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Book Highlights in Space 2001

    Book Details:
  • Author : United Nations. Office for Outer Space Affairs
  • Publisher : United Nations Publications
  • Release : 2002
  • ISBN : 9789211008852
  • Pages : 172 pages

Download or read book Highlights in Space 2001 written by United Nations. Office for Outer Space Affairs and published by United Nations Publications. This book was released on 2002 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication reviews recent developments in space science, technology and applications such as space transportation, unmanned orbital activities and exploration. It also looks at progress in space research including studies of the solar system, astrophysics and life sciences related to space; and considers issues regarding international co-operation and space law.

Book Highlights in Space

Download or read book Highlights in Space written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Highlights in Space 2001

Download or read book Highlights in Space 2001 written by and published by United Nations Publications. This book was released on 2002 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This review of recent developments in space science, technology, applications, international cooperation and space law seeks to increase the awareness of the benefits of space activities. It is hoped that this publication will make a significant contribution to the ongoing United Nations effort to disseminate information on space activities and to highlight the benefits they provide to all countries of the world.

Book 2001  a Space Odyssey

    Book Details:
  • Author : Arthur C. Clarke
  • Publisher : Turtleback Books
  • Release : 2000-09
  • ISBN : 9780606000031
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book 2001 a Space Odyssey written by Arthur C. Clarke and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2000-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A special new Introduction by the author highlights this reissue of a classic science fiction novel that changed the way people looked at the stars--and themselves.

Book 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY

    Book Details:
  • Author : ARTHUR CLARKE
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1968
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 244 pages

Download or read book 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY written by ARTHUR CLARKE and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Aeronautics and Space Report of the President     Activities

Download or read book Aeronautics and Space Report of the President Activities written by United States. President and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Space Law

    Book Details:
  • Author : Marietta Benkö
  • Publisher : Eleven International Publishing
  • Release : 2005
  • ISBN : 9077596119
  • Pages : 318 pages

Download or read book Space Law written by Marietta Benkö and published by Eleven International Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributions in this book reflect on the growing diversification of space law and is divided in two parts. The first part provides a look at the current developments in international space law and regulation and the second part investigates future perspectives of this process. It is only recently that international space law entered its third phase of development. While the first phase, between the 1960s and 1970s, was characterized by the elaboration of international conventions in the framework of the United Nations, the second phase saw the adoption of special legal regimes in the form of UN General Assembly Resolutions which were dealing with issues like direct broadcasting by satellites (DBS), remote sensing (RS) and the use of nuclear power sources (NPS) in outer space. The third and current phase received its impetus from the growing commercialization of space activities and their emerging privatization. Therefore the main characteristics of this period relate to the efforts of adapting international space law to these recent changes and of finding ways and means to reconcile State interests with commercial perspectives. This book forms a welcome addition to any collection in the field of space law and is a refreshing contribution to the discussion in the field.

Book The Making of Kubrick s 2001

Download or read book The Making of Kubrick s 2001 written by Jerome Agel and published by Berkley. This book was released on 1970 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive study of the genesis and evolution of the film, presented in the words of those involved with its production; includes a profile of Kubrick, numerous interviews, reviews, and a 96-page photo insert.

Book The Making of Stanley Kubrick s  2001  a Space Odyssey

Download or read book The Making of Stanley Kubrick s 2001 a Space Odyssey written by Piers Bizony and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2001: A Space Odyssey combines meticulous science, limitless imagination, and pure visual majesty. This compendium, previously available as a Collector's Edition, contains photographs, pre-production paintings, and conceptual designs that explore the genius behind the sci-fi classic that remains the benchmark for all cinema space epics.

Book 2061  Odyssey Three

    Book Details:
  • Author : Arthur C. Clarke
  • Publisher : Del Rey
  • Release : 1989-04-13
  • ISBN : 0345358791
  • Pages : 290 pages

Download or read book 2061 Odyssey Three written by Arthur C. Clarke and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 1989-04-13 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arthur C. Clarke’s 2061: Odyssey Three is truly a masterful elaboration on one man’s epic vision of the universe. Only rarely does a novelist weave a tapestry so compelling that it captures the imagination of the entire world. But that is precisely what Arthur C. Clarke accomplished with 2001: A Space Odyssey. It is even more unusual that an author is able to complement so well-received an invention with an equally successful sequel. But Arthur C. Clarke’s 2010: Odyssey Two enthralled a huge audience worldwide. Now, in 2061: Odyssey Three, Arthur C. Clarke revisits the most famous future ever imagined, as two expeditions into space are inextricably tangled by human necessity and the immutable laws of physics. And Heywood Floyd, survivor of two previous encounters with the mysterious monoliths, must once again confront Dave Bowman—or whatever Bowman has become—a newly independent HAL, and the power of an alien race that has decided Mankind is to play a part in the evolution of the galaxy whether it wishes to or not.

Book Chicago Journal of International Law

Download or read book Chicago Journal of International Law written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 876 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chicago Journal of International Law is an interdisciplinary forum for discussion and analysis of international law and policy issues.

Book The Right Stuff

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  • Author : Tom Wolfe
  • Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
  • Release : 2008-03-04
  • ISBN : 1429961325
  • Pages : 370 pages

Download or read book The Right Stuff written by Tom Wolfe and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2008-03-04 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tom Wolfe at his very best" (The New York Times Book Review), The Right Stuff is the basis for the 1983 Oscar Award-winning film of the same name and the 8-part Disney+ TV mini-series. From "America's nerviest journalist" (Newsweek)--a breath-taking epic, a magnificent adventure story, and an investigation into the true heroism and courage of the first Americans to conquer space. " Millions of words have poured forth about man's trip to the moon, but until now few people have had a sense of the most engrossing side of the adventure; namely, what went on in the minds of the astronauts themselves - in space, on the moon, and even during certain odysseys on earth. It is this, the inner life of the astronauts, that Tom Wolfe describes with his almost uncanny empathetic powers, that made The Right Stuff a classic.

Book Space Odyssey

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  • Author : Michael Benson
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2018-04-03
  • ISBN : 1501163957
  • Pages : 600 pages

Download or read book Space Odyssey written by Michael Benson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive story of the making of 2001: A Space Odyssey, acclaimed today as one of the greatest films ever made, and of director Stanley Kubrick and writer Arthur C. Clarke—“a tremendous explication of a tremendous film….Breathtaking” (TheWashington Post). Fifty years ago a strikingly original film had its premiere. Still acclaimed as one of the most remarkable and important motion pictures ever made, 2001: A Space Odyssey depicted the first contacts between humanity and extraterrestrial intelligence. The movie was the product of a singular collaboration between Stanley Kubrick and science fiction visionary Arthur C. Clarke. Fresh off the success of his cold war satire Dr. Strangelove, Kubrick wanted to make the first truly first-rate science fiction film. Drawing from Clarke’s ideas and with one of the author’s short stories as the initial inspiration, their bold vision benefited from pioneering special effects that still look extraordinary today, even in an age of computer-generated images. In Space Odyssey, author, artist, and award-winning filmmaker Michael Benson “delivers expert inside stuff” (San Francisco Chronicle) from his extensive research of Kubrick’s and Clarke’s archives. He has had the cooperation of Kubrick’s widow, Christiane, and interviewed most of the key people still alive who worked on the film. Drawing also from other previously unpublished interviews, Space Odyssey provides a 360-degree view of the film from its genesis to its legacy, including many previously untold stories. And it features dozens of photos from the making of the film, most never previously published. “At last! The dense, intense, detailed, and authoritative saga of the making of the greatest motion picture I’ve ever seen…Michael Benson has done the Cosmos a great service” (Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks).

Book 3001

    Book Details:
  • Author : Arthur C. Clarke
  • Publisher : RosettaBooks
  • Release : 2012-11-30
  • ISBN : 079532488X
  • Pages : 233 pages

Download or read book 3001 written by Arthur C. Clarke and published by RosettaBooks. This book was released on 2012-11-30 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mysteries of the monoliths are revealed in this inspired conclusion to the Hugo Award–winning Space Odyssey series—“there are marvels aplenty” (The New York Times). On an ill-fated mission to Jupiter in 2001, the mutinous supercomputer HAL sent crewmembers David Bowman and Frank Poole into the frozen void of space. Bowman’s strange transformation into a Star Child is traced through the novels 2010 and 2061. But now, a thousand years after his death, Frank Poole is brought back to life—and thrust into a world far more technically advanced than the one he left behind. Poole discovers a world of human minds interfacing directly with computers, genetically engineered dinosaur servants, and massive space elevators built around the equator. He also discovers an impending threat to humanity lurking within the enigmatic monoliths. To fight it, Poole must join forces with Bowman and HAL, now fused into one corporeal consciousness—and the only being with the power to thwart the monoliths’ mysterious creators. “3001 is not just a page-turner, plugged in to the great icons of HAL and the monoliths, but a book of wisdom too, pithy and provocative.” —New Scientist

Book Childhood s End

    Book Details:
  • Author : Arthur C. Clarke
  • Publisher : RosettaBooks
  • Release : 2012-11-30
  • ISBN : 0795324979
  • Pages : 261 pages

Download or read book Childhood s End written by Arthur C. Clarke and published by RosettaBooks. This book was released on 2012-11-30 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Retro Hugo Award–nominated novel that inspired the Syfy miniseries, alien invaders bring peace to Earth—at a grave price: “A first-rate tour de force” (The New York Times). In the near future, enormous silver spaceships appear without warning over mankind’s largest cities. They belong to the Overlords, an alien race far superior to humanity in technological development. Their purpose is to dominate Earth. Their demands, however, are surprisingly benevolent: end war, poverty, and cruelty. Their presence, rather than signaling the end of humanity, ushers in a golden age . . . or so it seems. Without conflict, human culture and progress stagnate. As the years pass, it becomes clear that the Overlords have a hidden agenda for the evolution of the human race that may not be as benevolent as it seems. “Frighteningly logical, believable, and grimly prophetic . . . Clarke is a master.” —Los Angeles Times

Book HMSO Agency Catalogue

Download or read book HMSO Agency Catalogue written by Great Britain. Her Majesty's Stationery Office and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book War as Business

    Book Details:
  • Author : Dr Armin Krishnan
  • Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
  • Release : 2013-03-28
  • ISBN : 1409498395
  • Pages : 226 pages

Download or read book War as Business written by Dr Armin Krishnan and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The privatization of defence assets and the outsourcing of military services from the armed forces to the private sector is an increasing trend. This book approaches the issue of military privatization by linking it to the transformation of the defence industries since the early 1990s, and shows the extent to which many military functions and activities, ranging from military research to military consulting/training to operational support services, have already been outsourced in the US and in Europe. This detailed study provides new and updated information on the ongoing privatization of the defence sector and offers an original theoretical explanation as to why the most modern armed forces throughout the world have come increasingly to rely on private companies for nearly everything they do. Contributing to a better understanding of military privatization and its close connection to technological change, the book explains the complexity of the whole phenomenon and discusses its implications for national and international security.