Astronomers

"Quando i motori del razzo si sono accesi, si è realizzato il grande sogno della mia vita." Per quasi sette mesi, Samantha Cristoforetti è stata in orbita attorno alla Terra sulla Stazione Spaziale Internazionale. In queste pagine ci racconta l'intensa vita di bordo con gli occhi meravigliati di chi diviene, giorno dopo giorno, un essere umano spaziale: dalla scienza alla riparazione della toilette, dall'arrivo di astronavi cargo alle passeggiate nello spazio dei colleghi, dagli allarmi alla routine, dai grandi avvenimenti alle piccole scoperte, dai rituali al taglio dei capelli. Ma il viaggio per arrivare fin lassù è stato lungo. Anni di dedizione assoluta nati dal suo sogno di bambina, anni passati con le valigie in mano fra tre continenti, tra circostanze fortuite e altre ostinatamente cercate, tra incontri, lingue e culture, natura e tecnologia, fatiche e attese, gioie e delusioni: tutto per imparare a essere un'astronauta. Questa è la storia della lunga strada che ha portato Samantha Cristoforetti alla rampa di lancio e dei giorni trascorsi a bordo delle Stazione Spaziale, accompagnati dalla prepotente bellezza della Terra e dallo stupore profondo suscitato dal firmamento. Das Urheberrecht an bibliographischen und produktbeschreibenden Daten und an den bereitgestellten Bildern liegt bei Informazioni Editoriali, I.E. S.r.l., oder beim Herausgeber oder demjenigen, der die Genehmigung erteilt hat. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.

Nur im Raumanzug darf Anika Mehlis das Habitat verlassen. Vor ihr ragt ein Vulkan im Sonnenlicht auf - doch sie ist nicht auf einem fremden Planeten, sondern auf der Erde. Als Analog-Astronautin testet sie mit ihrem Team in der Wüste Israels und den Bergen Armeniens Strategien und Technologien für künftige Mars-Missionen. Sie nimmt Gesteinsproben, züchtet Pflanzen und erforscht, was nötig ist, um auf dem Roten Planeten nach Spuren von Leben und nach Antworten auf alte Menschheitsfragen zu suchen. In diesem fesselnden Bericht erzählt sie von der harten Ausbildung, den extremen Bedingungen ihrer Expeditionen und den neuesten Erkenntnissen der Mars-Forschung. Jeder Schritt, den sie macht, bringt uns der Zukunft im All ein Stück näher.

Als führender Astrophysiker bei der NASA ist Adam Frank mit der Faszination für außerirdisches Leben vertraut: 'Gibt es Leben im Universum?', 'Wie können wir es finden?', 'Was ist mit UFOs?' und 'Was hat es mit Area 51 auf sich?'.<BR>>Auf unterhaltsame und doch wissenschaftliche Art und Weise klärt Frank über die verschiedenen Facetten und den aktuellen Stand der Forschung auf und reist mit dem Leser durch ein faszinierendes Universum voll beeindruckender Erkenntnisse über außerirdisches Leben.- Der führende NASA-Experte für außerirdisches Leben teilt seine Expertise aus 30 Jahren Forschung - Adam Frank entführt seine Leser in die verschiedensten Bereiche der Alien-Forschung: Von komplexen physikalischen Fragen bis hin zu Verschwörungstheorien über Area 51 - Wissenschaftlich fundiert, leicht verständlich und humorvoll - Für die Fans von Avi Loebs Außerirdisch und Randall Munroes What if? Ausstattung: m. Abb.

In this approachable and fascinating biography of the galaxy, an astrophysicist and folklorist details everything humans have discovered—from the Milky Way's formation to its eventual death, and what else there is to learn about the universe we call home. <BR><BR> After a few billion years of bearing witness to life on Earth, of watching one hundred billion humans go about their day-to-day lives, of feeling unbelievably lonely, and of hearing its own story told by others, The Milky Way would like a chance to speak for itself. All one hundred billion stars and fifty undecillion tons of gas of it.<BR><BR> It all began some thirteen billion years ago, when clouds of gas scattered through the universe's primordial plasma just could not keep their metaphorical hands off each other. They succumbed to their gravitational attraction, and the galaxy we know as the Milky Way was born. Since then, the galaxy has watched as dark energy pushed away its first friends, as humans mythologized its name and purpose, and as galactic archaeologists have worked to determine its true age (rude). The Milky Way has absorbed supermassive (an actual technical term) black holes, made enemies of a few galactic neighbors, and mourned the deaths of countless stars. Our home galaxy has even fallen in love.<BR><BR> After all this time, the Milky Way finally feels that it's amassed enough experience for the juicy tell-all we've all been waiting for. Its fascinating autobiography recounts the history and future of the universe in accessible but scientific detail, presenting a summary of human astronomical knowledge thus far that is unquestionably out of this world.   NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2022 BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY AND SCIENCENET<BR> NAMED A BEST AUDIOBOOK OF 2022 BY BOOKPAGE

Ein ganz und gar unwahrscheinliches Leben, das doch wahr istNach dem Ersten Weltkrieg bricht das Zeitalter der Utopien an. Während der junge Hermann Oberth den Menschheitstraum von der Mondrakete verwirklichen will, steht seine lebenslustige Frau Tilla vor der Herausforderung, ein Familienleben möglich zu machen. Als Hermanns Forschung in den 1930er-Jahren das Interesse der Nazis weckt, stellt sich beiden mit voller Wucht die Frage nach der eigenen Verantwortung vor der Geschichte.

WORK IS IN FRENCHThis book is a reproduction of a work published before 1920 and is part of a collection of books reprinted and edited by Hachette Livre, in the framework of a partnership with the National Library of France, providing the opportunity to access old and often rare books from the BnF's heritage funds. The works in this collection have been digitized by the BnF and are presented on Gallica, its digital library.By reviving these works through a collection of books reprinted on demand, we give everyone the opportunity to participate in the transmission of knowledge which is sometimes difficult to access.We have tried to reconcile the faithful reproduction of an old book from its digitalized version with the concern of an optimal reading comfort. We hope the works of this new collection will bring you complete satisfaction.French National Library Editions are authorized editions through Hachette France for works in the French National Library Catalog. For more information, visit www.hachettebnf.fr

'Sarah Cruddas is a gifted writer and Look Up is an inspired book. I am hopeful that we will never stop looking up.' Apollo 11 astronaut Michael CollinsMost of us have never been to space. To date, of the more than 100 billion humans that have ever existed, fewer than 600 humans have ever left Earth. But the exploration of space is the most significant thing we will ever do as a species.Sarah Cruddas has been looking to the skies her entire life. Her childhood was spent staring at the Moon and hearing stories of the space race, and she worked in a fruit factory to fund her love of the subject. Her subsequent career studying astrophysics, and becoming a television host and space journalist has seen her report on space exploration and chase launches across the world. In Look Up Sarah explains why she has always been a passionate advocate for why space should matter - to everyone.From our ancestors who first painted patterns of the stars in caves, to the US and Soviet pioneers who first forged a path beyond our planet, Sarah Cruddas explores the stories and sacrifices that humankind has made to understand more about our place in the universe. And even today, when Moon walking and people in space suits seem less relevant to us than climate change and conflicts here on Earth, she shows how everything from medicine to mobile phones is affected by space technology, and how a new generation of entrepreneurs have kick-started a new story with the stars.This is an inspirational and enlightening introduction to the importance of space to everyone, and why we should all learn to Look Up.

Présentation de l'ouvrage :Il existe de nombreux types d'astronomes : de celui qui observe les étoiles et contemple les astres, au mathématicien abstrait qui travaille depuis son bureau.Dans ces pages, mon but a été de raconter la vie de chaque astronome avec suffisamment de détails pour que le lecteur puisse estimer, dans la mesure du caractère et de l'environnement de l'homme et je me suis efforcé d'indiquer aussi clairement que les circonstances le permettent, les principales caractéristiques de leurs découvertes qui les ont rendues célèbres.Note de l'éditeur pour la version imprimée : Afin d'être plus agréable lors de la lecture, cet ouvrage est en format Beau Livre. Dans la même optique, le papier est de couleur crème, ce qui fatigue moins les yeux que le papier blanc. Toutes nos publications font l'objet d'un travail soigné tant au niveau typographique qu'au niveau du design.Note de l'éditeur pour la version Kindle : Nos publications Kindle sont soigneusement conçues, avec une table des matières, un index, des notes de bas de page et références, là où cela est applicable. Un accent a été mis sur la typographie ainsi que le design.Vos commentaires sont les bienvenus sur discoverypublisher.com/fr/ - Merci d'avoir choisi Les Éditions Discovery.

Learn why NASA astronaut Mike Collins calls this extraordinary space race story "the best book on Apollo": this inspiring and intimate ode to ingenuity celebrates one of the most daring feats in human history.<BR>When the alarm went off forty thousand feet above the moon's surface, both astronauts looked down at the computer to see 1202 flashing on the readout. Neither of them knew what it meant, and time was running out . . .<BR>On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon. One of the world's greatest technological achievements -- and a triumph of the American spirit -- the Apollo 11 mission was a mammoth undertaking involving more than 410,000 men and women dedicated to winning the space race against the Soviets.<BR>Set amid the tensions and upheaval of the sixties and the Cold War, Shoot for the Moon is a gripping account of the dangers, the challenges, and the sheer determination that defined not only Apollo 11, but also the Mercury and Gemini missions that came before it. From the shock of Sputnik and the heart-stopping final minutes of John Glenn's Mercury flight to the deadly whirligig of Gemini 8, the doomed Apollo 1 mission, and that perilous landing on the Sea of Tranquility -- when the entire world held its breath while Armstrong and Aldrin battled computer alarms, low fuel, and other problems -- James Donovan tells the whole story. <BR>Both sweeping and intimate, Shoot for the Moon is "a powerfully written and irresistible celebration" of one of humankind's most extraordinary accomplishments (Booklist, starred review).

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The veteran of four space flights and the American record holder for consecutive days spent in space, Scott Kelly has experienced things very few have. Now, he takes us inside a sphere utterly hostile to human life: the extreme challenges of long-term spaceflight.<BR><BR>“Kelly’s account is insightful, at times humorous, heart-tugging at others. And it’s inspiring enough to change the life of some lost kid, just like The Right Stuff did for him.” —USA Today <BR><BR>He describes navigating long-term spaceflight—the devastating effects on the body, the isolation from everyone he loves and the comforts of Earth, the pressures of constant close cohabitation, and the catastrophic risks of depressurization or colliding with space junk. But perhaps the most haunting challenge is that of being unable to help should tragedy strike at home, something Kelly knows about firsthand.<BR><BR> Kelly's humanity, compassion, humor, and passion resonate throughout, as he recalls his rough-and-tumble New Jersey childhood and the youthful inspiration that sparked his astounding career. Here, in his personal story, we see the triumph of the human imagination, the strength of the human will, and the infinite wonder of the galaxy.

Ein kleiner Junge sieht gebannt seinem Großvater, einem erfahrenen Amateurfunker, dabei zu, wie er eine Antenne in Richtung Weltraum ausrichtet, sodass die Stimme seines Enkels zum Mond und wieder zurück reisen kann. Heute kennt man den damals Sechsjährigen als den ersten deutschen Kommandant der ISS - doch wer weiß schon, dass er auch der der erste Mensch war, der im All Käsespätzle, Saitenwurst und Grießflammeri verzehrte? Selbst Jahre nach seinem ersten Start in die Umlaufbahn sind noch viele Details aus dem Leben des Astronauten nahezu unbekannt. Diese Biografie zeigt, was den Mann aus Künzelsau antreibt, den Abenteurer, der nach dem Abitur auf Weltreise ging, Vulkane erforschte, in der Antarktis zeltete. Und der sämtliche Hindernisse überwand, um sich seinen Traum, Astronaut zu werden, zu erfüllen.

This is a revealing account of the family life and achievements of the Third Earl of Rosse, a hereditary peer and resident landlord at Birr Castle, County Offaly, in nineteenth-century Ireland, before, during and after the devastating famine of the 1840s. He was a remarkable engineer, who built enormous telescopes in the cloudy middle of Ireland. The book gives details, in an attractive non-technical style which requires no previous scientific knowledge, of his engineering initiatives and the astronomical results, but also reveals much more about the man and his contributions - locally in the town and county around Birr, in political and other functions in an Ireland administered by the Protestant Ascendancy, in the development and activities of the Royal Society, of which he was President from 1848-54, and the British Association for the Advancement of Science. The Countess of Rosse, who receives full acknowledgement in the book, was a woman of many talents, among which was her pioneering work in photography, and the book includes reproductions of her artistic exposures, and many other attractive illustrations.

A hilarious account of winning the nerd lottery—a funny, witty chronicle of a space enthusiast’s ninety days with the NASA control center during the Phoenix Mars Mission. In the summer of 2008, Andrew Kessler, the luckiest fanboy in fandom, lived his space dream, spending three months in NASA’s mission control with one hundred thirty of the world’s best planetary scientists and engineers as they explored the north pole of Mars. This story is a human drama about modern-day pioneers battling NASA politics, temperamental robots, and the bizarre world of daily life in mission control. The Phoenix Mars mission was the first man-made probe ever sent to the Martian arctic. The program’s goal was to find out how climate change can turn a warm, wet planet (read: Earth) into a cold, barren desert (read: Mars). Along the way, Phoenix discovered a giant frozen ocean trapped beneath the north pole of Mars, exotic food for aliens and liquid water, and laid the foundation for NASA’s current exploration of Mars using the Curiosity rover. This is not science fiction. It is fact. Not bad for a summer holiday. 

Universum - dieser Begriff bezeichnet nicht nur den Weltraum, sondern umfasst die Gesamtheit aller Dinge in unserer Welt. Doch was wäre, wenn das Universum doch nicht die gesamte Welt darstellen würde? Wenn es zwei, drei, ja unendlich viele Universen gäbe? Dass die Idee des Multiversums, also mehrerer möglicher Universen, nicht nur Stoff für Science-Fiction-Romane ist, sondern ein wichtiges Forschungsfeld der Physik, das unseren Blick auf die Welt und unser Verständnis der Wirklichkeit verändert, zeigt Brian Greene in seinem Bestseller.Ausstattung: mit Abbildungen

Curator and space historian at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum delivers a brilliantly nuanced biography of controversial space pioneer Wernher von Braun. Chief rocket engineer of the Third Reich and one of the fathers of the U.S. space program, Wernher von Braun is a source of consistent fascination. Glorified as a visionary and vilified as a war criminal, he was a man of profound moral complexities, whose intelligence and charisma were coupled with an enormous and, some would say, blinding ambition. Based on new sources, Neufeld's biography delivers a meticulously researched and authoritative portrait of the creator of the V-2 rocket and his times, detailing how he was a man caught between morality and progress, between his dreams of the heavens and the earthbound realities of his life.

In a startling reinterpretation of the evidence, Stillman Drake advances the hypothesis that Galileo's trial and condemnation by the Inquisition was caused not by his defiance of the Church, but by the hostility of contemporary philosophers.Galileo's own beautifully lucid arguments are used to show how his scientific method was utterly divorced from the Aristotelian approach to physics in that it was based on a search not for causes but for laws. Galileo's method was of overwhelming significance for the development of modern physics, and led to a final parting of the ways between science and philosophy. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.