Larvae of the Nearest Stars

Larvae of the Nearest Stars
Title Larvae of the Nearest Stars PDF eBook
Author Catherine W. Carter
Publisher LSU Press
Pages 73
Release 2019-10-16
Genre Poetry
ISBN 0807172324

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Larvae of the Nearest Stars offers deeply serious verse that packs profound emotional and spiritual power while encouraging readers to laugh out loud. Catherine W. Carter’s quirky, accessible poems bridge and question binaries—human and nonhuman, lyric and narrative, science and magic, river trash and galaxies. The poems’ subjects range from dowsers and liver spots to the mysteries of two-seater outhouses and encounters with sentient milk jugs and “our lady of the bagels.” The collection begins and ends by confronting the necessity—and the promise—to bear witness to the world as it is, addressing how we can manage to love the world in the face of everything that makes doing so a challenge. The poems in this engaging and meditative collection are sometimes dark, often funny, but always surprising.

The ShortTube 80 Telescope

The ShortTube 80 Telescope
Title The ShortTube 80 Telescope PDF eBook
Author Neil T. English
Publisher Springer Nature
Pages 248
Release 2019-09-14
Genre Science
ISBN 3030235572

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Welcome to the first comprehensive guide to one of the world’s most popular telescopes: the ShortTube 80 refractor. With its ultra-portability, versatility, and relatively low cost, this telescope continues to delight generations of stargazers. Starting in the field under a dark sky, the author walks the reader through a typical evening of stargazing, where the ShortTube 80 brings many astronomical treasures into focus. From there, he provides an in–depth account of the optical properties of the ShortTube 80 refractor and the accessories and mounting arrangements that maximize its potential both as a spotting ‘scope by day and an astronomical ‘scope by night. The main text discusses how the versatile ShortTube 80 can be used to study deep sky objects, the Sun, the Moon, bright planets and even high-resolution projects, where the instrument's features can be optimized for the observation of tight double and multiple stars. It explores how the ShortTube 80 can image targets using camera phones, DSLRs and dedicated astronomical CCD imagers. Packed with practical advice gained from years of firsthand stargazing experience, this book demonstrates exactly why ShortTube 80 has remained a firm favorite among amateur astronomers for over three decades, and why it is likely to remain popular for many years to come.

Star Names

Star Names
Title Star Names PDF eBook
Author Richard Hinckley Allen
Publisher Courier Corporation
Pages 604
Release 1963-01-01
Genre Science
ISBN 9780486210797

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Ancient observations and folklore provide the basis for an exploration of astronomical nomenclature

Bug Hunts

Bug Hunts
Title Bug Hunts PDF eBook
Author Mark Latham
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages 84
Release 2015-10-20
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1472810724

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They said there were no monsters. But there are. It is the 23rd Century. Across the cold void of space, alien monsters prey on humanity: infesting generation-ships, destroying colonies, and transforming humans into hosts for their foul spoor. From the insectoid hive-beasts of Klaatu, to the xenomorphic parasites of the outer rim, this book contains the sum total of human knowledge of the myriad forms of alien menace; where to find them...and how to kill them. In this guide you will find details of mankind's greatest champions, the marines of STAR Industries. With their state-of-the-art technology and advanced combat tactics developed over a century of warfare, the STAR marines battle the alien, wherever it may strike.

Dinosaurs, Diamonds, and Things from Outer Space

Dinosaurs, Diamonds, and Things from Outer Space
Title Dinosaurs, Diamonds, and Things from Outer Space PDF eBook
Author David Brez Carlisle
Publisher Stanford University Press
Pages 272
Release 1995
Genre Science
ISBN 9780804723923

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Presents a new explanation of the Cretaceious-Tertiary Boundary event.

Sea Stars of British Columbia, Southeast Alaska, and Puget Sound

Sea Stars of British Columbia, Southeast Alaska, and Puget Sound
Title Sea Stars of British Columbia, Southeast Alaska, and Puget Sound PDF eBook
Author Philip Lambert
Publisher UBC Press
Pages 212
Release 2000
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 9780774808255

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In this expanded and revised edition of Sea Stars of British Columbia, originally published in 1981, Philip Lambert describes 43 species and subspecies of sea stars in the coastal waters of northwestern North America. Lambert has expanded the geographic area to include the region from Glacier Bay in southeastern Alaska to the waters of Juan de Fuca Strait and Puget Sound of northern Washington. The sea star fauna of this region is the most diverse of all the temperate waters of the world. The great age of the Pacific Basin, and the varied habitats along this complex coastline, created by scouring glaciers and other natural forces, have stimulated the evolution of many new forms. Although he covers the coastal waters down to 200 metres below the surface, Lambert lists 26 more species that live below 200 metres and 14 others that occur just outside the region covered by this book.

Scientific American

Scientific American
Title Scientific American PDF eBook
Author
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Pages 430
Release 1894
Genre Science
ISBN

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