Griffith Observatory

Griffith Observatory
Title Griffith Observatory PDF eBook
Author
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 2015
Genre Astronomical observatories
ISBN 9780940512542

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The Dialogues

The Dialogues
Title The Dialogues PDF eBook
Author Clifford V. Johnson
Publisher National Geographic Books
Pages 0
Release 2018-10-23
Genre Science
ISBN 0262536080

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A series of conversations about science in graphic form, on subjects that range from the science of cooking to the multiverse. Physicist Clifford Johnson thinks that we should have more conversations about science. Science should be on our daily conversation menu, along with topics like politics, books, sports, or the latest prestige cable drama. Conversations about science, he tells us, shouldn't be left to the experts. In The Dialogues, Johnson invites us to eavesdrop on a series of nine conversations, in graphic-novel form—written and drawn by Johnson—about “the nature of the universe.” The conversations take place all over the world, in museums, on trains, in restaurants, in what may or may not be Freud's favorite coffeehouse. The conversationalists are men, women, children, experts, and amateur science buffs. The topics of their conversations range from the science of cooking to the multiverse and string theory. The graphic form is especially suited for physics; one drawing can show what it would take many words to explain. In the first conversation, a couple meets at a costume party; they speculate about a scientist with superhero powers who doesn't use them to fight crime but to do more science, and they discuss what it means to have a “beautiful equation” in science. Their conversation spills into another chapter (“Hold on, you haven't told me about light yet”), and in a third chapter they exchange phone numbers. Another couple meets on a train and discusses immortality, time, black holes, and religion. A brother and sister experiment with a grain of rice. Two women sit in a sunny courtyard and discuss the multiverse, quantum gravity, and the anthropic principle. After reading these conversations, we are ready to start our own.

Discovering Griffith Park

Discovering Griffith Park
Title Discovering Griffith Park PDF eBook
Author Casey Schreiner
Publisher Mountaineers Books
Pages 354
Release 2020-05-07
Genre Sports & Recreation
ISBN 1680512676

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People all over the world have seen Los Angeles’s famed "Hollywood" sign and the iconic domed Griffith Observatory. Both are part of Griffith Park, a place visited by more than 10 million people each year--more than Yosemite and Grand Canyon National Parks combined. Rugged and vast, the 4,511-acre Griffith Park encompasses a sprawling 70-mile long network of trails, ranging from paved paths through manicured landscapes to challenging ridgeline climbs, and is a destination for hikers, trail runners, cyclists, equestrians, picnickers, and museum-goers. It’s a unique outdoor space in a city that is not well known for its outdoor amenities. Discovering Griffith Park uses the park’s extensive trail network as an anchor to explore the park in full, whether on foot, wheel, or hoof. Readers will also find out where the best views of the Hollywood sign are, where they can catch free Shakespeare on summer evenings, and how to attend one of the legendary Los Angeles Breakfast Club meetings for good food, good friends, and a bit of early morning learning

Griffith Park

Griffith Park
Title Griffith Park PDF eBook
Author Mike Eberts
Publisher
Pages 476
Release 1996
Genre History
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Life on Mars

Life on Mars
Title Life on Mars PDF eBook
Author David A. Weintraub
Publisher Princeton University Press
Pages 326
Release 2020-11-03
Genre Science
ISBN 069120926X

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The search for life on Mars—and the moral issues confronting us as we prepare to send humans there Does life exist on Mars? The question has captivated humans for centuries, but today it has taken on new urgency. As space agencies gear up to send the first manned missions to the Red Planet, we have a responsibility to think deeply about what kinds of life may already dwell there—and whether we have the right to invite ourselves in. Telling the complete story of our ongoing quest to answer one of the most tantalizing questions in astronomy, David Weintraub grapples with the profound moral and ethical questions confronting us as we prepare to introduce an unpredictable new life form—ourselves—into the Martian biosphere. Now with an afterword that discusses the most recent discoveries, Life on Mars explains what we need to know before we go.

The Observatory

The Observatory
Title The Observatory PDF eBook
Author
Publisher
Pages 440
Release 1926
Genre Astronomy
ISBN

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"A review of astronomy" (varies).

Griffith Observatory

Griffith Observatory
Title Griffith Observatory PDF eBook
Author Bill Griffith
Publisher
Pages 56
Release 1993
Genre Comic books, strips, etc
ISBN

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