Space and Astronomy: Notable Research and Discoveries torrent

Kyle Kirkland, \"Space and Astronomy: Notable Research and Discoveries\"
F.cts on F.le | 2010 | ISBN: 0816074453 | 189 pages | PDF | 5 MB

Discovering what lies behind a hill or beyond a neighborhood can be as simple as taking a short walk. But curiosity and the urge to make new dis-coveries usually require people to undertake journeys much more adventuresome than a short walk, and scientists often study realms far removed from everyday observation—sometimes even beyond the present means of travel or vision. Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus’s (1473–1543) heliocentric (Sun-centered) model of the solar system, published in 1543, ushered in the modern age of astronomy more than 400 years before the first rocket escaped Earth’s gravity. Scientists today probe the tiny domain of atoms, pilot submersibles into marine trenches far beneath the waves, and analyze processes occurring deep within stars...