bard of Avon,” William Shakespeare is arguably the greatest English-language writer known. Enormously popular during his life, Shakespeare’s works continue to resonate more than three centuries after his death, as has his influence on theatre and literature. Shakespeare’s innovative use of character, language, and experimentation with romance as tragedy served as a foundation for later playwrights and dramatists, and some of his most famous lines of dialogue have become part of everyday speech. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.