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Fly me to the moon
When a leaf falls on a windy day, it drifts and tumbles, tossed every which way on the breeze. This is chaos in action. InFly Me to the Moon, Edward Belbruno shows how to harness the same principle for low-fuel space travel--or, as he puts it, \"surfing the gravitational field.\"
Belbruno devised one of the most exciting concepts now being used in space flight, that of swinging through the cosmos on the subtle fluctuations of the planets' gravitational pulls. His idea was met with skepticism until 1991, when he used it to get a stray Japanese satellite back on course to the Moon. The successful rescue represented the first application of chaos to space travel and ushered in an emerging new field.
Part memoir, part scientific adventure story,Fly Me to the Moongives a gripping insider's account of that mission and of Belbruno's personal struggles with the science establishment. Along the way, Belbruno introduces readers to recent breathtaking advances in American space exploration. He discusses ways to capture and redirect asteroids; presents new research on the origin of the Moon; weighs in on discoveries like 2003 UB313 (now named Eris), a dwarf planet detected in the far outer reaches of our solar system--and much more.
Grounded in Belbruno's own rigorous theoretical research but written for a general audience,Fly Me to the Moonis for anybody who has ever felt moved by the spirit of discovery.
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Starry messenger : cosmic perspectives on civilization
\"Bringing his cosmic perspective to civilization on Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson shines new light on the crucial fault lines of our time--war, politics, religion, truth, beauty, gender, and race--in a way that stimulates a deeper sense of unity for us all\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Mapping Manhattan
Armed with blank maps that she printed by hand, Becky Cooper hit New York City, she handed strangers she met the gray outline of their island and asked them to \"map their Manhattan\". Mapping Manhattan includes 75 maps from both anonymous mapmakers and from notable New Yorkers, and will also contain a blank map that can be filled out by the reader.
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Accessory to war : the unspoken alliance between astrophysics and the military
\"Examine[s] how the methods and tools of astrophysics have been enlisted in the service of war ... because the astrophysicists and military planners care about many of the same things: multi-spectral detection, ranging, tracking, imaging, high ground, nuclear fusion, and access to space\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Astrophysics for young people in a hurry
America's most celebrated astrophysicist invites young readers to explore the mysteries of the universe.
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Mathematics + art : a cultural history
\"This is a cultural history of mathematics and art, from antiquity to the present. Mathematicians and artists have long been on a quest to understand the physical world they see before them and the abstract objects they know by thought alone. Taking readers on a tour of the practice of mathematics and the philosophical ideas that drive the discipline, Lynn Gamwell points out the important ways mathematical concepts have been expressed by artists. Sumptuous illustrations of artworks and cogent math diagrams are featured in Gamwell's comprehensive exploration.\" -- Amazon.com.
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Look up with me : Neil deGrasse Tyson : a life among the stars
\"A biography of famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and awe-inspiring facts about our universe\"-- Provided by publisher.
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