The Stars Belong to Everyone
Author: Helen Sawyer Hogg
Publisher: New York : Doubleday ; Toronto : Doubleday Canada
Published: 1976
Total Pages: 306
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Helen Sawyer Hogg
Publisher: New York : Doubleday ; Toronto : Doubleday Canada
Published: 1976
Total Pages: 306
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Brett Zimmerman
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Published: 1998-01-27
Total Pages: 157
ISBN-13: 0773567445
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Melville's passion for things astronomical is visible throughout his canon. Zimmerman places Melville's many astronomical citations within the thematic context of the works in which they appear and within the larger cultural and historical context of nineteenth-century studies. In addition he provides a comprehensive catalogue of every reference to astronomy, its practitioners, and related topics in Melville's works. Herman Melville: Stargazer will be of great interest to scholars and students of American literature as well as those interested in the relationship between science and literature.
Author: Dale DeBakcsy
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Published: 2023-05-31
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 1399045342
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →For the last four hundred years, women have played a part far in excess of their numerical representation in the history of astronomical research and discovery. It was a woman who gave us our first tool for measuring the distances between stars, and another who told us for the first time what those stars were made of. It was women who first noticed the rhythmic noise of a pulsar, the temperature discrepancy that announced the existence of white dwarf stars, and the irregularities in galactic motion that informed us that the universe we see might be only a small part of the universe that exists. And yet, in spite of the magnitude of their achievements, for centuries women were treated as essentially second class citizens within the astronomical community, contained in back rooms, forbidden from communicating with their male colleagues, provided with repetitive and menial tasks, and paid starvation wages. This book tells the tale of how, in spite of all those impediments, women managed, by sheer determination and genius, to unlock the secrets of the night sky. It is the story of some of science's most hallowed names - Maria Mitchell, Caroline Herschel, Vera Rubin, Nancy Grace Roman, and Jocelyn Bell-Burnell - and also the story of scientists whose accomplishments were great, but whose names have faded through lack of use - Queen Seondeok of Korea, who built an observatory in the 7th century that still stands today, Wang Zhenyi, who brought heliocentrism to China, Margaret Huggins, who perfected the techniques that allowed us to photograph stellar spectra and thereby completely changed the direction of modern astronomy, and Hisako Koyama, whose multi-decade study of the sun's surface is as impressive a feat of steadfast scientific dedication as it is a rigorous and valuable treasure trove of solar data. A History of Women in Astronomy and Space Exploration is not only a book, however, of those who study space, but of those who have ventured into it, from the fabled Mercury 13, whose attempt to join the American space program was ultimately foiled by betrayal from within, to mythical figures like Kathryn Sullivan and Sally Ride, who were not only pioneering space explorers, but scientific researchers and engineers in their own rights, aided in their work by scientists like Mamta Patel Nagaraja, who studied the effects of space upon the human body, and computer programmers like Marianne Dyson, whose simulations prepared astronauts for every possible catastrophe that can occur in space. Told through over 130 stories spanning four thousand years of humanity's attempt to understand its place in the cosmos, A History of Women in Astronomy and Space Exploration brings us at last the full tale of women's evolution from instrument makers and calculators to the theorists, administrators, and explorers who have, while receiving astonishingly little in return, given us, quite literally, the universe.
Author: Aro Dee
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2014-05-05
Total Pages: 166
ISBN-13: 131215893X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →We discovered that we love to sing the old songs from a certain time but we have forgotten most of the words. This collection supplies the words to favorite oldies but goodies get a group together with a couple of copies of this song book and have a good old singalong !!! Dedicated to family and friends we want all thr oldies out there, the GREY NOMADS, to get this sing along book and get together in the camping ground and caravan parks all over Australia (and even the rest of the world !) and SING ALONG !
Author: Thomas D. Hamilton
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9780738520261
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →According to legend, Kokomo, Indiana was named after a Miami Indian Chief who lived in the area, "Ma Ko Ko Mo" -meaning Black Walnut. Founded in 1842 by David Foster, a frontier trader, Kokomo has since become the home to many of the nation's most influential inventions. From the birthplace of the automobile to the introduction of stainless steel and the development of canned tomato juice, Kokomo has been a leader in ingenuity, earning its nickname, the "City of Firsts." In this collection of reminiscent images, Kokomo, Indiana illustrates the charming history of an area which has developed from a small community to what is now one of the largest cities in Indiana. The book is an exploration of the city's streets and a stroll through the history of its growing neighborhoods, tracing the fascinating past of a bygone age.
Author: Orlanda Cook
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-11-17
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 1136759794
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is a comprehensive, practical, encouraging book full of exercises and tips for anyone who wants to – even needs to – sing. Actors in straight plays, performers in musicals, professionals and amateurs, even people singing in choirs or bands will all benefit from Orlanda Cook's expert guidance.
Author: Hugh Fox
Publisher: World Audience Inc
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 100
ISBN-13: 1934209260
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A Collection of one-act and two-act plays, as well as monologues for actors, from renowned playwright, writer and scholar Hugh Fox.
Author: Martin H. Manser
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 513
ISBN-13: 0816066736
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Lists the meaning and origin of more than 1,700 traditional and contemporary English proverbs.
Author: Lawson H. Caldwell
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: 2004-10-14
Total Pages: 33
ISBN-13: 1477181423
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →When a child is very young they enjoy things without limitations. They choose certain toys to play with because the toys are fun. Youngsters enjoy the company of other children because they like them. Certain colors become favorites because they bring pleasure. As children grow older, outside influences begin to limit their choices. Suddenly they are informed that certain toys are just for boys or just for girls to play with. And in time things such as colors become a part of societys stereotypical limitations. In Colors Belong to Everyone, Timmy and his mother go to the store to buy a book bag for school. The book bag Timmy wishes to buy is pink. The salesperson in the store informs Timmy that pink is a girls color. He encourages Timmy to purchase a book bag that is a boys color such as brown or green. Timmy does not understand because a girl in his school carries a brown book bag and. The salesperson said brown was a boys color and pink is a girls color. Timmy becomes very upset. With tears in his eyes his smiling mother places her hand on his shoulder. She tells Timmy that pink is a very nice color and that she thinks he will enjoy owning a pink book bag. The salesperson makes one last attempt to change their minds. Timmys mother replies by saying, Colors are not assigned to people. Colors belong to everyone. Eventually, boys and girls in Timmys school begin choosing pink for all sorts of things. What a better place the world would be without stereotypical limitations.
Author: Judy Blume
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2011-12-01
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 1101564113
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Part of the classic Fudge series from Judy Blume, bestselling author of Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing! Fudge is obsessed with money. He’s making his own “Fudge Bucks” and has plans to buy the entire world. But life gets really crazy when Fudge and his older brother, Peter, run into their long-lost relatives, the Howie Hatchers. Now they have to deal with annoying twin cousins and a weird younger cousin, coincidentally named Farley Drexel Hatcher—just like Fudge! Their names aren’t the only similarity, and before long, mini-Fudge is causing just as much trouble as Fudge always has! “As a kid, Judy Blume was my favorite author, and Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing was my favorite book.”—Jeff Kinney, author of the bestselling Wimpy Kid series Love Fudge, Peter, and Sheila? Read all the books featuring your favorite characters: Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great Superfudge Fudge-a-Mania