Автор: Martin Beech Название: Terraforming ISBN: 0387097953 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780387097954 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 3016.00 р. 4309.00-30% Наличие на складе: Есть (1 шт.) Описание: Often used as the narrative premise in science fiction novels, terraforming is the process by which an uninhabitable planet might be converted into one capable of supporting life. This book proposes an exploration on the topic of terraforming. It presents what is physically possible and hints what might conceivably be put into practice.
Автор: Mendez Abel, Gonzalez-Espada Wilson Название: Searching for Habitable Worlds: An Introduction ISBN: 1681744007 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781681744001 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 5405.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: What does it take to consider a planet potentially habitable? If a planet is suitable for life, could life be present? Is life on other planets inevitable? Searching for Habitable Worlds answers these questions and provides both the general public and astronomy enthusiasts with a richly illustrated discussion of the most current knowledge regarding the search for extrasolar planets. Nearly everyone wants to know if we are alone in the universe. This book might not have the answers, but shows where we should look.This book is a fun and accessible book for everyone from middle schoolers to amateur astronomers of all ages. The use of non-technical language and abundant illustrations make this a quick read to inform everyone about the latest movement in the search for other planets that we might be able to inhabit. After a brief discussion on why humans are hard-wired to be curious, and to explore the unknown, the book describes what extrasolar planets are, how to detect them, and how to pin down potential targets. In addition, a data-driven list of the best candidates for habitability is profiled and the next generation of exoplanet-hunting scientific instruments and probes are identified.
Автор: Jagadeesh, Madhu Kashyap Shekhar, Usha Название: Extreme Habitable Environments ISBN: 036725526X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367255268 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 24499.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Extreme Habitable Environments is a book authored with the intention of providing introductory material suitable for those interested in learning about exoplanets. Focal point of this book is to expose its readers to the excitement in identifying exoplanets and exploring the possibility of life on them.
Автор: Lincoln Название: The Habitable City in China ISBN: 1137554703 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137554703 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 16769.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book offers a new perspective on Chinese urban history by exploring cities as habitable spaces. China, the world’s most populous nation, is now its newest urban society, and the pace of this unprecedented historical transformation has increased in recent decades. The contributors to this book conceptualise cities as first providing the necessities of life, and then becoming places in which the quality of life can be improved. They focus on how cities have been made secure during times of instability, how their inhabitants have consumed everything from the simplest of foods to the most expensive luxuries, and how they have been planned as ideal spaces. Drawing examples from across the country, this book offers comparisons between different cities, highlights continuities across time and space—and in doing so may provide solutions to some of the problems that continue to affect Chinese cities today.
Автор: Falkowski Paul G. Название: Life`s Engines: How Microbes Made Earth Habitable ISBN: 0691173354 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691173351 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 2850.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Looks at how ancient microorganisms in primordial oceans transformed the chemistry of the planet over billions of years, eventually allowing the development of more complex forms of life, and how they continue to make life on earth possible.
Автор: Falkowski, Paul G. Название: Life`s engines ISBN: 0691247684 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691247687 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 2691.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Falkowski, Paul G. Название: Life`s engines ISBN: 0691155372 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691155371 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 3168.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: For almost four billion years, microbes had the primordial oceans all to themselves. The stewards of Earth, these organisms transformed the chemistry of our planet to make it habitable for plants, animals, and us. Life`s Engines takes readers deep into the microscopic world to explore how these marvelous creatures made life on Earth possible--and h
Автор: Martin Beech Название: Terraforming: The Creating of Habitable Worlds ISBN: 1493939149 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781493939145 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 4309.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This fascinating book proposes a sound and realistic exploration on the topic of terraforming. The book presents what is physically possible today and hints what might conceivably be put into practice in the next several hundred years.
Автор: Vigdor, Steven E. Название: Signatures of the Artist ISBN: 0198814828 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198814825 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5305.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This is a broad-ranging, non-mathematical introduction to recent and ongoing research that has illuminated the physical conditions necessary for our universe to support structure and life. The primary focus is on particle and nuclear physics and cosmology, which have exposed the fine-tuning and imperfections vital for a habitable universe.
Описание: For people who are living with disability, including various forms of chronic diseases and chronic pain, daily tasks like lifting a glass of water or taking off clothes can be difficult if not impossible. In Activist Affordances, Arseli Dokumac? draws on ethnographic work with differently disabled people whose ingenuity, labor, and artfulness allow them to achieve these seemingly simple tasks. Dokumac? shows how they use improvisation to imagine and bring into being more habitable worlds through the smallest of actions and the most fleeting of movements---what she calls “activist affordances.” Even as an environment shrinks to a set of constraints rather than opportunities, the improvisatory space of performance opens up to allow disabled people to imagine that same environment otherwise. Dokumac? shows how disabled people’s activist affordances present the potential for a more liveable and accessible world for all of us.
Автор: John Wallis Название: After Claire: In Search of a Habitable Life ISBN: 1667806513 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781667806518 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 3215.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: "After Claire" is an ambitious, suspense-filled novel that taps into the gritty heart of psychotherapy. By adding a psychological twist to the standard crime genre, author John Wallis takes readers on a unique, page-turning journey. The novel begins with a routine trip to a grocery story that turns out to be not routine at all. Paul Masons wife, Claire, unexpectedly tells him she wants a divorce. Alarmed and confused, Paul runs a red light - resulting in an accident that kills Claire. As Paul tries to resume his life as a psychotherapist and father to nine-year--old Allie, he finds that nothing will ever be the same - especially after Allie finds out just how her mother died. Paul eventually begins to work with a new psychotherapy patient, Angela. Especially because his personal life is so compromised, Paul is powerfully motivated to help Angela, who wants to break off her relationship with a much older, drug cartel-connected lover, Carlos. Carlos shows up at Pauls office and reels off where his daughter, Allie goes to school, who her teachers are, and asks how shes doing since her mom died. Paul understands this to be a threat to harm Allie if he doesnt terminate his work with Angela. Paul continues to work with Angela, but then Carlos makes Paul an offer he cant refuse - take him on as a patient, or Carlos will have Pauls legs broken. After working a brief time with Carlos, whom he both loathes and fears, Paul quits his psychotherapy practice altogether to become a life-coach on a cruise line. Six years later, Angela shows up on one of Pauls cruises wanting to resume their work. Shortly after, Allie goes missing. A crime-filled thriller filled with elements of psychology; this is a must-read for fans of fiction!
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