Surveying The Skies

Author: Gareth Wynn-Williams
Editor: Springer
ISBN: 3319285106
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Since the time of Galileo, astronomy has been driven by technological innovation. With each major advance has come the opportunity and enthusiasm to survey the sky in a way that was not possible before. It is these surveys of discovery that are the subject of this book. In the first few chapters the author discusses what astronomers learned from visible-light surveys, first with the naked eye, then using telescopes in the seventeenth century, and photography in the nineteenth century. He then moves to the second half of the twentieth century when the skies started to be swept by radio, infrared, ultraviolet, x-ray and gamma ray telescopes, many of which had to be flown in satellites above the Earth’s atmosphere. These surveys led to the discovery of pulsars, quasars, molecular clouds, protostars, bursters, and black holes. He then returns to Earth to describe several currently active large-scale projects that methodically collect images, photometry and spectra that are then stored in vast publicly-accessible databases. Dr. Wynn-Williams also describes several recent “microsurveys” – detailed studies of small patches of sky that have led to major advances in our understanding of cosmology and exoplanets.

At The Edge Of The Universe

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The Crown Colonist

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Surveying And Mapping

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In Southern Skies

Author: John Illsley
Editor: Jonathan Ball Publishers Sa
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2003 marked the centenary of flight in South Africa and John Illsley has compiled a pictorial history of early flight in this country, from its humble beginnings to the aeroplanes that were used at the beginning of World War I. Each chapter has an introductory article, to set the scene for its subject, and the rest of the chapter is made up of pictures with comprehensive explanatory captions. Among of the topics featured are: First flights on man-made wings; Siege balloons in two colonial wars; Balloons on imperial service; Box kites; The first aeroplanes; South Africa's first true aviator; The brief genesis of South African military aviation; South Africans on the Western Front; First to the Cape and back; An airline for the Union; Aviatrixes; War planes; Air shows; Air races; Aviation history in envelopes and stamps.

New Scientist

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New Scientist magazine was launched in 1956 "for all those men and women who are interested in scientific discovery, and in its industrial, commercial and social consequences". The brand's mission is no different today - for its consumers, New Scientist reports, explores and interprets the results of human endeavour set in the context of society and culture.

The Skies And The Seas

Author: Michael W. Dempsey
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The Sky

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Symposium

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The Eclectic Magazine

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The Eclectic Magazine

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The Eclectic Magazine Of Foreign Literature Science And Art

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Eclectic Magazine

Author: John Holmes Agnew
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The Yoga V Sishtha Mah R M Yana Of V Lmiki

Author: Vālmīki
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Deep Sky

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The Faithful Surveyor Teaching How To Measure All Manner Of Ground Exactly With An Appendix Unfolding Errours In Board And Timber Measure Etc

Author: George ATWEL
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Journal Of The Surveying And Mapping Division

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