Springer India Private Limited

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Includes "Crater Hopping" instructions and maps to locate lunar features, even some that are not included in today’s computer-controlled telescope databases Identifies for viewers of all levels what can be observed using a range of different-sized telescopes and binoculars Contains challenging features not found in other lunar-observing books that will appeal even to veteran lunar observers.


We often take the beauty of our nearest astronomical neighbour for granted. How often do we really stop to think about why it looks the way it does or what a closer look will reveal. In this book, written in easy-to-understand language by one backyard astronomer to another, we'll explore the Moon night by night, as it goes through a full cycle. Every lunar day has something new to learn. And along your journey, you will be reading about the history, mystery, poetry, and legends that are associated with our Moon.


Charts will help guide you to specific lunar features, as well as annotated photographic maps that pinpoint important or unusual craters. You'll soon learn to identify major features at just a glance and be able to create your own world-class images. You'll have right at hand the times and dates for every lunar day, phase, and eclipse for years to come.


Imagine yourself at the telescope "Crater Hopping" to new challenges and being able to instantly identify Moon features. Picture yourself using binoculars and naming all you can see with ease! Within weeks, you'll be able to show everyone where each mission landed and tell amazing facts. So go ahead and Moonwalk with your eyes. Once you start your journey, you won’t want to turn back.

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• In a compelling fashion, marries the ideals and goals of environmentalists and space technology advocates
• Suggests unique solutions to the problems of global warming and environmental degradation
• Describes how the development of space can preserve our society and help it continue to grow
• Shows how a pristine, non-polluted environment can be created and sustained
• Advocates the working together of the green movement and the space development communities

What was our planet like before the advent of our modern civilization, What effect has our civilization had on the planet and its ecology. Paradise Regained begins by discussing these questions and then generates a scenario for the re-greening of Earth. It introduces new and innovative ideas on how humankind could use the resources of the Solar System for terrestrial benefit.


The environmental challenges facing humanity today are too serious to be resolved simply by conservation and current technologies. Paradise Regained highlights the risk of humankind's future extinction from environmental degradation. Human population growth, climate change, and the diminishing sustainability of the few remaining habitats for wildlife are all analyzed.


Rather than losing heart, we need to recognize that the answer to these problems lies in the development of space. Not only will extraterrestrial resources avert a crisis, but they will also provide the basis for continued technological and societal progress. The resources of the Solar System will help us meet our projected industrial needs. Space-based power generation systems will work synergistically with Earth-based conservation. The book concludes with a discussion on how closed ecological systems in space will function.


This is a book that needs to be read urgently by many, if we are to save ourselves from environmental disasters and build a prosperous and sustainable future for all the creatures of Earth.

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Founded in 1967, Solar Physics has for four decades been the principal journal for the publication of fundamental research on the Sun. The journal reports on all aspects of solar physics. Coverage ranges from the internal structure of the Sun and its evolution to the outer corona and solar wind in interplanetary space. Solar Physics publishes papers on solar-terrestrial physics and on stellar research as well, where they contribute directly to our understanding of the Sun.