Download or read book Space Visitor written by Mack Reynolds and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2020-01-30 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dreams of lasting peace are shattered by one momentous discovery. One of the members of an international team of scientists stationed on the moon has found an alien spacecraft – with all its incredible technology and weaponry intact. The discovery shatters the illusion of peace on Earth, as each nation joins the mad scramble to learn the terrible secrets entombed by alien visitors eons before. Only one thing prevents total war – Werner Brecht, the discoverer of the vehicle, is the only one who knows its location and he has disappeared into thin air.

Download or read book A Visitor from Outer Space written by Alexander Belayev and published by Fredonia Books (NL). This book was released on 2001-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alexander Belayev (1884-1942). A notable writer of fiction whose life was strange and hard. For years tuberculosis of the spine kept him confined to his bed, yet he was able to enjoy a full and interesting life. He studied law, attended lectures at the Conservatoire, enjoyed working on newspapers and periodicals and was, deeply interested in science and technical problems. Belayev produced a whole library of attractive books of science fiction. Hoity-Toity, one of the stories in this volume, is from a series of excellent stories collected under the title Professor Wagner's Inventions. Alexander Kazantsev (b.1906) is a master of adventure stories and science-fiction books. A Visitor from Outer Space and The Martian, two of the stories included in this volume, occupy a special place in Kazantsev's creations. It was Kazantsev who, in 1946, put forward his hypothesis regarding the Tungus meteorite and a space ship from Mars which, at the time, provoked numerous arguments which have not abated to this day.Vladimir Savchenko (b. 1933) is a capable physicist who specializes in semi-conductors. Recently he wrote a science-fiction story Black Stars which deals with problems of nuclear physics, and also a sketch called The Rocket Is No Answer. The present volume includes Savchenko's Professor Bern's Awakening (1956).The names of the Strugatsky brothers Arkady and Boris are frequently met with in Soviet popular scientific journals. In fact there are few who do not know that these authors of interesting stories about robots or strangers from outer space are not writers by profession but people who merely devote their leisure time to science fiction.Boris Strugatsky (b. 1933) is an astronomer working in the computer laboratory of Pulkovo Observatory. Arkady Strugatsky (b. 1925) is a linguist specializing in the Japanese, a translator and reviewer.Georgy Gurevich (b. 1917), a building engineer by training, is a professional writer of science fiction. Problems of climatic changes, biology, journeys to the stars, man's use of the ionosphere all find a place in Gurevich's books. The Infra-Draconis, included in this volume, is a story which tells of what awaits man behind the half-open door to outer space.

Download or read book Bringing Columbia Home written by Michael D. Leinbach and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Voted the Best Space Book of 2018 by the Space Hipsters The dramatic inside story of the epic search and recovery operation after the Columbia space shuttle disaster. On February 1, 2003, Columbia disintegrated on reentry before the nation’s eyes, and all seven astronauts aboard were lost. Author Mike Leinbach, Launch Director of the space shuttle program at NASA’s John F. Kennedy Space Center was a key leader in the search and recovery effort as NASA, FEMA, the FBI, the US Forest Service, and dozens more federal, state, and local agencies combed an area of rural east Texas the size of Rhode Island for every piece of the shuttle and her crew they could find. Assisted by hundreds of volunteers, it would become the largest ground search operation in US history. This comprehensive account is told in four parts: Parallel Confusion Courage, Compassion, and Commitment Picking Up the Pieces A Bittersweet Victory For the first time, here is the definitive inside story of the Columbia disaster and recovery and the inspiring message it ultimately holds. In the aftermath of tragedy, people and communities came together to help bring home the remains of the crew and nearly 40 percent of shuttle, an effort that was instrumental in piecing together what happened so the shuttle program could return to flight and complete the International Space Station. Bringing Columbia Home shares the deeply personal stories that emerged as NASA employees looked for lost colleagues and searchers overcame immense physical, logistical, and emotional challenges and worked together to accomplish the impossible. Featuring a foreword and epilogue by astronauts Robert Crippen and Eileen Collins, and dedicated to the astronauts and recovery search persons who lost their lives, this is an incredible, compelling narrative about the best of humanity in the darkest of times and about how a failure at the pinnacle of human achievement became a story of cooperation and hope.

Download or read book 2 B and the Space Visitor written by Bob Miller and published by Contemporary Perspectives Incorporated. This book was released on 1981 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While trying to help a visitor from space on Halloween night, 2-B, the robot, finds himself taking an unexpected trip.

Download or read book Simulating Visitor Behavior written by Kutay Güler and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2016-02-29 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dynamics of the interplay between the visitor and the exhibition environment form complex circulation patterns. As an exhibition designer, developing an understanding of those dynamics is important for improving visitor satisfaction. However, an overwhelming number of variables may transform the exhibition design process into educated guesswork. Designing through trial and error is just not feasible. In addition, as a result of the nature of creating built environments, modifying decisions later in the design process results in significant costs. The designer has to rely on extensive experience to succeed. Accordingly, implementing a method for guidance into the design process should prove valuable for the designer.This book discusses the development stages of a simulation application for visitor circulation in exhibition environments, and presents the challenges of integrating a complex mathematical process into a visual and artistic process like exhibition design. Those issues include understanding the individual stages of development, building a theoretical foundation, creating a simulation framework, composing individual operations, and implementing the finalized simulation into the design process. Taken together, this process sheds light on the underlying challenges of creating a functioning simulation.The contents of this book will be beneficial not only for exhibition designers and simulation developers, but also anyone interested in visitor behavior and spatial design.

Download or read book NASA Visitor Information Facilities written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics. Subcommittee on NASA Oversight and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The National Visitor Center written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers S. 3031, to establish a National Visitor Center in D.C.

Download or read book NASA Visitor Centers written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Mission 66 Visitor Centers written by Sarah Allaback and published by National Park Service Division of Publications. This book was released on 2000 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes 6 national park visitor centers built from 1956-1966 during the National Park Service's Mission 66 park development program. Includes a brief history of the Mission 66 program.

Download or read book The National Visitor Center Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Buildings and Grounds of the 89 2 on S 3031 April 19 20 1966 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X written by Victor II Appleton and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-08-22 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X" by Victor II Appleton. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Download or read book Soviet Science Fiction written by and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published under title: A visitor from outer space.

Download or read book Designing for the Museum Visitor Experience written by Tiina Roppola and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exhibition environments are enticingly complex spaces: as facilitators of experience; as free-choice learning contexts; as theaters of drama; as encyclopedic warehouses of cultural and natural heritage; as two-, three- and four-dimensional storytellers; as sites for self-actualizing leisure activity. But how much do we really know about the moment-by-moment transactions that comprise the intricate experiences of visitors? To strengthen the disciplinary knowledge base supporting exhibition design, we must understand more about what ‘goes on’ as people engage with the multifaceted communication environments that are contemporary exhibition spaces. The in-depth, visitor-centered research underlying this book offers nuanced understandings of the interface between visitors and exhibition environments. Analysis of visitors’ meaning-making accounts shows that the visitor experience is contingent upon four processes: framing, resonating, channeling, and broadening. These processes are distinct, yet mutually influencing. Together they offer an evidence-based conceptual framework for understanding visitors in exhibition spaces. Museum educators, designers, interpreters, curators, researchers, and evaluators will find this framework of value in both daily practice and future planning. Designing for the Museum Visitor Experience provides museum professionals and academics with a fresh vocabulary for understanding what goes on as visitors wander around exhibitions.

Download or read book Merced Wild and Scenic River written by United States. National Park Service and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Crater Lake National Park N P Implementation of New Concession Contract for Visitor Services Plan written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Visitor Experience at Holocaust Memorials and Museums written by Diana I. Popescu and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-11-29 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visitor Experience at Holocaust Memorials and Museums is the first volume to offer comprehensive insights into visitor reactions to a wide range of museum exhibitions, memorials, and memory sites. Drawing exclusively upon empirical research, chapters within the book offer critical insights about visitor experience at museums and memory sites in the United States, Poland, Austria, Germany, France, the UK, Norway, Hungary, Australia, and Israel. The contributions to the volume explore visitor experience in all its complexity and argue that visitors are more than just "learners". Approaching visitor experience as a multidimensional phenomenon, the book positions visitor experience within a diverse national, ethnic, cultural, social, and generational context. It also considers the impact of museums’ curatorial and design choices, visitor motivations and expectations, and the crucial role emotions play in shaping understanding of historical events and subjects. By approaching visitors as active interpreters of memory spaces and museum exhibitions, Popescu and the contributing authors provide a much-needed insight into the different ways in which members of the public act as "agents of memory", endowing this history with personal and collective meaning and relevance. Visitor Experience at Holocaust Memorials and Museums offers significant insights into audience motivation, expectation, and behaviour. It is essential reading for academics, postgraduate students and practitioners with an interest in museums and heritage, visitor studies, Holocaust and genocide studies, and tourism.

Download or read book The NASA Archives 60 Years in Space written by Piers Bizony and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prepare to embark on a journey through space and time with The NASA Archives, a visual celebration of humankind's unstoppable urge to travel away from Earth to worlds beyond. Featuring more than 400 historic photographs and rare concept renderings, this collection guides us through NASA's 60-year history, from its earliest days to its current...