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Category Archives: astronomy
The Moon and Man – Rebrov, Khozin
In this post, we will see the book The Moon and Man by M. Rebrov and G. Khozin. About the book The day is not far off when a spaceship will land on one of the moon’s vast plains and the first earthmen … Continue reading
Posted in astronomy, books, engineering, mir books, mir publishers, peace publishers, physics, science, soviet, technology
Tagged astrodynamics, astronauts, fables, gravity, lunar, mission, moon, outer space, robots, rocket, soviet, space, space travel, vehicles
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The Quiet Sun – Pushkov, Silkin
In this post, we will see the book The Quiet Sun by N. Pushkov and B. Silkin. About the book: How can events 150 million kilometres away affect us here on earth? But if you have ever complained of poor radio … Continue reading
Posted in astronomy, books, engineering, geology, history, meteorology, mir books, mir publishers, physics, science, soviet
Tagged astronomy, auroras, earth, galileo, history, international quiet sun year, iqsy, magnetic fields, magnetism, northern lights, physics, solar, solar radiation, sunspots
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A Planet of Riddles – Novikov
In this post, we will see the book A Planet of Riddles by E. Novikov. About the book (from the back cover): This book is about our planet, the Earth we know so well. But is it then a planet of riddles? … Continue reading
The Nine Colours of The Rainbow – Steinhaus
In this post, we will see the book The Nine Colours of The Rainbow by A. Steinhaus. About the book (from the front jacket) Have you ever stopped to think how many colours there are in a rainbow? Seven or, perhaps, nine … Continue reading
Posted in astronomy, books, electronics, mir books, mir publishers, physics, science, technology
Tagged camera, cinematography, electronics, eye, lasers, light, mir books, mir publishers, optics, photography, photons, physics, steinhaus, television, vision
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Selected Questions and Problems in Physics – Gladkova, Kutylovskaya
In this post we will see Selected Questions and Problems in Physics by R. Gladkova and N. Kutylovskaya. About the book This collection of questions and problems in physics is in tended for the students of correspondence courses and evening classes in … Continue reading
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Tagged electrodynamics, mechanics, mir publishers, optics, physics, problems and solutions, thermodynamics
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Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Reactors – Klimov
In this post we will see Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Reactors by A. Klimov. About the book: The book covers different aspects of nuclear physics. In chapters 1 to 4 basics of nuclear physics and interactions of elementary particles are … Continue reading
Posted in astronomy, books, engineering, mir books, mir publishers, physics, soviet, technology
Tagged antimatter, atomin nuclei, chain reaction, critical mass, diffusion of neutrons, dosimetry, elementary particles, fast reactors, heavy water reactors, interactions, light water reactors, non-critical reactor, nuclear physics, nuclear reactors, physics, quantum mehcanics, radiation shielding
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Something Called Nothing – Podolny
The present book relates the history of views, the development of ideas, often ones that are still in the making. In this post we will see a book about nothing! The curios title of the book is Something Called Nothing … Continue reading
Posted in astronomy, books, history, mathematics, mir books, mir publishers, physics, science, soviet
Tagged dirac sea, elementary particles, ether, fields, history of science, mir publishers, neutrino, physics, planck length, popular science, quantum mecha, vacuum, void
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