Download or read book Rare Astronomical Sights and Sounds written by Jonathan Powell and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The universe contains many unusual sights and sounds, most of which are either very difficult to witness or simply go unnoticed. With the right tools, time, and location, some of the often talked about but seldom seen and heard gems in our skies can finally be observed. This book introduces readers to the rare and ephemeral happenings above our heads. It offers a crash course in astronomical history, detailing the observations, assumptions, and inventions of different cultures over time as they turned their studies to the stars. Using this as a baseline to redefine truly "rare" occurrences, Jonathan Powell then provides modern-day astronomers at all levels with pointers for what they can witness and when. From phenomena as old and far-off as a supernova witnessed a thousand years ago, and as recent and nearby as Sputnik's famous beeping, this book covers everything that one must know to see, hear, and appreciate the astronomical events happening around us.
Download or read book Rare Astronomical Sights and Sounds written by Jonathan Powell and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-09-17 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The universe contains many unusual sights and sounds, most of which are either very difficult to witness or simply go unnoticed. With the right tools, time, and location, some of the often talked about but seldom seen and heard gems in our skies can finally be observed. This book introduces readers to the rare and ephemeral happenings above our heads. It offers a crash course in astronomical history, detailing the observations, assumptions, and inventions of different cultures over time as they turned their studies to the stars. Using this as a baseline to redefine truly "rare" occurrences, Jonathan Powell then provides modern-day astronomers at all levels with pointers for what they can witness and when. From phenomena as old and far-off as a supernova witnessed a thousand years ago, and as recent and nearby as Sputnik's famous beeping, this book covers everything that one must know to see, hear, and appreciate the astronomical events happening around us.
Download or read book Yearbook of Astronomy 2025 written by Brian Jones and published by White Owl. This book was released on 2024-10-30 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Overall, this is a wonderful work written to be accessible to people with more than a passing interest in astronomy." — Booklist on the 2023 edition of Yearbook of Astronomy Maintaining its appealing style and presentation, the Yearbook of Astronomy 2025 contains comprehensive jargon-free monthly sky notes and an authoritative set of sky charts to enable backyard astronomers and sky gazers everywhere to plan their viewing of the year’s eclipses, comets, meteor showers and minor planets as well as detailing the phases of the Moon and visibility and locations of the planets throughout the year. To supplement all this is a variety of entertaining and informative articles, a feature for which the Yearbook of Astronomy is known. Presenting the reader with information on a wide range of topics, the articles for the 2025 edition include, among others, Recent Advances in Astronomy; Recent Advances in Solar System Exploration; Skies over Ancient America: Mystical Mounds and Landmarks of the Prehistoric Americas; Astrophysicist Cecilia Helena Payne and Professor H. N. Russell; The Astronomers’ Stars: The Terrible Twos; Eta Carinae: A Chance Encounter and Journey of Discovery; Saturn at its Equinox: A History of Ring-Plane Crossings from 1612 to 2025; A History of Observatory Designs: Before the Telescope; Signals from the Magnetosphere; How to Read a Scientific Paper; and Small Stars. This iconic publication made its first appearance way back in 1962, shortly after the dawning of the Space Age. Now well into its seventh decade of production, the Yearbook continues to be essential reading for anyone lured and fascinated by the magic of astronomy and who has a desire to extend their knowledge of the Universe and the wonders to which it plays host. The Yearbook of Astronomy is indeed an inspiration to amateur and professional astronomers alike, and warrants a place on the bookshelf of all stargazers and watchers of the skies.
Download or read book From Cave Art to Hubble written by Jonathan Powell and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-11-20 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since ancient times, humans have been engaged in a continual quest to find meaning in and make sense of sights and events in the night sky. Cultures spread around the world recorded their earliest efforts in artwork made directly on the natural landscapes around them, and from there they developed more and more sophisticated techniques for observing and documenting astronomy. This book brings readers on an astronomical journey through the ages, offering a history of how our species has recorded and interpreted the night sky over time. From cave art to parchment scribe to modern X-ray mapping of the sky, it chronicles the ever-quickening development of tools that informed and at times entirely toppled our understanding of the natural world. Our documentation and recording techniques formed the bedrock for increasingly complex forays into astronomy and celestial mechanics, which are addressed within these chapters. Additionally, the book explores how nature itself has recorded the skies in its own way, which can be unraveled through ongoing geological and archaeological studies. This tale of human discovery and ingenuity over the ages will appeal to anybody interested in the field of astronomy and its rich cultural history.
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Download or read book Weird Weather written by David A. J. Seargent and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-03-02 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is, in a sense, a sequel to David Seargent's first Springer book Weird Astronomy (2010). Whereas Weird Astronomy extended over a broad range of purely astronomical topics, the present work concentrates on phenomena closer to home; the atmospheric and "shallow space" events as opposed to deep space events. The line between astronomy and meteorology is blurred - a fact that is discussed in Weird Weather. It is not primarily a book of "wonders" or of the unexplained, although some of the topics covered remain mysteries. It is primarily directed toward those who are fascinated by climate and weather, and who are open-minded when considering Earth's climate, what drives it, and what are the causes of climate change. The author, David A. J. Seargent, presents the facts with a balanced and scientific approach. Weird Weather: Tales of Astronomical and Atmospheric Anomalies is about strange, unusual, and apparently inexplicable observations of the air and sky. Primarily these are in the Earth's atmosphere, but there are corresponding phenomena in the atmospheres of other planets of the Solar System - lightning on Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn, whirlwinds and dust storms of Mars, and auroras on Jupiter. Topics include anomalous lights, anomalous sounds, spectacular effects of cloud illumination by the Sun or Moon, lightning phenomena, electrophonic sounds of lightning, aurora and meteors, tornado and whirlwind phenomena on Earth and Mars, usual atmospheric effects, mirages, and the possible astronomical influences on cloud and climate.
Download or read book 2021 written by Richard J Bartlett and published by . This book was released on 2020-10 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Specifically designed for absolute beginners and casual stargazers without a telescope, this guide highlights over 100 astronomical events in 2021 - all visible with only your eyes or binoculars. Written by a former freelance writer for Astronomy magazine, every event has a depiction of the night sky and a description that's jargon-free and easy to understand. The guide showcases events visible in both the evening and morning sky and includes; * Pairings of the Moon with planets, bright stars and star clusters * The best opportunities to see Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn * Meteor showers *Bright stars and constellations You don't need to be an expert. You don't need to know the jargon. You only need a calendar, clear skies and a willingness to explore the universe above and beyond you!
Download or read book Weird Astronomy written by David A.J. Seargent and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-09-24 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weird Astronomy appeals to all who are interested in unusual celestial phenomena, whether they be amateur or professional astronomers or science buffs who just enjoy reading of odd coincidences, unexplained observations, and reports from space probes that "don’t quite fit." This book relates a variety of "unusual" astronomical observations – unusual in the sense of refusing to fit easily into accepted thinking, or unusual in the observation having been made under difficult or extreme circumstances. Although some of the topics covered are instances of "bad astronomy," most are not. Some of the observations recorded here have actually turned out to be important scientific breakthroughs. Included are some amusing anecdotes (such as the incident involving "potassium flares" in ordinary stars and the story of Abba 1, the solar system’s own flare star!), but the book’s purpose is not to ridicule those who report anomalous observations, nor is it to challenge scientific orthodoxy. It is more to demonstrate how what's "weird" often turns out to be far more significant than observations of what we expect to see.
Download or read book Celestial Delights written by Francis Reddy and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-11-12 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celestial Delights is essentially a 'TV Guide' for teh sky. This will be its third edition. This title, which has aggregated sales of about 20,000 copies to date in its two previous editions and has found a niche with skygazers, is much awaited. Through extensive graphics integrated with an eight-year-long calendar of sky events, it provides a look at "don't miss" sky events, mostly for naked-eye and binocular observing. The book is organized by ease of observation - lunar phases and the brighter planets come first, while solar eclipses, the aurora, and comets come later. Celestial Delights also includes a hefty dose of sky lore, astronomical history, and clear overviews of current science. It provides a handy reference to upcoming naked-eye events, with information broken out in clear and simple diagrams and tables that are cross-referenced against a detailed almanac for each year covered. Most broad-ranging astronomy field guides focus on stars, constellations, and the deep sky, but tend to ignore planetary events, which are in by far the most widely observable aspects of the changing night sky. Celestial Delights puts a variety of information all in one place, presents it in a friendly way that does not require prior in-depth astronomical knowledge, but provides the context and historical background for understanding events that astronomical computer programs or web sites lack.
Download or read book End Times Bible Handbook written by Chad Trowell and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-08-20 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The End times Bible Handbook is a guide to the Biblical record of the past and how the past has influenced near future events! The next prophetic event on God’s calendar is the Rapture! Whatever year it happens, the Rapture will happen at the end of Rosh Hashanah, “at the sound of the last trump”, at sundown. The Rapture is the evacuation of believers off of our planet before the Tribulation begins. 10 days after the Rapture (10 Days of Awe), on Yom Kippur, the Antichrist will guarantee the covenant of Rabin for 7 years. That is the day that they shall say... “Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them”. (1 Thessalonians 5:3) “Sudden” means “blindsided”! That is the beginning of 7 years of Satanic Genocide, Terror, War, Famine, pestilence, strange weather, earthquakes, volcanos, beheadings and 28 Judgments of God! Or you could just say Jihad. The Bible describes Islam as the Religion of the Antichrist that will rule the world for the last three and a half years of the Tribulation. The real Jesus will return at Armageddon to save the remnants of believers! And ... “whosoever calleth upon the name of the Lord shall be saved”. (Joel 2:32) Just Faith!
Download or read book 2020 written by Richard J. Bartlett and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-14 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Specifically designed for absolute beginners and casual stargazers without a telescope, this guide highlights over 100 astronomical events in 2020 - all visible with only your eyes or binoculars. Written by a former freelance writer for Astronomy magazine, every event has a depiction of the night sky and a description that's jargon-free and easy to understand. The guide showcases events visible in both the evening and morning sky and includes; * Pairings of the Moon with planets, bright stars and star clusters * The best opportunities to see Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn * Meteor showers *Bright stars and constellations You don't need to be an expert. You don't need to know the jargon. You only need a calendar, clear skies and a willingness to explore the universe above and beyond you!
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Download or read book Sound Unseen written by Brian Kane and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Sound Unseen' explores acousmatic sound - a sound that one hears without seeing its cause. Pierre Schaeffer, the inventor of musique concr ete, in his Trait e des objets musicaux, first popularized the term 'acousmatic'. After an introduction, the first chapter provides a thorough exegesis of Schaeffer's theory of acousmatics. It also presents three objections to Schaeffer's theories (myth, phantasmagoria, and ontology) around which the book is structured.
Download or read book Upstate written by James Wood and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[This] novel [tells the story of] a family struggling to connect with one another and find meaning in their own lives"--Amazon.com.
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Download or read book Letters to Margaret written by Hayley Gold and published by Lone Shark Games. This book was released on 2021-12-31 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Letters to Margaret is a crossword graphic novel split in two parts, one facing the opposite direction from the other. It is a comic book you can solve, as it is loaded with crossword puzzles of the kind you'd find in the New York Times. As the reader solves the puzzles, the characters comment on the crosswords throughout, and one of the characters gets a few edits from the Times's long-passed editor, Margaret Farrar. The book challenges the reader's perception of what should be in a crossword puzzle, plunging them into the world of cruciverbalism.
