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Télécharger le livre :  Red Dwarfs
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Red Dwarfs


David S. Stevenson


This thought-provoking book looks at the nature of red dwarf systems as potential homes for life. Realistically, what are the prospects for life on these distant worlds? Could life evolve and survive there? How do these planetary surfaces and geologies evolve? How...

Parution : 2019-09-11
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
Éditeur : Springer
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139,99
Télécharger le livre :  Granite Skyscrapers
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Granite Skyscrapers


David S. Stevenson


In this book, David Stevenson offers us a look at the evolution of planets as they move from balls of mixed molten rock to vibrant worlds capable of hosting life. Embedded in our everyday architecture and in the literal ground beneath our feet, granite and its kin lie...

Parution : 2018-08-31
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
Éditeur : Springer
Collection : Springer Praxis Books
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37,99
Télécharger le livre :  The Nature of Life and Its Potential to Survive
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The Nature of Life and Its Potential to Survive


David S. Stevenson


This book looks at the persistence of life and how difficult it would be to annihilate life, especially a species as successful as humanity. The idea that life in general is fragile is challenged by the hardiness of microbes, which shows that astrobiology on...

Parution : 2017-05-25
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
Éditeur : Springer
Collection : Astronomers' Universe
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36,99
Télécharger le livre :  The Exo-Weather Report
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The Exo-Weather Report


David S. Stevenson


David Stevenson’s new book links the meteorology of the Earth to that of other planets, stars, and clusters of galaxies, showing the similarities and differences between terrestrial weather and that of weather on other worlds. Because Earth is not unique in having...

Parution : 2016-08-25
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
Éditeur : Springer
Collection : Astronomers' Universe
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34,99
Télécharger le livre :  Extreme Explosions
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Extreme Explosions


David S. Stevenson


What happens at the end of the life of massive stars? At one time we thought all these stars followed similar evolutionary paths. However, new discoveries have shown that things are not quite that simple. This book focuses on the extreme –the most intense, brilliant and...

Parution : 2013-09-05
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : Springer
Collection : Astronomers' Universe
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44,99
Télécharger le livre :  Under a Crimson Sun
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Under a Crimson Sun


David S. Stevenson


Gliese 581 is a red dwarf star some 20.3 light years from Earth. Red dwarfs are among the most numerous stars in the galaxy, and they sport diverse planetary systems. At magnitude 10,Gliese 581 is visible to amateur observers but does not stand out. So what makes this...

Parution : 2013-08-13
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : Springer
Collection : Astronomers' Universe
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34,99

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