Download or read book Return of Halley S Comet written by H. Valencia and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Return of Halleys Comet is a satirical novel by H. Valencia. As literary political fiction and as science-fiction, Return of Halleys Comet is a classic novel in content, plot, and style. Many of its themes, such as love and patriotism, have always been a part of all cultures. Set in a not too distant future The Republics occupied territory is a region of political unrest. Under the control of the Governor General it is has declared War on Barbarism. Though The Republic justifies their rule in the name of a supposed greater good the suspicion is their desire to obtain a recently discovered energy source called Helium Three. The protagonist of the novel, Professor, is a linguist and former officer who volunteers to teach Conversational English at an unnamed regional university. Back home the Professor is going through a something of a mid-life crisis. He spends a majority of his free time hitting golf balls into a mine field until his fate becomes entangled with a few of his students. One of his students in particular is the son of a National Hero. He is brash, opinionated, impulsive, and has a dark secret. Although the Professor has always been a loyal citizen of The Republic he secretly becomes a bit apprehensive of its foreign policies. The more he becomes invested in the lives of the people he was charged to help the complex situations become increasingly difficult to remedy.
Download or read book Here Comes Halley s Comet written by Adam Cane and published by Windswept House Publications. This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simple text and illustrations discuss the origins and composition of comets and provide tips for viewing Halley's comet in 1986.
Download or read book Exploration of Halley s Comet written by Michael Grewing and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 1005 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1985/86 apparition of Halley's Comet turned out to be the most important apparition of a comet ever. It provided a worldwide science community with a wealth of exciting new discoveries, the most remarkable of which was undoubtedly the first image of a cometary nucleus. Halley's Comet is the brightest periodic comet, and the most famous of the 750 known comets. With its 76-year period, its recent appearance was truly a "once-in-a-lifetime" observational opportunity. The 1985/86 apparition was the thirtieth consecutive recorded apparition. Five apparitions ago, the English astronomer Edmond Halley discovered the periodicity of "his" comet and correctly predicted its return in 1758, a triumph for science best appreciated in the context of contemporary views, or rather fears, about comets at that time. The increasingly rapid progress in technological development is very much apparent when one compares the dominant tools for cometary research during Halley's next three apparitions: in 1835 studies were made based on drawings ofthe comet; in 1910 photographic plates were used; while in March 1986 an armada of six spacecraft from four space agencies approached the comet and carried out in situ measurements, 1 AU from the Earth. In 1910, nobody could have dreamed that this was possible, and today it is equally difficult to anticipate what scientists will be able to achieve in 2061.
Download or read book Halley s Comet written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 1982 NASA authorization written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation, and Materials and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 1322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Solar System written by Lorraine Egan Hopping and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2003-07-03 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses our solar system, including its planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and more.
Download or read book Journey to the Stars written by Robert Jastrow and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2013-07-24 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Jastrow discusses the past and future of space exploration, the cosmic mysteries that still await solution, and the possibility of extraterrestrials whose intelligence far outstrips our own.
Download or read book The Greatest Intergalactic Guide to Space Ever by the Brainwaves written by Claire Watts and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-10-19 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More delightful fun with the Brainwaves. This time they blast off into space to bring the science to you - in fabulously fun--and funny--text. Stars, galaxies, black holes, nebulae, asteroids, and more are discussed in clear text, meant to engage and entertain readers of all ages.
Download or read book The Prison Papers of Bozorg Alavi written by Donné Raffat and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 1985-09-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the life of an Iranian dissident writer who spent much of his life in exile or prison, and includes interviews and short stories written while imprisoned by Reza Shah.
Download or read book Chinese Astrology And Astronomy An Outside History written by Xiaoyuan Jiang and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2021-01-04 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chinese Astrology and Astronomy: An Outside History discusses the ancient Chinese's needs and reasons for engaging in astronomy. It presents the study on ancient astronomical phenomena and manuals, and analyzes the cosmological views of ancient Chinese. It also expounds the nature and functions of astronomy to ancient Chinese, as well as its difference from the western modern astronomy of today, exploring on new issues in a bold but logical fashion, and offering arguments that challenge even the views of authority.This book stands as a translated version, by Chen Wenan, an associate professor of Ningbo University, of the original Chinese publication Tianxue Waishi by Jiang Xiaoyuan.
Download or read book The Flaming Sword written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Legend of the Blue written by K. Hippolite and published by PetroleumEnt. This book was released on with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They call him the Destroyer of Worlds. His army is known as the Angels of Destruction. He is Kajo Blue, the boy that the chronomancers wanted dead at all costs. He is the timeless-one; one whose birth historians can only guess at. His aims remain inscrutable. His very hand changes galaxies. Herein lies the story of the boy-turned-emperor. The one who would cause millions to suffer. The leader who could reshape the universe. The man whose greatest enemy is compassion. This is the story of the Legend of the Blue.
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Download or read book 1982 NASA Authorization written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 1328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Halley Came to Jackson written by Mary Chapin Carpenter and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 1998-10-09 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her second childrens book project, internationally acclaimed singer and songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter captures the momentous night in 1910 when a father held his baby in his arms as Halleys Comet streaked across the Jackson skyline. Inspired by renowned author, Eudora Welty, and her stories of growing up in Mississippi, Ms. Carpenters words celebrate the special love shared between a father and a daughter and how lifes magical moments remain with us throughout our lives. Like an old tattered scrapbook overflowing with remembrances of days past, this touching story and Dan Andreasens stunning illustrations stand as a timeless tribute to the beauty of lifes memories and that night so long ago when Halleys comet soared through the sky.
Download or read book Planets Stars and Galaxies written by and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest discoveries about our universe to keep readers updated on the latest developments in space.
