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Seargent, David A. J |
Visually Observing Comets |
I09757 |
2017 |
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Seargent, David A. J |
Weird Comets and Asteroids |
I09643 |
2017 |
eBook |
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Seargent, David A. J |
Weird Universe |
I07237 |
2015 |
eBook |
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Seargent, David A. J |
Weird Worlds |
I06101 |
2013 |
eBook |
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Seargent, David A. J |
Weird Weather |
I05706 |
2012 |
eBook |
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| Title | Visually Observing Comets |
| Author(s) | Seargent, David A. J |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2017. |
| Description | XVII, 276 p. 55 illus., 39 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | In these days of computers and CCD cameras, visual comet observers can still contribute scientifically useful data with the help of this handy reference for use in the field. Comets are one of the principal areas for productive pro-amateur collaboration in astronomy, but finding comets requires a different approach than the observing of more predictable targets. Principally directed toward amateur astronomers who prefer visual observing or who are interested in discovering a new comet or visually monitoring the behavior of known comets, it includes all the advice needed to thrive as a comet observer. After presenting a brief overview of the nature of comets and how we came to the modern understanding of comets, this book details the various types of observations that can usefully be carried out at the eyepiece of a telescope. Subjects range from how to search for new comets to visually estimating the brightness of comets and the length and orientation of tails, in addition to what to look for in comet heads and tails. Details are also given of 20 periodic comets, predicted to return between the years 2017 and 2027, that are expected to become suitable targets for visual observing, in addition to information on a famous comet potentially visible each year and subject to great outbursts of brightness. |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319454351 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
3. Astronomy???Observations
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. Observations, Astronomical
7. PLANETOLOGY
8. Popular Science in Astronomy
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| Title | Weird Universe : Exploring the Most Bizarre Ideas in Cosmology |
| Author(s) | Seargent, David A. J |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2015. |
| Description | XV, 272 p. 50 illus., 6 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | As new discoveries complicate the scientific picture of the universe, the evolving theories about the nature of space and time and the origins and fate of the universe threaten to become overwhelming. Enter David Seargent. Continuing the author's series of books??popularizing??strange astronomy facts and knowledge, Weird Universe explains the bizarre, complicated terrain of modern??cosmology for lay readers.?? From exploring??some of the strange consequences of the theories of special and general relativity, to probing time dilation and the twin and mother-and-baby ???paradoxes??? and the theory that the universe can be mathematically considered as a hologram, all of the latest findings and conjectures are clearly described in non-technical language. The development of quantum physics and the more recent developments of string and M-theory are looked at, in addition to several hypotheses that have not won wide acceptance from the scientific community, such as modified gravity. Enter the wonderfully weird world of these theories and gain a new appreciation for the latest findings in??cosmological research |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319107387 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. Popular Science in Astronomy
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| Title | Weird Worlds : Bizarre Bodies of the Solar System and Beyond |
| Author(s) | Seargent, David A. J |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 2013. |
| Description | XIII, 309 p. 51 illus., 23 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | In Weird Worlds, the author discusses planets where temperatures are so high that it rains molten iron, and others so cold that liquid methane floods across plains of ice! Worlds are described where the lightest element acts like a metal and where winds blow at thousands of miles per hour ??? as well as possible planets whose orbits are essentially parabolic. ?? Weird Worlds is the third book in David Seargent???s ???Weird??? series. This book assumes a basic level of astronomical understanding and concentrates on the ???odd and interesting??? aspects of planetary bodies, including asteroids and moons. From our viewpoint here on Earth, this work depicts the most unusual features of these worlds and the ways in which they appear ???weird??? to us. ?? Within our own Solar System, odd facts such as the apparent reversal of the Sun in the skies of Mercury, CO2-driven fountains of dust on Mars, possible liquid water (and perhaps primitive life!) deep within the dwarf planet Ceres, and a variety of odd facts about the planetary moons are all discussed. A special chapter is devoted to Saturn???s giant moon Titan, and its methane-based weather system and ???hydrological??? cycle. This chapter also includes recent speculation on the possibility of methane-based organisms and the form that these might take, if they really do exist. Beyond our Solar System, the book looks at the range of worlds discovered and hypothesized. In keeping with previous titles in David Seargent???s ???Weird??? series, Weird Worlds contains several projects that astronomers of all levels can participate |
| ISBN,Price | 9781461470649 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. PLANETOLOGY
5. Popular Science in Astronomy
6. SPACE SCIENCES
7. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
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| Title | Weird Weather : Tales of Astronomical and Atmospheric Anomalies |
| Author(s) | Seargent, David A. J |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 2012. |
| Description | XV, 360 p. 88 illus., 30 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Have you ever heard the story of the tornado that lifted a man???s wallet right from his pants pocket? What about the myth of the Min-Min light in Australia??? Do you have a story about seeing the ???Green Flash??? or want an explanation of the mysterious Sun Dogs? Weird Weather: Tales of Astronomical and Atmospheric Anomalies is about the strange, unusual, and inexplicable events that take place in the air and sky. These include meteors that appear inside a darkened house, ghost lights that follow lone travelers, lightning emerging from patches of fog, and much more. Many of these climatic brainteasers occur within Earth???s skies, but there are parallel curiosities on other worlds, including: lightning on Venus, methane spouts on Titan, thunderstorms twice the size of Earth on Saturn, whirlwinds and dust storms on Mars , and auroras on Jupiter! Just as atmosphere and outer space are not separated by a sharp boundary, so the subject of this book is not confined to the skies. Earth is the way it is because of its location in the wider universe. Weird Weather: Tales of Astronomical and Atmospheric Anomalies is for those who are fascinated by the spectacular effects of climate and weather on other worlds and our own endlessly fasincating blue planet in the Solar System |
| ISBN,Price | 9781461430704 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. Popular Science in Astronomy
5. SPACE SCIENCES
6. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
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