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Planetary motion / by Karam, P. Andrew.(CARDINAL)483849; Stein, Ben P.(CARDINAL)493133;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 108-109) and index.A billion-mile hole-in-one -- The first astronomers -- A better set of rules -- The laws of planetary motion -- More than just planets -- Other solar systems -- The rest of the universe.In "Planetary Motion," learn how scientists have found new planets outside the solar system, and continue their search for planets like Earth.
Subjects: Planetary theory.; Planets.; Galaxies.; Celestial mechanics.; Planetary theory; Planets; Galaxies; Celestial mechanics;
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Tycho & Kepler : the unlikely partnership that forever changed our understanding of the heavens / by Ferguson, Kitty.(CARDINAL)361978;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-387) and index.
Subjects: Biographies.; Brahe, Tycho, 1546-1601.; Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630.; Astronomers; Astronomers; Kepler's laws.; Planetary theory.;
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Johannes Kepler : discovering the laws of celestial motion / by Boerst, William J.(CARDINAL)658443;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-141) and index.A biography of Johannes Kepler, the seventeenth-century German astronomer and mathematician who formulated the three laws of planetary motion.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Biographies.; Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630; Astronomers; Kepler's laws; Planetary theory; Astronomers;
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Harmonies of the world. Book five. by Kepler, Johannes,1571-1630.(CARDINAL)131249; Hawking, Stephen,1942-2018.(CARDINAL)157969;
Subjects: Planetary theory; Geometry; Music theory;
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The universe. [videorecording] / by Tarantino, Louis C.,producer,director.; Cohen, Douglas,producer,director.; Beemer, Rob,screenwriter,director.; Verklan, Laura M.,screenwriter,director.; Campbell, Colin,screenwriterdirector.(CARDINAL)738983; Kosa, Frank,screenwriter,director.; Hense, Jim,screenwriter,director.; Rehr, Darryl,screenwriter,director.(CARDINAL)646329; Maher, Adrian,screenwriter.; Georgalis, Savas,screenwriter.; Thompson, Erik,1959-narrator.; Amdahl, Eric,composer.; Arts and Entertainment Network.(CARDINAL)225081; History Channel (Television network)(CARDINAL)330875; History (Television network)(CARDINAL)558042; Flight 33 Productions (Firm); New Video Group.(CARDINAL)219113;
DVD ; Dolby digital stereo.Narrator, Erik Thompson.Main title theme and original music, Eric Amdahl ; directors of photography, Tom Collins, Jason Newfield, Ken Stipe, Dan Major, Eric Fisher, Tony Belko, Norm Johnston, Tim Murray, David Pryke, Jim Langley, Randy Peck ; editors, Kevin Browne, Dion Labriola, Tom Ronca, Dan Wolfmeyer, Gerard San Gemino, R.L. Shontel, Katie Smith, Lilly Posner."Journey back to the beginning of history on a mind-blowing adventure through space and time. [The series] transports viewers past the wonders of our own solar system and out to the bizarre far-flung reaches of the cosmos. From death stars to ringed planets, star clusters to space wars, The Universe uses new discoveries and more advanced CGI to help explain the mysteries of outer space. From wormholes to transports, examine which elements from popular sci-fi movies could really exist; and discover how the universe is awash in all sorts of strange liquids, from oceans of methane to blobs of alcohol floating in space, and even iron rain. Watch and marvel as experts cook up ten ways to destroy the Earth, including blowing it up with anti-matter, hurling it into the Sun, and colliding with another galaxy."--Container. Rating: TVPG.Death stars -- The day the moon was gone -- It fell from space -- Biggest blasts -- The hunt for ringed planets -- 10 ways to destroy the Earth -- The search for cosmic clusters -- Space wars -- Liquid universe -- Pulsars & quasars -- Science fiction. Science fact. -- Extreme energy.
Subjects: Television series.; Educational television programs.; Documentary television programs.; Science television programs.; Astronomy.; Cosmology.; Big bang theory.; Planetary rings.; Pulsars.; Quasars.; Space debris.; Meteors.; Stars.; Stars; Stellar collisions.; Science fiction; Force and energy.; Comets.;
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The history and practice of ancient astronomy / by Evans, James,1948-(CARDINAL)642749;
MARCIVE 10/14/11Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-472) and index.Birth of astronomy -- Celestial sphere -- Some applications of spherics -- Calendars and time reckoning -- Solar theory -- Fixed stars -- Planetary theory -- Frequently used tables -- Appendix : patterns for models.Birth of astronomy -- Celestial sphere -- Some applications of spherics -- Calendars and time reckoning -- Solar theory -- Fixed stars -- Planetary theory -- Frequently used tables -- Appendix : patterns for models.
Subjects: Astronomy, Ancient.;
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Last one out shut off the lights : stories / by Soileau, Stephanie,author.; Container of (work):Soileau, Stephanie.So this is permanence.; Container of (work):Soileau, Stephanie.Attachment theory.; Container of (work):Soileau, Stephanie.Ranger queen of sulphur.; Container of (work):Soileau, Stephanie.Poke salad.; Container of (work):Soileau, Stephanie.Whiskey business.; Container of (work):Soileau, Stephanie.When Pluto lost his planetary status.; Container of (work):Soileau, Stephanie.Mr. A.; Container of (work):Soileau, Stephanie.Cut off, Louisiana: a ghost story.; Container of (work):Soileau, Stephanie.Haguillory.; Container of (work):Soileau, Stephanie.Camera obscura.; Container of (work):Soileau, Stephanie.Boucherie.;
Last One Out Shut Off the Lights is a vivid portrait of the last-chance towns of southwest Louisiana, where oil development, industrial pollution, dying wetlands, and the ever-present threat of devastating hurricanes have eroded their inhabitants' sense of home. These stories feature characters struggling to find a foothold in a world that is forever washing out from under them, people who must reckon with their ambivalence about belonging to a place so continually in flux.
Subjects: Short stories.; City and town life; Interpersonal relations;
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Air pollution meteorology and dispersion / by Arya, S. Pal.(CARDINAL)313792;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-299) and index.1600L
Subjects: Air;
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Six easy pieces : essentials of physics explained by its most brilliant teacher / by Feynman, Richard P.(Richard Phillips),1918-1988.(CARDINAL)355647; Leighton, Robert B.(CARDINAL)775385; Sands, Matthew L.(Matthew Linzee)(CARDINAL)775386;
Publisher's note -- Introduction by Paul Davies -- Special preface -- Feynman's preface -- Atoms in motion -- Introduction -- Matter is made of atoms -- Atomic processes -- Chemical reactions -- Basic physics -- Introduction -- Physics before 1920 -- Quantum physics -- Nuclei and particles -- Relation of physics to other sciences -- Introduction -- Chemistry -- Biology -- Astronomy -- Geology -- Psychology -- How did it get that way? -- Conservation of energy -- What is energy? -- Gravitational potential energy -- Kinetic energy -- Other forms of energy -- Theory of gravitation -- Planetary motions -- Kepler's laws -- Development of dynamics -- Newton's law of gravitation -- Universal gravitation -- Cavendish's experiment -- What is gravity? -- Gravity and relativity -- Quantum behavior -- Atomic mechanics -- Experiment with bullets -- Experiment with waves -- Experiment with electrons -- Interface of electron waves -- Watching the electrons -- First principles of quantum mechanics -- Uncertainty principle -- Index.The six easiest chapters from Feynman's celebrated lectures on physics, which the Nobel Prize-winning scientist delivered from 1961 to 1963 at the California Institute of Technology, have been reprinted in this volume.1160L
Subjects: Physics.;
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The fifth miracle : the search for the origin and meaning of life / by Davies, P. C. W.(CARDINAL)324234;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-291) and index (pages 293-304)The author proposes that the ultimate origin of life could be due to planetary cross-contamination of organisms carried by giant meteorites after the cosmic birth of the universe and introduces a new theory that life began inside the earth where geothermal activity may have created the first living micro-organisms.
Subjects: Life; Life.;
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