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The earth in context : a guide to the solar system

David M. Harland | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in astronomy and space sciences | 2001

"The Earth in context" tells a story of scientific discovery with two interwomen strands: one tracing the development of knowledge about earth's geological history, and the second placing this in the context of our near neighbours in the solar s[...]

Gemini : steps to the Moon

David J. Shayler | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in astronomy and space sciences | 2001

In May 1961 President John F. Kennedy promised the American people that there would be a manned Moon landing by the end of the decade -but at this time the longest that any astronaut had spent in space was 15 minutes. In his speech, Kennedy spok[...]

Global Positioning System : theory and practice

B. Hoffmann-Wellenhof ; H. Lichtenegger ; J. Collins | New York, NY : Springer | 2001

This book shows in a comprehensive manner how the Global Positioning System (GPS) works. The present edition accomodates the most recent advances in GPS technology. The concepts of GPS as well as the latest applications in surveying, navigation,[...]

Interplanetary dust

Eberhard Grun ..., Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Astronomy and astrophysics library | 2001

Minor bodies in the outer solar system : proceedings of the ESO workshop held at Garching, Germany, 2-5 November 1998

A. Fitzsimmons ; D. Jewitt ; Richard M. West | New York, NY : Springer | ESO astrophysics symposia | 2001

Neptune : the planet, rings and satellites

E.D. Miner ; Randii R. Wessen | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in astronomy and space sciences | 2001

"Neptune: the planet, rings and satellites" tells the real story of the Voyager Mission to the outer planets. Written by two scientists directly involved with the mission, this book is the first to describe events from the point of view of the p[...]

The new cosmos : an introduction to astronomy and astrophysics

Albrecht Unsöld ; Bodo Baschek | New York, NY : Springer | 2001

Project Mercury : NASA's first manned space programme

John E. Catchpole | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in astronomy and space sciences | 2001

Only five years after launching Explorer, its first primitive satellite, the USA was putting men into space in the first American manned spaceflight programme, Mercury. How was the technology developed, what were the problems to be overcome, and[...]

Remote sensing and climate change : the role of earth observation

A.P. Cracknell | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in geophysical sciences | 2001

What evidence is there that remote-sensing data contained in the various archives might actually contain proof of, first, global change and, second, the existence of human influence in any such change? This book considers the role that archived [...]

The rocket men : Vostok & Voskhod, the first Soviet manned spaceflights

Rex Hall ; David J. Shayler | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in astronomy and space sciences | 2001

In four short years from 1961, the first manned orbiting space vehicle -Vostok- went into orbit, the first spacecraft piloted by a woman was launched, and the first man stepped outside his orbiting spaceship. All these milestone events were achi[...]

Russia in space : the failed frontier?

Brian Harvey | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in astronomy and space sciences | 2001

In the 1950s and 1960s, Soviet rockets conquered the cosmos. The Russians put the first satellite into orbit, the first man into space and landed the first probes on the moon. They sent spaceships to Mars and Venus. Not for nothing were these la[...]

Skylab - America's space station

David J. Shayler | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in astronomy and space sciences | 2001

Between May 1973 and February 1974 three teams of astronauts increased the American space endurance record from 14 days, set in 1965, to three months aboard the Skylab space station in missions lasting 28, 59 and 84 days. American astronauts did[...]

Space physics : an introduction to plasmas and particles in the heliosphere and magnetospheres

M.-B. Kallenrode | New York, NY : Springer | 2001

Phenomena in space physics are complex and their understanding often requires the integration of different concepts of space physics. To help the beginner, this book uses a new methodological approach. The first chapters introduce simple concept[...]

Tracking Apollo to the Moon

H. Lindsay | New York, NY : Springer | 2001

Here is the ultimate book about the Apollo Moon landing program, perhaps the most complete, detailed and readable story of manned space flight ever published! Written by someone who was involved with the Gemini and Apollo programs, "Tracking Apo[...]

Understanding the heavens : thirty centuries of astronomical ideas from ancient thinking to modern cosmology

Jean-Claude Pecker | New York, NY : Springer | 2001

Astronomy is the oldest and most fundamental of the natural sciences. From the early beginnings of civilization, astronomers have attempted to explain not only what the Universe is and how it works, but also how it started, how it evolved to the[...]

The universe in gamma rays

V. Schonfelder, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Astronomy and astrophysics library | 2001

Gamma-ray astronomy began in the mid-1960s with balloon, satellite, and at very high photon energies, also with ground-based instruments. However, the most significant progress was made in the last decade of the 20th century, when the three sate[...]

Business networking : shaping enterprise relationships on the internet

H. Osterle ; Elgar Fleisch ; Rainer Alt | New York, NY : Springer | 2000

"This book sends an important and timely message; i. e. the nature of business transactions has changed dramatically, and as a consequence business models of competition... must also change. The insights contained in the book are varied and are [...]

Challenges of human space exploration

Marsha Freeman | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in astronomy and space sciences | 2000

For most people the Mir space station is synonymous with calamity -a fire, collision with an unmanned Progress M-34 supply vehicle, and countless less life-threatening technical failures. Unfortunately that trends to eclipse the fact that the Am[...]

Deep-space probes

G.L. Matloff | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in astronomy and space sciences | 2000

The space age is nearly 50 years old but exploration of the outer planets and beyond has only just begun... "Deep-space probes" explains in depth why we should explore beyond the edge of the solar system, and how we can build highly sophisticate[...]

Disasters and accidents in manned spaceflight

David J. Shayler | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in astronomy and space sciences | 2000

Today we think of manned space flight as almost routine... Despite this, the fact is that the human exploration of space has always pushed the boundaries of science and technology and once in a while things can go terribly wrong (Challenger, Apo[...]

An introduction to space robotics

Alex Ellery | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in astronomy and space sciences | 2000

The advent of the International Space Station has created a demand for robotic systems in Earth orbit for in-orbit servicing as part of a more general space robotic infrastructure. The renewed interest in the exploration of Mars exemplified by t[...]

The Japanese and Indian space programmes : two roads into space

Brian Harvey | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in astronomy and space sciences | 2000

"The Japanese and Indian Space Programmes" tells the story of two nations and the contrasting development of their space programmes. Japan became the fourth nation in space in 1970, having begun its commitment to a space programme as early as th[...]

Jupiter odyssey : the story of NASA's Galileo mission

David M. Harland | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in astronomy and space sciences | 2000

Although conceived in 1975, the Galileo spacecraft was not able to be launched until 1989. On its 6-year voyage to Jupiter, it studied the Earth/Moon system and the planet Venus and returned the first close-up views of asteroids, one of which wa[...]

Managing global innovation : uncovering the secrets of future competitiveness

Roman Bouteiller ; Olivier Gassmann ; Maximilian von Zedtwitz | New York, NY : Springer | 2000

"Managing Global Innovation is a rich compendium of new concepts of global R&D, enlived by 18 excellent best-in-class case studies. What is especially impressive, the authors bridge seamlessly theoretical and practical issues about how companies[...]

Observing the Moon

Peter T. Wlasuk | New York, NY : Springer | Practical astronomy | 2000

Remote sensing in hydrology and water management

Gert A. Schultz, Editor ; Edwin T. Engman, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | 2000

This book provides comprehensive information on possible applications of remote sensing data for hydrological monitoring and modeling as well as for water management decisions. Mathematical theory is provided only as far as it is necessary for u[...]

Risk management : challenge and opportunity

M. Frenkel, Editor ; Ulrich Hommel, Editor ; Markus Rudolf, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | 2000

Risk management provides an in-depth coverage of recent innovations in the science of risk management. It includes an analysis of risk classes which have until recently been ignored by the literature, reputation and longevity risk, as well as en[...]

Satellite orbits : models, methods, and applications

Oliver Montenbruck ; Eberhard Gill | New York, NY : Springer | Physics and astronomy | 2000

This is a modern textbook that guides the reader through the theory and practice of satellite orbit prediction and determination. Starting from basic principles of orbital mechanics, its covers elaborate force models as well as precise methods o[...]

Satellite systems for personal and broadband communications

Erich Lutz ; M. Werner ; A. Jahn | New York, NY : Springer | 2000

This book gives a scientific overview of current and future satellite systems for mobile (personal) and broadband communications. In part I, the fundamentals of geostationary and non-geostationary satellite constellations and the related questio[...]

The sun from space

K.R. Lang | New York, NY : Springer | Astronomy and astrophysics library | 2000

This volume is a comprehensive account of solar astrophysics and how our perception and knowledge of this star have gradually evolved as mankind has elucidated ever more, of its mysteries. The emphasis is on the last decade, which has seen three[...]