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Author : Marie Lathers
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 39,13 MB
Release : 2012-05-03
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 144117205X
A fascinating new perspective on the Space Race combining brilliant film scholarship with gender studies and feminist theory.
Author : Joe Cuhaj
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 14,13 MB
Release : 2022-08-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 1633887855
Nothing captivates the human imagination like the vast unknowns of space. Ancient petroglyphs present renderings of the heavens, proof that we have been gazing up at the stars with wonder for thousands of years. Since then, mankind has systematically expanded our cosmic possibilities. What were once flights of fancy and dreams of science fiction writers have become nearly routine – a continuous human presence orbiting the Earth, probes flying beyond our solar system, and men walking on the moon. NASA and the Russian space program make traveling to the stars look easy, but it has been far from that. Space travel is a sometimes heroic, sometimes humorous, and always dangerous journey fraught with perils around every corner that most of us have never heard of or have long since forgotten. Space Oddities brings these unknown, offbeat, and obscure stories of space to life. From the showmanship and bravado of the earliest known space fatality, German Max Valier, to the first ever indictment under the Espionage Act on an Army officer who leaked secrets concerning the development of early U.S. rockets; and the story of a single loose bolt that defeated the Soviet Union’s attempt to beat America to the moon. Author Joe Cuhaj also sheds light on the human aspects of space travel that have remained industry secrets – until now: how the tradition of using a musical playlist to wake astronauts up began, fascinating tales about inventions like the Fischer Space Pen, Omega watches, and even Tang breakfast drink. In addition to fun and entertaining space trivia, Space Oddities also features stories of the profound impact that space travel has had on challenges right here at home, like the effort by civil rights leaders and activists in the 1960s to bring the money from the space program back home to those in need on Earth; NASA’s FLATs (First Lady Astronaut Training) program and the 13 women who were selected to become astronauts in 1960, but were denied a chance at flying even after successfully completing the rigorous astronaut training program; and, the animals who many times sacrificed their lives to prove that man could fly in space. Filled with rare and little-known stories, Space Oddities will bring the final frontier to the homes of diehard space readers and armchair astronauts alike.
Author : Stefan L. Brandt
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 27,78 MB
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 3643507976
"Space Oddities: Difference and Identity in the American City" approaches a space (and place) central to the American imagination-the city. In particular, this volume discusses the paradoxes of American cities and American urban life. In this way, the book critically engages with the paradoxes of the American identity, embodied by cultural practices in, and cultural representations of, urban life in the United States. (Series: American Studies in Austria, Vol. 16) [Subject: Sociology, American Studies, Cultural Studies, Urban Studies]
Author : S. D. Tucker
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 485 pages
File Size : 46,3 MB
Release : 2017-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1445662639
Flat worlds, moon men, Martian canals and other strange ideas from beyond the stars
Author : Kri Pfeifer
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 25,52 MB
Release : 2024-02-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3711506739
Immerse yourself in three strange short stories about space, aliens and scientists! There's Simon, who has spent his whole life preparing for an encounter with a deadly alien species. Nigel wonders why the captain needs a mathematician like him to assess the situation on a new planet. And Pandora saves the world from a real goo-like threat unnoticed.
Author : Harry Cliff
Publisher : Doubleday
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 19,83 MB
Release : 2024-03-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 0385549040
Experimental physicist at CERN and acclaimed science presenter Harry Cliff offers an eye-opening account of the inexplicable phenomena that science has only recently glimpsed, and that could transform our understanding of the fundamental nature of reality. Something strange is going on in the cosmos. Scientists are uncovering a catalogue of weird phenomena that simply can’t be explained by our long-established theories of the universe. Particles with unbelievable energies are bursting from beneath the Antarctic ice. Unknown forces seem to be tugging on the basic building blocks of matter. Stars are flying away from us far faster than anyone can explain. After decades of fruitless searching, could we finally be catching glimpses of a profound new view of our physical world? Or are we being fooled by cruel tricks of the data? In Space Oddities, Harry Cliff, a physicist who does cutting-edge work on the Large Hadron Collider, provides a riveting look at the universe’s most confounding puzzles. In a journey that spans continents, from telescopes perched high above the Atacama Desert to the subterranean caverns of state-of-the-art particle colliders to balloons hovering over the frozen icesheets of the South Pole, he meets the men and women hunting for answers—who have staked their careers and reputations on the uncertain promise of new physics. The result is a mind-expanding, of-the-moment look at the fields of physics and cosmology as they transform before us. With wonder, clarity, and a dose of humor, Cliff investigates the question: Are these anomalies accidents of nature, or could they be pointing us toward vast, hidden worlds?
Author : Alex Barnett
Publisher : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 43,18 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780789488459
Black holes in out space are explained--from how there origins to the effects they have in the universe--in this book. Full-color photos.
Author : Sara L. Hudson
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 38,27 MB
Release : 2021-01-17
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ISBN : 9781954602519
Author : Harry Cliff
Publisher : Doubleday
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 19,30 MB
Release : 2024-02-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780385549035
Experimental physicist at CERN and acclaimed science presenter Harry Cliff offers an eye-opening account of the inexplicable phenomena that science has only recently glimpsed, and that could transform our understanding of the fundamental nature of reality. Something strange is going on in the cosmos. Scientists are uncovering a catalogue of weird phenomena that simply can't be explained by our long-established theories of the universe. Particles with unbelievable energies are bursting from beneath the Antarctic ice. Unknown forces seem to be tugging on the basic building blocks of matter. Stars are flying away from us far faster than anyone can explain. After decades of fruitless searching, could we finally be catching glimpses of a profound new view of our physical world? Or are we being fooled by cruel tricks of the data? In Space Oddities, Harry Cliff, a physicist who does cutting-edge work on the Large Hadron Collider, provides a riveting look at the universe's most confounding puzzles. In a journey that spans continents, from telescopes perched high above the Atacama Desert to the subterranean caverns of state-of-the-art particle colliders to balloons hovering over the frozen icesheets of the South Pole, he meets the men and women hunting for answers--who have staked their careers and reputations on the uncertain promise of new physics. The result is a mind-expanding, of-the-moment look at the fields of physics and cosmology as they transform before us. With wonder, clarity, and a dose of humor, Cliff investigates the question: Are these anomalies accidents of nature, or could they be pointing us toward vast, hidden worlds?
Author : Kat Deerfield
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 49,55 MB
Release : 2019-08-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1786607670
Gender, Sexuality, and Space Culture explores how traditional ideologies of gender and sexuality have influenced the culture of space travel. The time since humans first began exploring outer space has been marked by both great technological development and great social upheaval. Yet while the rapid technological advancement of the mid- to late-twentieth century made human spaceflight a reality, the field has shown some resistance to cultural change over the same period. Ideas about the body in space and the future of humanity are at the core of the development of human spaceflight. This book examines how these have been constructed as specifically a male body and a heterosexual future. These presumptive norms are not unusual, but this book argues that the unique attributes of outer space can be productively used in advancing theories of culture beyond the extra-terrestrial