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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “steven hobbs”
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  • Sensing Mars: Remote Sensing to Understand the Red Planet

    by Steven Hobbs ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Was Mars actually once an abode for extra-terrestrial life? Did water really play an important role in shaping the Martian surface? These questions have driven the bulk of deep space exploration and funding. This book will undertake a multidisciplinary approach to critically analyze the latest findings from telescopic and space missions. It will compare geomorphology as inferred from Earth-based ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Knowing the Suffering of Others

    Legal Perspectives on Pain and Its Meanings

    by Austin Sarat, Montré D. Carodine, Cathy Caruth, Alan L. Durham, Brian K. Fair, Steven Hobbs, Gregory Keating, Jeannie Suk, John Fabian Witt0, Assistant Professor Meredith M. Render, J.D.1, Assistant Professor Linda Ross Meyer, J.D.2, Assistant Professor Austin Sarat, J.D.3 ...
    In Knowing the Suffering of Others, legal scholar Austin Sarat brings together essays that address suffering as it relates to the law, highlighting the ways law imagines suffering and how pain and suffering become jurisprudential facts.From fetal imaging to end-of-life decisions, torts to international human rights, domestic violence to torture, and the law of war to victim impact statements, the ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

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  • Titan Unveiled

    Saturn's Mysterious Moon Explored

    by Ralph Lorenz, Jacqueline Mitton ...
    This beautifully illustrated volume reveals the startling discoveries about Saturn's largest moon made by the Cassini-Huygens probe in 2005.In the early 1980s, when the two Voyager spacecraft skimmed past Titan, Saturn's largest moon, they transmitted back enticing images of a world concealed in a seemingly impenetrable orange haze. Scientists speculated about its mysteries for years. Finally, in ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How It Works Book of Space

    by Imagine Publishing ...
    From the Sun and the Moon to black holes and faraway galaxies, the Book Of Space takes you through the wonders of the solar system and beyond. If you want to discover how the International Space Station was built or what happens when a star dies, then this is the book for you. Packed with amazing facts and answers to lifes biggest questions, the Book Of Space is a must for anyone interested in ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Space Exploration

    A History in 100 Objects

    by Sten Odenwald ...
    A NASA science educator showcases important objects in space history from Galileo's telescope to the Curiosity rover: "Will fascinate readers of any age." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)This book examines 100 objects that forever altered what we know and how we think about the cosmos. From an ancient Mayan codex to Sputnik to Skylab and into the twenty-first century, some objects are iconic ... Read more

    Was $12.99 USD Now $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Stargazing

    Photographs of the Night Sky from the Archives of NASA

    by Nirmala Nataraj, Bill Nye ...
    A compendium of images of the night sky, the perfect gift for stargazers, space lovers, science geeks, photography lovers, and NASA fans.This collection of photographs illuminates the darkness of space in a whole new way. Images from the archives of NASA reveal the night sky's most extraordinary phenomena, from the radiant aurora borealis to awe-inspiring lunar eclipses. Each breathtaking photo is ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Traveler’s Guide to the Stars

    by Les Johnson ...
    A brief guide to the real science of interstellar travelWith known exoplanets now numbering in the thousands and initiatives like 100 Year Starship and Breakthrough Starshot advancing the idea of interstellar travel, the age-old dream of venturing forth into the cosmos and perhaps even colonizing distant worlds may one day become a reality. A Traveler’s Guide to the Stars reveals how.Les Johnson ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

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  • The Milky Way Smells of Rum and Raspberries

    ...And Other Amazing Cosmic Facts

    by Jillian Scudder ...
    An offbeat guided tour of the Universe, focusing on weird and wonderful facts.Astrophysicist Dr Jillian Scudder knows more than most of us what a surreal place the Universe can be. In this light-hearted book she delves into some of the more arcane facts that her work has revealed, and tells us how we have actually managed to discover these amazing truths.Did you know: the galaxy is flatter than a ... Read more

    $14.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Touring the Universe through Binoculars

    A Complete Astronomer's Guidebook

    by Philip S. Harrington ...
    Series Book 79 - Wiley Science Editions
    This comprehensive work takes you on a personal tour of the universe using nothing more than a pair of binoculars. More comprehensive than any book currently available, it starts with Earth's nearest neighbor, the moon, and then goes on to explore each planet in the solar system, asteroids, meteors, comets and the sun. Following this, the reader is whisked away into deep space to explore celestial ... Read more

    $25.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Giant Leap

    Why Space Is the Next Frontier in the Evolution of Life

    by Caleb Scharf ...
    A leading astrobiologist argues that space travel is an evolutionary event at least as important as life’s first journey from sea to land"The Giant Leap is a detailed and provocative exploration of what it means for life as we know it to escape the bounds of the only planet where it has ever been." —Sean Carroll, author of The Biggest Ideas in the UniverseThe story of life has always been one of ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Frontiers of Astrobiology

    Edited by José Funes, Chris Impey, Jonathan Lunine ...
    Astrobiology is an exciting interdisciplinary field that seeks to answer one of the most important and profound questions: are we alone? In this volume, leading international experts explore the frontiers of astrobiology, investigating the latest research questions that will fascinate a wide interdisciplinary audience at all levels. What is the earliest evidence for life on Earth? Where are the ... Read more

    $39.39 USD

  • Water and Earthquakes

    by Chi-Yuen Wang, Michael Manga ...
    Series series Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences
    This open access book explores the interactions between water and earthquakes, including recent concerns about induced seismicity. It further highlights that a better understanding of the response of the water system to disturbances such as earthquakes is needed to safeguard water resources, to shield underground waste repositories, and to mitigate groundwater contamination. Although the effects ... Read more

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