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Course No. 1830 (36 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture) University of Virginia Ph.D., University of Cambridge Publisher: The Teaching Company 2009 | ISBN: n/a | Language English | Audio CD in MP3/64 kbps | 531 MB Evidence for the birth of the universe is raining down on you. It's called the cosmic microwave background, and it's had quite a journey. Born in the stupendous annihilation of matter and antimatter seconds after the big bang, trapped in the hot plasma of the expanding universe for 380,000 years, and then suddenly released when the universe cooled to the point that atoms could form, this echo of creation has been on an uninterrupted voyage through space for 13.... Ebook description

Publisher: Facts on File | ISBN: 0816048738 | edition 2002 | PDF | 320 pages | 10,5 mb Clearly written and well illustrated with black-and-white photographs, illustrations, and helpful tables, Asteroids, Comets, and Meteorites provides students, researchers, and general readers with the most up-to-date information on this fascinating field. From the days of the dinosaurs to our modern environment, this book explores all aspects of these cosmic invaders.... Ebook description

Prometheus Books | 2006 | ISBN: 1591023610 | 363 pages | PDF | 81 MB Veteran comet hunter and eloquent popular astronomy writer David H. Levy takes amateur sky-watchers on a fascinating journey into deep space in this enthusiastic and informative survey of the many far distant yet observable objects in the night sky. Light years beyond our solar system, deep sky objects include such intriguing phenomena as red stars, double and triple stars, mysterious star patterns, globular clusters, nebulae, galaxies, and quasars.... Ebook description

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company | 2003-02 | ISBN: 1860943209 | PDF | 204 pages | 6.23 MB A revolution in spaceflight is likely soon with the prospect of everyday access to orbit within fifteen years. Costly ballistic missiles used to launch vehicles will be replaced by 'spaceplanes, ' using technology that exists today. In five years' time, a prototype could be built, and with a further ten years of detailed development, the design could approach airliner maturity, reducing the cost of sending people into space some one thousand times to around US$20,000.... Ebook description

Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O | ISBN: 0912799145 | 1984 | 66 pages | 3.1 MB This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies.... Ebook description

Sounds True | ISBN: 1591791243 | 2003 | MP3 | 112 Mb Before the birth of the universe, there existed your "Original Face," the limitless Self that has been present throughout the unfolding of inert matter into life-and that continues to dwell within us at every level of consciousness. Where is this grand evolution taking us-and how can you participate fully in it? On Kosmic Consciousness, Ken Wilber invites you to find out.... Ebook description

Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel | 2005-12-07 | ISBN: 3764374446 | PDF | 205 pages | 12.00 MB Es darf als gesichert gelten, dass Einstein bereits 1895-1896, während er sich an der Aargauischen Kantonsschule auf die Maturitätsprüfung vorbereitete, erste Ideen zur Relativitätstheorie entwickelte. Die Publikation befasst sich eingehend mit der Aarauer Zeit des später zu Weltruhm gelangten Physikers und bespricht die grundlegenden Ideen seiner Arbeiten von 1905, die diesen Weltruhm begründeten.... Ebook description