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In this lively and accessible book an internationally known scientist proposes a scenario that explains why, in the great extinction 65 million years ago, certain groups of animals such as the dinosaurs were extinguished while others…

The Moon is accessible to everyone, and easy to observe even in big cities. It is a prime target for aspiring astronomers and for those who are merely curious about the night sky. This easy-to-use guide to discovering lunar sites takes the reader…

Cyclic Patterns of Lunar Phases, Eclipses, and the Seasons In the early seventeenth century, Galileo Galilei posited that tides were a consequence of Earths motion. Today we’ve achieved an accurate understanding of the ways that orbiting objects…

Earthquakes and Geological Discover describes how and whv scientists trace seismic activirv and measure the extent and patterns of seismic waves. Through analvsis of numerous earthquakes, both historical a'nd present, eminent seismologist Bruce Bolt…

Building on the tremendous reception to its parent volume, Earth 8th edition, the same groundbreaking media package is now integrated into the brief version of the best-selling introductory physical geology volume. This eighth edition of Essentials…

  This illustrated history consists of 12 chapters with numerous photographs to produce a popular history that capitalized on the interest surrounding the flight of Apollo 11 in 1969.

Het is een merkwaardige ervaring te beseffen dat de aarde waarop wij leven, nog zoveel geheimen voor ons verborgen houdt in deze tijd van ruimtevaart en maanonderzoek. Lester del Rey geeft in dit boek een staalkaart van de geheimen van de aarde en…