Many Skies
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Many Skies
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Author : Arthur Upgren
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2005-01-18
Many Skies written by Arthur Upgren and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-01-18 with Nature categories.
What if Earth had several moons or massive rings like Saturn? What if the Sun were but one star in a double-star or triple-star system? What if Earth were the only planet circling the Sun? These and other imaginative scenarios are the subject of Arthur Upgren's inventive book Many Skies: Alternative Histories of the Sun, Moon, Planets, and Stars. Although the night sky as we know it seems eternal and inevitable, Upgren reminds us that, just as easily, it could have been very different. Had the solar sytem happened to be in the midst of a star cluster, we might have many more bright stars in the sky. Yet had it been located beyond the edge of the Milky Way galaxy, we might have no stars at all. If Venus or Mars had a moon as large as ours, we would be able to view it easily with the unaided eye. Given these or other alternative skies, what might Ptolemy or Copernicus have concluded about the center of the solar sytem and the Sun? This book not only examines the changes in science that these alternative solar, stellar, and galactic arrangements would have brought, it also explores the different theologies, astrologies, and methods of tracking time that would have developed to reflect them. Our perception of our surroundings, the number of gods we worship, the symbols we use in art and literature, even the way we form nations and empires are all closely tied to our particular (and accidental) placement in the universe. Many Skies, however, is not merely a fanciful play on what might have been. Upgren also explores the actual ways that human interferences such as light pollution are changing the night sky. Our atmosphere, he warns, will appear very different if we have belt of debris circling the globe and blotting out the stars, as will happen if advertisers one day pollute space with brilliant satellites displaying their products. From fanciful to foreboding, the scenarios in Many Skies will both delight and inspire reflection, reminding us that ours is but one of many worldviews based on our experience of a universe that is as much a product of accident as it is of intention.
Through Many Skies
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Author : Tadeusz Szumowski
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Through Many Skies written by Tadeusz Szumowski and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Pilots categories.
David Bellamy S Skies Light And Atmosphere In Watercolour
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Author : David Bellamy
language : en
Publisher: Search Press Limited
Release Date : 2012-05-15
David Bellamy S Skies Light And Atmosphere In Watercolour written by David Bellamy and has been published by Search Press Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-15 with Art categories.
In this second book in a series covering elements of the landscape, renowned watercolourist, David Bellamy shows how to paint skies, light and atmosphere and how choices involving these three key elements can affect a painting. Starting with skies, David Bellamy covers basic techniques, composition, clouds, special effects like silver linings, sunsets and shafts of light, and much more, then there is a step by step dramatic sky demonstration. Next comes light, with plenty of advice including warm and cool light, using glazes, cast shadows, light from different directions, painting the sun and reflected light, followed by a step by step demonstration featuring strong light and shadow. The atmosphere section covers haze and mist, fog, mountains in cloud, smoke and steam, rain, storms and tranquil moods, and is followed by an atmospheric step by step painting of a waterfall. David Bellamy's extensive travels and much admired painting style ensure that there are plenty of beautiful, inspiring paintings of skies, light and atmosphere throughout the book.
Nothing But Blue Skies
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Author : Tom Holt
language : en
Publisher: Orbit
Release Date : 2012-09-04
Nothing But Blue Skies written by Tom Holt and has been published by Orbit this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-04 with Fiction categories.
There are many reasons why British summers are either non-existent or, alternatively, held on a Thursday. Many of these reasons are either scientific, mad, or both-but all of them are wrong, especially the scientific ones. The real reason why it rains perpetually from January 1st to December 31st is, of course, irritable Chinese Water Dragons. Karen is one such legendary creature. Ancient, noble, nearly indestructible and, for a number of wildly improbable reasons, working as a real estate agent, Karen is irritable quite a lot of the time. But now things have changed, and Karen's no longer irritable. She's furious.
Many Skies Have Fallen
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Author : MAGGIE. SAWKINS
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Many Skies Have Fallen written by MAGGIE. SAWKINS and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with categories.
Visual Astronomy Under Dark Skies
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Author : Antony Cooke
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2005-06-17
Visual Astronomy Under Dark Skies written by Antony Cooke and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-06-17 with Science categories.
Provide the reader with everything he needs to know about what to observe, and using some of today’s state-of-the-art technique and commercial equipment, how to get superb views of faint and distant astronomical objects. Only guide to live observation of deep space, utilizing modern image enhancement techniques (image intensifiers and CCD video monitors) Detailed information supplied on the image intensifiers and CCD video monitors Explains how to select and prepare sites for live viewing.
A Biography Of David Cox
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Author : William Hall
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1881
A Biography Of David Cox written by William Hall and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1881 with Painters categories.
Exploring Ancient Skies
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Author : David H. Kelley
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2005-12-06
Exploring Ancient Skies written by David H. Kelley and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-12-06 with Science categories.
Exploring Ancient Skies brings together the methods of archaeology and the insights of modern astronomy to explore the science of astronomy as it was practiced in various cultures prior to the invention of the telescope. The book reviews an enormous and growing body of literature on the cultures of the ancient Mediterranean, the Far East, and the New World (particularly Mesoamerica), putting the ancient astronomical materials into their archaeological and cultural contexts. The authors begin with an overview of the field and proceed to essential aspects of naked-eye astronomy, followed by an examination of specific cultures. The book concludes by taking into account the purposes of ancient astronomy: astrology, navigation, calendar regulation, and (not least) the understanding of our place and role in the universe. Skies are recreated to display critical events as they would have appeared to ancient observers - events such as the supernova of 1054, the 'lion horoscope' or the 'Star of Bethlehem.' Exploring Ancient Skies provides a comprehensive overview of the relationships between astronomy and other areas of human investigation. It will be useful as a reference for scholars and students in both astronomy and archaeology, and will be of compelling interest to readers who seek a broad understanding of our collective intellectual history.
The Alpine Journal
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1889
The Alpine Journal written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1889 with Alps categories.
Blue Skies
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Author : Patrick Parsons
language : en
Publisher: Temple University Press
Release Date : 2008-04-05
Blue Skies written by Patrick Parsons and has been published by Temple University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-04-05 with Business & Economics categories.
Cable television is arguably the dominant mass media technology in the U.S. today. Blue Skies traces its history in detail, depicting the important events and people that shaped its development, from the precursors of cable TV in the 1920s and '30s to the first community antenna systems in the 1950s, and from the creation of the national satellite-distributed cable networks in the 1970s to the current incarnation of "info-structure" that dominates our lives. Author Patrick Parsons also considers the ways that economics, public perception, public policy, entrepreneurial personalities, the social construction of the possibilities of cable, and simple chance all influenced the development of cable TV. Since the 1960s, one of the pervasive visions of "cable" has been of a ubiquitous, flexible, interactive communications system capable of providing news, information, entertainment, diverse local programming, and even social services. That set of utopian hopes became known as the "Blue Sky" vision of cable television, from which the book takes its title. Thoroughly documented and carefully researched, yet lively, occasionally humorous, and consistently insightful, Blue Skies is the genealogy of our media society.