The highly successful Clementine mission gave scientists their first global look at the Moon. Based on information gathered from this mission combined with data from recent missions, this unique atlas contains 144 maps covering the entire lunar…
Explanation of the complex motion of the Moon. In this book, you will not find a long series of advanced mathematical equations. There are no theory or assumptions. Instead, you will find many easy to understand graphs based on the latest…
The Moon boasts an unexpected variety of landscapes - including volcanic features, sinuous valleys and ghost craters - which are readily visible from Earth. This practical guide explains and demonstrates how you can capture impressive images of our…
Op 21 juli 1969, om 2.56 uur UTC, zet Neil Alden Armstrong als eerste mens een voet op de maan. Vijftig jaar later neemt MOON u mee op een fotografische reis naar ons dichtstbije hemellichaam, en weer terug. Het onderwerp van droom en verbeelding…
Een unieke ode aan de maan, maanexpert Maggie Aderin-Pocock neemt je mee op een reis door het verleden, het heden en de toekomst van de maan.
In Het boek van de maan deelt Maggie Aderin-Pocock de meest fascinerende feiten en anekdotes over de maan.…
This is a definitive, masterly history and synthesis of all that has been said (by theologians and scientists) and is known (to science) about the question, How old is the Earth? It explains in a simple and straightforward way the evidence and logic…
Every generation has looked up from the Earth and wondered at the beauty of the Moon. 50 years ago, a few Americans became the first to do the reverse - with the whole world watching through their eyes.
In this short but wide-ranging book, Oliver…
Dans les régions proches des cercles polaires, le ciel nocturne offre de fabuleux spectacles. Avec un peu de chance et une météo clémente, les visiteurs y admirent de grands voiles colorés danser d'un horizon à l'autre... Ce sont les aurores…
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…
Alanna Mitchell's globe-trotting history of the science of electromagnetism and the Earth's magnetic field--right up to the latest indications that the North and South Poles may soon reverse, with apocalyptic results--will soon change the way you…