Author: Philip Ward
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing, LLC
Keywords: pastime, interplanetary
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2010-01-07
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 1608443639
ISBN-13: 9781608443635

Babe Ruth took a practice swing and stepped out. Locating me, he asked, "If we can’t leave this place, OK, but what if a baseball does?" I smiled, replying, ’I don’t know Babe, it’s never been done." Alexander laid the pitch right in there and the swing, impact, and trajectory were unforgettable. The classic Ruthian Blow; very high, very deep, and very gone, over the fence, over everything toward the ponds and palmetto scrub of the state forest beyond. At its zenith with all eyes following the ball, it seemed to flicker for a moment and then, it completely vanished

Author: Liz Craven
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Keywords: league, interplanetary, prophesied
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 2009-05-01
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 1605042900
ISBN-13: 9781605042909

Is he the hero of her dreams.or the death of them-and her? Interplanetary League series On the day of her birth, Lia fulfilled a prophecy that ended a 5,000-year war, and became a wife. But being the fulfillment of a sacred prophecy makes for a stifling childhood-not to mention a dangerous one. When an assassination attempt goes wrong, Lia takes the opportunity and runs from her destiny-as well as from her absent husband. Talon isn’t sure what to expect when he rescues his bride from a mining colony on a barren moon. What he doesn’t anticipate is her lack of gratitude and her repea

Author: Michael Benson
Publisher: Abrams
Keywords: probes, interplanetary, visions
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2008-04-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0810995468
ISBN-13: 9780810995468

“An aesthetic revelation. . . . A spectacular melding of science and art.”—Los Angeles TimesNow in an affordable paperback edition accompanying a national touring exhibition that The New York Times acclaimed as “stunning,” this epic photographic tour of the solar system will inspire a new audience with a sense of wonder. To create Beyond, author Michael Benson spent years compiling and digitally processing 295 of the greatest photographs taken by the amazing spacecrafts that have been exploring the solar system for almost half a century. The images, many revealing iconic landmarks, a

Author: L. F. Burlaga
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: astronomy, astrophysics, series, international, magnetohydrodynamics, interplanetary
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 1995-07-06
List price: $265.00
ISBN-10: 0195084721
ISBN-13: 9780195084726

Spacecraft such as the Pioneer, Vela, and Voyager have explored the interplanetary medium between the orbits of Mercury and Pluto. The insights derived from these missions have been successfully applied to magnetospheric, astro-solar, and cosmic ray physics. This book is an overview of these insights, using magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flows as the framework for interpreting objects and processes observed in the interplanetary medium. Topics include various types of MHD shocks and interactions among them, tangential and rotational discontinuities, force-free field configurations, the formation

Author: S. K. Alurkar
Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc
Keywords: series, astronomy, astrophysics, scientific, world, interplanetary, disturbances, solar
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 1997-12
List price: $41.00
ISBN-10: 9810229259
ISBN-13: 9789810229252

Over the last three decades, a considerable number of solar wind observations have been made with sophisticated ground-based and space-borne instruments. Two highly successful space missions of the Skylab and the twin spacecraft "Helios 1" and "2" have amassed a wealth of information on the larger scale structure of the inner heliosphere, the solar and interplanetary magnetic field, coronal holes, interplanetary dust, and solar windflows. Solar and interplanetary propagating phenomena have been extensively studied during the last two decades. A simple model based on results from a density-mapp

Authors:Giovanni Vulpetti, Les Johnson, Gregory L. Matloff,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: interplanetary, travel, approach, novel, sails, solar
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2008-07-31
List price: $27.50
ISBN-10: 0387344047
ISBN-13: 9780387344041

Solar sail technology is very close to becoming an engineering reality and it will soon be used in the exploration of the solar system and beyond. This fascinating book provides an accessible introduction to solar sails and details how they work and what they will be used for in the exploration of space. It also examines current plans for solar sails and how advanced technology, such as nanotechnology, might enhance their performance. Coverage shows how solar sail propulsion will make space exploration more affordable and demonstrates how access to destinations within (and beyond) the solar sy

Authors:Eberhard Grün, Bo A.S. Gustafson, Stan. Dermott, Hugo
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: library, astrophysics, astronomy, dust, interplanetary
Number of Pages: 804
Published: 2001-08-09
List price: $149.00
ISBN-10: 3540420673
ISBN-13: 9783540420675

Conceived as a sourcebook for researchers in the field and as a graduate-level textbook, this monograph provides up-to-date coverage of all major aspects of dust in the solar system. In order to achieve the highest standards of expertise, individual chapters are written by researchers specializing in that topic. The book follows the comprehensive review of the "Cosmic Dust" field assembled by Tony McConnell more than 20 years ago. The field has now matured enough to warrant a new presentation on the form of a comprehensie review. Four major subfields form the core organization: - Astrono