Описание: Rufus McGaugh knew early on that he wanted to see the world-all of it. And, later on, he did just that. Longitude and Latitude, with Attitude chronicles Rufus's 49 years of travels around the globe to every country in the world. It relates his experiences, both harrowing and humorous, in entertaining and amusing (sometimes even instructive ) vignettes. Rufus, a Vietnam vet who was awarded the Purple Heart in 1970, became a Vietnam vet against the war, got a college degree, and taught social studies at Brownell Middle School in the affluent Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe for 39 years. During that time-and before and after-he spent his summers, vacations, and retirement fulfilling a life-long dream to travel to every corner of the Earth. He has visited countries near and far, well known and obscure (including the closed regimes of North Korea and Libya). He has met interesting people, seen fascinating sights, and observed unusual events. He has been hassled by the authorities in Russia (twice in one day). He was arrested-and later stalked by a leopard-in Zimbabwe. He met Miss America (well, Miss South Carolina) in Vietnam, outfoxed (or so he thought) a tailor in Hong Kong, and broke both arms bicycling in Cuba. Longitude and Latitude, with Attitude is the unpretentious, often comic, frequently informative chronicle of these and other adventures and misadventures he experienced on his journeys. Other wanderers like him-and armchair travelers everywhere-will be captivated by it. The lively writing is supplemented by more than 50 pictures that inveterate photographer Rufus has taken in the course of his trips.
Описание: First published in 1767 and reissued here in the revised third edition of 1802, the present work, prepared by the astronomer and mathematician Nevil Maskelyne (1732-1811), provided the necessary tables and instructions for navigators to determine their position at sea, when used in conjunction with the Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris.
Описание: This monograph is the outcome of an American Geophysical Union Chapman Conference on longitude and hemispheric dependence of ionospheric space weather, including the impact of waves propagating from the lower atmosphere.
Название: Latitudes 1 Cahier +D ISBN: 2278062638 ISBN-13(EAN): 9782278062638 Издательство: Didier Цена: 2338.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: Des exercices pour travailler toutes les compétences de communication et systématiser les points de grammaire, de vocabulaire et de phonétique.
This lightweight, large format ephemeris is your ideal companion volume for the American Ephemeris series. In this book, you will have ease for quick scanning of current transits. Here you will find:
Daily longitude tables, Sun through Pluto, and including Ceres and Chiron.
Pallas, Juno, and Vesta now appear in longitude at 5-day intervals.
Monthly Julian Day, Obliquity of the Ecliptic, Synetic Vernal Point
Monthly longitude for Eris and improved calculation for Galactic Center
Daily Declination and Latitude, Sun through Pluto, including Ceres.
Declination and Latitude for 5-day intervals for Chiron, Eris, Pallas, Juno, and Vesta.
Moon at midnight and noon, maximum declination and latitude, perigee/apogee, and both True and Mean Node positions.
Full and Quarter Moon phases, plus Void of Course and Ingress tables.
Автор: Dava Sobel Название: Longitude (20) ISBN: 080271529X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780802715296 Издательство: Holtzbrink(MPS)/MPS Цена: 1563.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
Anyone alive in the eighteenth century would have known that -the longitude problem- was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day-and had been for centuries. Lacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of land. Thousands of lives and the increasing fortunes of nations hung on a resolution. One man, John Harrison, in complete opposition to the scientific community, dared to imagine a mechanical solution-a clock that would keep precise time at sea, something no clock had ever been able to do on land. Longitude is the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of Harrison's forty-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometer. Full of heroism and chicanery, it is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation, and clockmaking, and opens a new window on our world.
