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Alpha Centauri
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Author : Martin Beech
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2014-10-15
Alpha Centauri written by Martin Beech and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-15 with Science categories.
As our closest stellar companion and composed of two Sun-like stars and a third small dwarf star, Alpha Centauri is an ideal testing ground of astrophysical models and has played a central role in the history and development of modern astronomy—from the first guesses at stellar distances to understanding how our own star, the Sun, might have evolved. It is also the host of the nearest known exoplanet, an ultra-hot, Earth-like planet recently discovered. Just 4.4 light years away Alpha Centauri is also the most obvious target for humanity’s first directed interstellar space probe. Such a mission could reveal the small-scale structure of a new planetary system and also represent the first step in what must surely be humanity’s greatest future adventure—exploration of the Milky Way Galaxy itself. For all of its closeness, α Centauri continues to tantalize astronomers with many unresolved mysteries, such as how did it form, how many planets does it contain and where are they, and how might we view its extensive panorama directly? In this book we move from the study of individual stars to the study of our Solar System and our nearby galactic neighborhood. On the way we will review the rapidly developing fields of exoplanet formation and detection.
Alpha Centauri
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Author : William Barton
language : en
Publisher: Eos
Release Date : 1998
Alpha Centauri written by William Barton and has been published by Eos this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Fiction categories.
As the crew of the starship Mother Nightembarks on a colonizing mission to relieve Earth of the ever-growing population, a terrorist plague is unleashed on the ship, and as their journey ends, an ancient relic awaits them--one that can provide hope and redemption or cause the destruction of humankind. Reprint.
Alpha Centauri The Nearest Star
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Author : Isaac Asimov
language : en
Publisher: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books
Release Date : 1976
Alpha Centauri The Nearest Star written by Isaac Asimov and has been published by Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Alpha Centauri categories.
Discusses the constellations and stars, their distance, luminosity, and size, steller astronomy, starlight, and life on other planetary systems, with special reference to the third brightest and also the nearest star, Alpha Centauri.
Alpha Centauri
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Author : Robert Siegel
language : en
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
Release Date : 1982
Alpha Centauri written by Robert Siegel and has been published by Berkley Publishing Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Fiction categories.
While visiting a farm in England, Becky is carried back through time to ancient Britain where ruthless men are seeking to exterminate a race of benevolent centaurs.
Journey To Alpha Centauri
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Author : John W. Macvey
language : en
Publisher: New York : Macmillan
Release Date : 1965
Journey To Alpha Centauri written by John W. Macvey and has been published by New York : Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with Extraterrestrial anthropology categories.
On Our Way To Alpha Centauri
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Author : Wendy Blaxland
language : en
Publisher: Blake Education
Release Date : 2001
On Our Way To Alpha Centauri written by Wendy Blaxland and has been published by Blake Education this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Readers (Elementary) categories.
Before take off Grandad slips Sarah a small parting gift. What can be so special that it is a secret between just the two of them? [back cover].
Dangerous Voyage To Alpha Centauri
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Author : Fritz Reichert
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2007-12
Dangerous Voyage To Alpha Centauri written by Fritz Reichert and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12 with Fiction categories.
In the year 2044, scientists have revealed new advances to extend the longevity of human life. Within the next years the world's population explodes by more than one billion people each year. Though millions live already deep under the moon's surface, it becomes necessary to search for planets outside our solar system. Tim Turner, a teacher and scientist, tackles this mission by traveling to the sun's next star, Alpha Centauri. The isolation of his task drives him to the edge of lunacy, but what he discovers could prevent the human race from destroying itself. When Turner returns to Earth thirty-six years later, he comes back to an unthinkable situation. What has happened during his absence-and what has become of the two women he loves most? A tantalizing mix of science fiction and love story, Dangerous Voyage to Alpha Centauri poses a fascinating question: Could this plot become a reality for the Earth and its residents in the not-so-distant future?
Voyage To Alpha Centauri
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Author : Michael D. O'Brien
language : en
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Release Date : 2013-11-04
Voyage To Alpha Centauri written by Michael D. O'Brien and has been published by Ignatius Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-04 with Fiction categories.
Set eighty years in the future, this novel by the best-selling author Michael O'Brien is about an expedition sent from the planet Earth to Alpha Centauri, the star closest to our solar system. The Kosmos, a great ship that the central character Neil de Hoyos describes as a "flying city", is immense in size and capable of more than half light-speed. Hoyos is a Nobel Prize winning physicist who has played a major role in designing the ship. Hoyos has signed on as a passenger because he desires to escape the seemingly benign totalitarian government that controls everything on his home planet. He is a skeptical and quirky misanthropic humanist with old tragedies, loves, and hatreds that are secreted in his memory. The surprises that await him on the voyage-and its destination-will shatter all of his assumptions and point him to a true new horizon. Science fiction and fantasy literature are genres that have become dominant forces in contemporary worldwide culture. Our fascination with the near-angelic powers of new technology, its benefits and dangers, its potential for obsession and catastrophe, raises vital questions that this work explores about human nature and the cosmos, about man's image of himself and where he is going-and why he seeks to go there.
Centauri Dawn
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Author : Michael Ely
language : en
Publisher: Pocket Books/Star Trek
Release Date : 2000
Centauri Dawn written by Michael Ely and has been published by Pocket Books/Star Trek this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Space colonies categories.
After a ship malfunction leads to the death of the captain, members of the starship Unity break into factions, hindering plans for building peaceful human civilization on their new planet.
Alpha Centauri
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Author : Alastair Mayer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-10-18
Alpha Centauri written by Alastair Mayer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-18 with categories.
A robot probe using newly developed Alcubierre warp drive technology has returned from the Alpha Centauri system, revealing the existence of two Earthlike planets. A multinational expedition is launched to land on and explore these worlds, but political intrigue and natural disasters threaten the mission . . . and what they find may threaten Earth itself.